The internships will be located in the Trade in Services Section, Trading Systems, Services and Creative Economy Branch, Division on International Trade and Commodities (DITC). Carrying out his/her tasks under the supervision of the Chief of the Section, the interns will perform the following functions:  

• Assist in drafting inputs into research papers and other reports on trade in services and the creative economy.
• Assist in drafting technical background documents and policy-oriented papers on trade in services, diversification, and the creative economy (i.e. Creative Economy Outlook 2026).
• Assist in building datasets and analyze data with statistical tools such as Excel, STATA or R.
• Undertake descriptive analysis and produce graphs/tables to visualize data.
• Assist in drafting and preparing official documents, statements, presentations.
• Assist in preparing intergovernmental meetings, side events and implementing technical assistance projects (i.e., events during the UNCTAD16 conference).
• Attend and summarize online and/or Geneva-based in-person conferences and meetings.

This internship position is offered on an in-person basis and/or remotely.

• Applicants to the programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
  • (a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or,
  • (b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
• Have knowledge or interest in digital trade.
• The candidate’s university degree must be in the area of economics, statistics, political science, development, creative economy or a related area.
• Knowledge of Excel is desirable, knowledge of Power BI, Stata, R is an advantage.
• Fluency oral and written in English is required. Knowledge of French is desirable.