Intern (Communications, WFP Brussels)

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Intern (Communications, WFP Brussels)

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remote type

Fully Present

locations

Brussels, Belgium

time type

Full time

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Posted 3 Days Ago

job requisition id

JR113240

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

22 June 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Brussels)

 

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.

 

WHY JOIN WFP? 

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

 

Title of Post: Intern (Communications Team, WFP Brussels)

 

Supervisor: Strategic Partnerships and External Relations Lead

 

Unit: Partnership & Innovation (PI), BRU

 

Country: Belgium

 

Duty Station: Brussels

 

Duration of internship: up to 8 months

 

Expected Start Date: tentative mid-August 2025

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

 

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We are currently seeking to fill an intern position in the Communications Team at the United Nations World Food Programme Office to the EU, based in Brussels, Belgium.

The main objective of the WFP Brussels Office is to support country offices, regional bureaux, and HQ divisions in mobilising funds from the European Union (EU). It is achieved by establishing and fostering partnerships with a number of EU institutions as well as providing technical support to WFP country offices during the negotiation, formulation, and management of EU contracts.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Update, maintain and expand the communications team’s visibility overview documents in Salesforce and Excel that keep track of the visibility requirements (which range from banners and press releases to tweets and videos) that WFP produces as part of our contracts with the European Union. Help the communications team follow up with WFP country offices and their communications staff on upcoming and outstanding visibility requirements.
• Help the communications team run paid ad campaigns connected to European Union contracts — this can include copywriting for ads, assisting in campaign setup, monitoring & reporting, or other content creation.
• Help WFP country offices meet visibility requirements by creating content for our @WFP_Europe twitter account (primarily using Canva and Wochit) and help with content creation for Brussels-based initiatives done by the comms team (videos featuring EU officials, quote cards and animated GIFs to highlight meetings or events in Brussels, etc.).
• Help the communications team prepare and run events, exhibits, panels and other in-person initiatives here in Brussels, working closely with the Stakeholder Relations & Policy Development team and EU counterparts as necessary.
• Update and maintain the list of Brussels/EU-related media contacts, and help the team look for opportunities to increase coverage of WFP priorities in Brussels media.

 

 

 

Qualifications

Education:

 

Currently enrolled in an undergraduate programme in the field of Political Science, International Development, Economics, Journalism, International Relations, Communications or other relevant field and completed at least 2 years of the programme as well as having attended classes in the past 12 months

 

OR currently enrolled in a graduate programme (e.g. Master’s degree) as well as having attended classes in the past 12 months

 

OR recently graduated from an undergraduate or graduate programme (within six months prior to the application to the internship programme) and having attended classes in the past 12 months of enrolment in the university.

 

Experience: Junior level

 

Knowledge & Skills: Strong writing and editing skills, strong analytical and drafting skills; knowledge of EU affairs.

 

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official EU language is an asset.

 

TRAINING COMPONENTS:

 

Throughout their assignment WFP interns have access to an industry leading learning platform, weLearn.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

 

Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP up to the maximum amount of US$1000 per month depending on the duty station of assignment.

 

WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas and related costs.

 

WFP will reimburse travel ticket for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country.

 

WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognised institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education.

 

Candidates who bear any of the following relations to WFP staff members are not eligible to apply: sons, daughters, brothers or sisters.

 

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