Youth Works Hub has gathered 13 internships and 2 jobs at UN agencies, international organisations, a development finance institution and a humanitarian NGO in 9 countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United States. The internships range from the UNEP Finance Initiative and UNEP's International Methane Emissions Observatory to UNICEF, UNDP, UN DESA, INTERPOL, the IAEA and the Green Climate Fund, alongside two Proparco roles and a research internship at Action contre la Faim, while the jobs are at EMBL in Heidelberg and EUMETSAT in Darmstadt. Three internships are open as soon as possible, and the rest close between 18 October and 3 November 2026. Our guide to how we verify every opportunity explains how we check calls like these.
Each call has its own angle:
🇧🇪 Belgium: a UN OSRSG-CAAC internship in Brussels supports a children and armed conflict mandate.
🇸🇪 Sweden: UNICEF's Office of Innovation offers a remote UPSHIFT Scale internship on digital and AI work for a youth skills and social entrepreneurship programme.
🇫🇷 France: UNEP's International Methane Emissions Observatory in Paris looks for an intern for its methane alert and response system.
🇰🇷 South Korea: the Green Climate Fund's Independent Evaluation Unit in Incheon pays its intern US$1,600 a month.
🇫🇷 France: INTERPOL in Lyon offers an internship on digital workplace solutions, low-code tools and AI, at €700 a month.
🇦🇹 Austria: the IAEA in Vienna has a 12-month internship running an e-learning platform.
🇩🇪 Germany: EUMETSAT in Darmstadt is hiring a Copernicus Programme Management Officer from €7,553 a month.
🇩🇪 Germany: EMBL in Heidelberg is hiring a Course and Conference Officer to run its own conferences, courses and events.
Taken together, the batch suits final-year students, graduate students and recent graduates who want experience at an international organisation, while the two jobs are for experienced professionals. If a move abroad would be your first long stay away from home, our guide to culture shock and homesickness abroad helps you prepare.
Seven calls state their pay or that they are paid: US$1,600 a month at the Green Climate Fund, €700 a month at INTERPOL, €4.57 net an hour at Action contre la Faim, an allowance by study level at Proparco's MAS division and a paid internship at UNDP Istanbul, while EMBL starts from €3,812 a month net and EUMETSAT from €7,553 a month. According to Youth Works Hub's review, the first dated deadline is the OSRSG-CAAC internship in Brussels on 18 October 2026.
📅 Deadlines: As soon as possible (3) · 18 Oct (1) · 20 Oct (3) · 21 Oct (6) · 22 Oct (1) · 3 Nov (1) 🌍 Countries: 🇫🇷 France (5) · 🇩🇪 Germany (2) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland (2) · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇰🇷 South Korea · 🇸🇪 Sweden · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · 🇺🇸 United States
In This Batch
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇫🇷 France · Internship
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇫🇷 France · Internship
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇫🇷 France · Internship
- 📅 18 Oct · 🇧🇪 Belgium · Internship
- 📅 20 Oct · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 20 Oct · 🇫🇷 France · Internship
- 📅 20 Oct · 🇸🇪 Sweden · Internship (remote)
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇰🇷 South Korea · Internship
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇫🇷 France · Internship
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · Internship
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇺🇸 United States · Internship
- 📅 22 Oct · 🇦🇹 Austria · Internship
- 📅 21 Oct · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 3 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
What's in this batch:
13 Internships · 2 Jobs · 9 Countries
💼 Internships & Traineeships
1. 🇫🇷 Financial Analyst Intern: Sustainable Industries, Agribusiness & Services 📊 Proparco Internship in Paris, France 🌱 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Paris, France · 👥 Finance students at a school in France · ⏳ 6 months, from January 2027 · 💶 Allowance by study level
Support investment officers in one of the three hubs of Proparco's MAS division (Sustainable Industries, Agribusiness and Services) across the life of a financing operation, from financial analysis and modelling and risk, market and impact analysis to legal structuring, disbursement of funds and monitoring. Proparco, the AFD Group subsidiary dedicated to financing the private sector, is looking for students at a business school, an engineering school or in a Master II specialising in finance, with a first significant internship in financial analysis, a strong command of Excel and financial modelling and spoken and written French and English, and you must be a student at a university or school in France with an internship agreement. The allowance depends on your level of study, and the Navigo public transport pass is covered at 100%.
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2. 🇫🇷 Partnership & Strategy Support Intern 🤝 Proparco (AFD Group) Internship in France 📊
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 France · 👥 Gap-year or end-of-studies students, or Master 2, business school or engineering school graduates
Divide your time roughly 50/50 between partnerships and strategy in Proparco's seven-person Mobilisation, Strategy and Partnership team, which is attached to its General Management, working on benchmarks of development finance institutions using generative AI, a relationship roadmap with priority partners, performance and impact indicators, sector analyses and steering dashboards. The internship suits students looking for a gap-year or end-of-studies internship, or graduates at Master 2 level in international relations or development or from a business or engineering school, with excellent writing skills in French and English.
3. 🇫🇷 Research Assistant Intern 🔬 Action contre la Faim Internship in Montreuil, France 📚 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Montreuil, France · 👥 Master's students in social sciences · ⏳ 3 months, starting as soon as possible · 💶 €4.57 net/hour
Help Action contre la Faim's research team in Montreuil, France consolidate the organisation's research needs, build a corpus of qualitative data through a bibliographic synthesis of ACF documents and surveys with country offices, researchers and departments, and help promote its research and learning work. It is for students preparing a Master's degree in social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, political science or international development, and an internship agreement from an educational institution governed by French law is mandatory. The pay is €4.57 net per hour, with €8 meal vouchers 60% covered by ACF and 50% of public transport costs covered.
4. 🇧🇪 Political Affairs Intern 🛡️ United Nations OSRSG-CAAC Internship in Brussels, Belgium 🌐
📅 Deadline: 18 October 2026
📍 Brussels, Belgium · 👥 Graduate students, graduates or final-year bachelor's students · ⏳ 6 months, full time, in person
Support a children and armed conflict mandate in Brussels, Belgium by researching political, security and humanitarian developments, supporting monitoring and reporting on EU and Human Rights Council discussions, taking notes at conferences and meetings and helping prepare reports, concept papers, policy documents, talking points and articles. It is open to graduate students and graduates or final-year bachelor's students with fluent English and French, computer literacy and a keen interest in the work of the United Nations, with Spanish desirable. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇭🇷 🇮🇪 🇱🇻 🇸🇪 and 190 more!
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5. 🇨🇭 Africa and Middle East Regional Support Intern 🌍 UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 📈
📅 Deadline: 20 October 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland · 👥 Final-year bachelor's or master's students and recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months
Support UNEP FI's sustainable finance outreach, membership work and events in Geneva, Switzerland, from writing country and member profiles and running membership surveys to identifying financial institutions for outreach, preparing training and awareness events, drafting concept notes and updating the contact database, with tasks in English, Arabic and French. It suits final-year bachelor's or master's students and recent graduates in development studies, economics, business, finance or environmental studies, with some communications experience and fluent English and French, and Arabic as a plus. Open to applicants from 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 🇰🇪 🇲🇽 and 190 more!
6. 🇫🇷 Methane Alert and Response System Intern 🛰️ UNEP International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) Internship in Paris, France 🌍
📅 Deadline: 20 October 2026
📍 Paris, France · ⏳ 6 months
Support a methane alert system in Paris, France by preparing daily draft notifications to governments and companies, tracking and summarising their responses, compiling statistics and visuals for reports and presentations, keeping documentation and contact lists up to date and helping organise workshops and in-person meetings. It is for students or graduates of a graduate or final-year bachelor's programme in international relations, environmental studies or science, public policy or a related field, with strong analytical and drafting skills, fluent English and Power BI as an asset. Open to applicants from 🇦🇷 🇪🇬 🇳🇬 🇹🇭 🇺🇾 and 190 more!
7. 🇸🇪 UPSHIFT Scale Intern (Digital & AI) 💡 UNICEF Office of Innovation Internship in Stockholm, Sweden (Remote) 🤖
📅 Deadline: 20 October 2026
📍 Remote, duty station Stockholm, Sweden · ⏳ 6 months, full time
Support the digital and AI work that scales a youth skills and social entrepreneurship programme in a full-time, remote internship with a duty station in Stockholm, Sweden, from tracking initiatives and managing digital and AI assets to scanning emerging technologies, supporting solution testing, organising project knowledge and preparing briefing materials. It is open to undergraduate, graduate and PhD students or graduates of the past two years in digital technology, edtech, data science, business, innovation, development studies or communications, with strong spreadsheet and presentation skills and fluent English. Open to applicants from 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇳🇿 🇿🇦 🇨🇱 and 189 more!
8. 🇨🇭 Policy Intern 🏛️ UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 🌱
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland, remote or on site · ⏳ 6 months, full time
Support a global policy team in Geneva, Switzerland that helps financial institutions navigate sustainable finance regulation, with communications and event support, policy research and content drafting, donor mapping and fundraising materials and day-to-day team operations. It suits recent bachelor's or master's graduates and final-year or graduate students in public policy, international relations, economics, finance, environmental studies or communications, with strong research and writing skills, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency and excellent English. Open to applicants from 🇦🇱 🇦🇲 🇬🇪 🇲🇩 🇷🇸 and 190 more!
9. 🇰🇷 Independent Evaluation Unit Intern 📊 Green Climate Fund (GCF) Internship in Incheon, South Korea 🌱 (US$1,600/month)
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 Incheon, South Korea · 👥 PhD or master's students and recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months, full time, possible renewal · 💶 US$1,600/month
Support an independent evaluation team's learning, uptake and communications work in Incheon, South Korea through content development, drafting and design of evaluation products, website maintenance, meetings, webinars and learning events, and research and synthesis of qualitative evidence. It is open to PhD or master's students and recent graduates with excellent written and spoken English, writing, branding or multimedia skills and strong analytical skills, and women and nationals of developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply. Open to applicants from 🇵🇪 🇵🇭 🇲🇦 🇸🇬 🇹🇳 and 190 more!
10. 🇫🇷 General Services Intern 💻 INTERPOL Internship in Lyon, France 🌐 (€700/month)
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 Lyon, France · 👥 Students and graduates of the past year, nationals of a member country · ⏳ 6 months · 💶 €700/month
Help improve digital workplace solutions in Lyon, France by customising intranet and document management sites, automating workflows with low-code tools and AI, testing and supporting the adoption of AI assistants and writing user guides. It is open to students and graduates of the past year, ideally with coursework in technology, data protection or public international law, with professional English, French highly desirable and familiarity with workflow automation tools as an asset, and applicants must be nationals of a member country. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 and 190 more!
11. 🇹🇷 Operations and Common Premise/Services Intern 🏢 UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub Internship in Istanbul, Türkiye 📦 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 Istanbul, Türkiye · ⏳ 6 months, full time · 💶 Paid
Support the management of shared office premises and administrative services in Istanbul, Türkiye, from coordinating shipments, customs clearance, insurance and supplies to monitoring utilities, overseeing cleaning and catering, supporting protocol, staff registration and the diplomatic pouch, running the registry and following up on emails. It suits master's students, final-year bachelor's students, recent graduates and postgraduate trainees with excellent communication and analytical skills, strong IT literacy, a well-organised team-player approach and proficient English, with Turkish as an asset. Open to applicants from 🇨🇴 🇬🇭 🇮🇩 🇯🇴 🇰🇿 and 190 more!
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12. 🇺🇸 Strategic Planning Intern 🧭 UN DESA Internship in New York, United States 📊
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 New York, United States · ⏳ 2 to 6 months, hybrid, remote or in person
Support strategic planning and communications in New York, United States, from tracking, researching and analysing information on assigned topics and global sustainable development trends to preparing senior-level meetings, speeches, talking points, background notes, briefs and analytical reports and assisting with events and ad hoc projects. It is open to graduate students, final-year bachelor's students and graduates with fluent English and an interest in sustainable development, analytics or strategy, with presentation design skills as a plus. Open to applicants from 🇧🇩 🇨🇷 🇪🇨 🇱🇰 🇻🇳 and 190 more!
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13. 🇦🇹 Digital Learning and Platform Support Intern 💻 IAEA Internship in Vienna, Austria 🎓
📅 Deadline: 22 October 2026
📍 Vienna, Austria · 👥 Aged 20 or older, three years of university studies completed · ⏳ 12 months
Help run an e-learning platform in Vienna, Austria through platform administration, user support, course testing, usage statistics and reporting, user guidance and the development of e-learning products. It is for students and recent graduates of computer science, information technology, communications engineering or a related field who are at least 20 years old and have completed three years of university studies, with excellent English, and experience with learning management systems and an additional language as assets. Open to applicants from 🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇹 and 190 more!
🏛️ Jobs
14. 🇩🇪 Copernicus Programme Management Officer 🛰️ EUMETSAT Job in Darmstadt, Germany 📊 (From €7,553/month)
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026
📍 Darmstadt, Germany · 👥 Experienced professionals · ⏳ Initial 4-year contract · 💶 From €7,553/month
Support the delivery of the EU's Copernicus programme at Europe's meteorological satellite agency in Darmstadt, Germany by planning and scheduling work, monitoring progress, reporting with KPIs and dashboards, preparing meetings and briefings, managing contracts and studies and leading outreach and awareness reports. It suits experienced professionals with a university degree or equivalent vocational experience, solid programme management skills, excellent writing, an understanding of Copernicus or similar programmes and English with some French, and it is open to applicants from 30 countries. Open to applicants from 🇨🇭 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 🇸🇰 🇪🇸 and 25 more!
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15. 🇩🇪 Course and Conference Officer 📅 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Job in Heidelberg, Germany 🔬 (From €3,812/month net)
📅 Deadline: 3 November 2026
📍 Heidelberg, Germany, hybrid · 👥 Experienced event coordinators · ⏳ 3-year contract, renewable up to nine years · 💶 From €3,812/month net
Own your conferences, courses and events end to end in a hybrid, full-time events team in Heidelberg, Germany, from guiding scientific organisers and liaising with speakers and participants to handling registrations, budgets, reporting, event websites, logistics, social programmes and promotion, with some evening and weekend shifts. It suits experienced event coordinators with strong administrative and communication skills, full fluency in English, confidence with Microsoft Office and registration platforms and a degree or equivalent experience, with German as a bonus. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 and 190 more!
Frequently Asked Questions
Are these internships and jobs paid?
Seven of the 15 calls state their pay or that they are paid: the Green Climate Fund internship at US$1,600 a month, INTERPOL at €700 a month, Action contre la Faim at €4.57 net an hour, Proparco's Financial Analyst internship with an allowance by study level, UNDP Istanbul as a paid internship, and the EMBL and EUMETSAT jobs from €3,812 net and €7,553 a month. Action contre la Faim also covers 60% of €8 meal vouchers and 50% of public transport costs, and Proparco covers the Navigo pass at 100%. Our guide on how paid internships and funded traineeships work explains the different ways internships abroad are paid.
Who can apply for these internships and jobs?
Most internships are for final-year bachelor's students, graduate students and recent graduates, while the two jobs are for experienced professionals. Some calls add specific conditions: INTERPOL requires nationals of a member country, the IAEA asks for applicants aged at least 20 with three years of university studies, Proparco's Financial Analyst role requires being a student in France with an internship agreement, Action contre la Faim requires an internship agreement from a school governed by French law, and the EUMETSAT job is open to 30 countries. Our guide to preparing your Europass CV helps you build a CV for applications like these.
The 15 calls fall into four groups. Sustainable finance and climate run through the two UNEP Finance Initiative internships, the methane observatory in Paris, the Green Climate Fund and Proparco's two roles; policy and humanitarian work shape OSRSG-CAAC in Brussels, UN DESA in New York and Action contre la Faim; digital and operations roles come from UNICEF, INTERPOL, the IAEA and UNDP Istanbul; and the two jobs sit at EMBL and EUMETSAT. A move abroad for work is a big step, and our guide to mental health and wellbeing abroad covers the support worth knowing about.
Youth Works Hub lists each internship and job with its own page and apply link. Pick the role that fits your studies or experience and apply through its page.
