United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Vacancy

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) invites qualified applicants for the following job positions.

ECA’s mission is to deliver ideas and actions for an empowered and transformed Africa; informed by the 2030 SDGs and Agenda 2063.

Economic Commission for Africa Careers:

Position: CFND-Intern, Economic Affairs

Qualifications/special skills:

Be enrolled in or have completed a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent or higher such as Master’s degree or equivalent, Ph.D or postgraduate detree); b) Be enrolled in or have completed the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent).

Objectives

• Support ECA’s efforts to ensure raw materials extraction and processing in the ‘green’ minerals boom contribute to Africa’s socioeconomic development and transformation.
• Align work with global and regional frameworks:
  • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • Africa Mining Vision
  • African Green Minerals Strategy
  • African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
  • AU Agenda 2063
• Assist ongoing and new ECA activities in minerals-based development.

Activities & Tasks:

1. African Resource Outlook

2. Assistance on Other ECA Mineral Work

Location: Addis Ababa 

Deadline: May 7, 2025

How to Apply:

To get information on how to apply, please visit the below link:

Apply Here

Job openings advertised on the Careers Portal will be removed at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.

Intern Specific text:

Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.