.Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)A (least hardship)- Family Type (not applicable for home-based)Family- Staff Member / Affiliate Type- Internship- Target Start Date- 2025-01-02- Deadline for Applications- December 1, 2024- Terms of Reference- IMPORTANT INFORMATION:- This position is advertised to internal and external applicants.- This position is offered under an Internship Agreement contract until 30/06/2025 with possibility of extension.- Remuneration: A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For more information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, please visit the portal of the Office of HR Management of United Nations. UNHCR also offers comprehensive medical insurance and pension plans.UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship with the Programme Unit of the UNHCR Country Office in Mexico.Established in December 1950, UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for asylum seekers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. UNHCR currently operates in over 130 countries, using its long expertise to protect and care for millions.Title: Programme Unit InternDuty Station: Mexico CityDuration: 6 monthsContract Type: Internship (full time)Organizational contextThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (the UN Refugee Agency, also known as UNHCR) is an intergovernmental organization with a mandate to protect refugees and stateless people worldwide. Since 1950, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of more than 15,000 people in 130 countries continues to help and protect millions of refugees, returnees, internally displaced and stateless people. UNHCR provides lifesaving assistance, protection, shelter, food, clean water, education, and medical care to some of the world's most vulnerable.UNHCR also provides assistance to refugees who want to return home when it is safe to do so and helps integrate refugees within their local host country or resettle to a third country when returning home is no longer an option. Non-governmental organization (NGO) partners work with UNHCR around the globe to assist and protect refugees and internally displaced people.The Programme Unit within UNHCR Mexico's Country Office supports the planning and implementation of UNHCR's operational activities in Mexico. Among its responsibilities, the Programme Unit works closely with local and international partners in the design and implementation of projects in the country. Together with other technical experts, the Programme team plays a key role in the monitoring of results of UNHCR interventions through the development and implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan