Security Learning, Training and Development Intern

December 8, 2025

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

H (no hardship)

FamilyInternship

2026-01-20Background information/Organizational Context

UNHCR operates on the frontlines of the world’s most volatile and dangerous environments, affected by political and economic instability, civil unrest, crime, armed conflict, and terrorism. As the global security environment deteriorates, crises intensify and multiply, and new and direct security threats emerge, the organisation’s unwavering commitment to reach the most vulnerable, including forcibly displaced and stateless persons, in these high-risk environments is constantly challenged.

UNHCR’s Field Security Service continuously monitors the global security landscape and changing conditions, identifies emerging threats and adapts security measures. When a crisis escalates or a new threat emerges, Field Security Service ensures agility in our Security Risk Management posture to enable us to “stay and deliver”. Field Security empowers the UNHCR workforce, decision-makers and security personnel to ensure personnel know how to operate safely in volatile environments and are able to respond to evolving security risks whilst delivering our mandate. Field Security provides effective, efficient and expert security risk management to protect both the UNHCR workforce and the communities we serve, ensuring that we access populations in most need.

In line with the Field Security Service Learning Training and Development Strategy there is a priority to conduct a global training needs analysis, transition existing security training materials to digital and online formats, ensuring global accessibility, consistency, and compliance through UNHCR’s Workday Learning platform. This requires dedicated capacity with strong instructional design, e-learning development, and technical knowledge of SCORM and Articulate tools to modernise and scale up global security learning programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and conduct global training needs assessment (TNA)
• Develop interactive, engaging, user-friendly e-learning modules using Articulate Rise/Storyline and other online learning authoring tools
• Assist in the digitization and modernization of training content and materials to e-learning programmes
• Support the migration of existing and new security trainings to Workday Learning
• Convert existing global security training packages and materials into SCORM-compliant modules for Workday.
• Support the development of digital learning pathways, ensuring accessibility, inclusivity, and alignment with Person-Centered Approach principles.
• Coordinate within UNHCR units and sections, including Human Resources and the Field Security Service to ensure smooth deployment and tracking of online modules.

Learning Opportunities for the Intern

Through this internship, the selected candidate will gain:

• First-hand exposure to the workings of a leading humanitarian agency and the global learning and capacity development needs of UNHCR.
• Practical experience in Field Security and advocacy for UNHCR training needs.
• Opportunities to develop skills in research, interagency coordination, training design, and knowledge management within a global organization.
• Experience participating in interagency coordination mechanisms, supporting high-level UNHCR engagements with partners, and contributing to strategic training initiatives.
• Mentorship and professional development guidance from security practitioners.
• A deeper understanding of humanitarian principles and operational realities, preparing them for future careers in humanitarian, security, or training fields.

Minimum qualifications required

• Must be enrolled in a master’s in Education, Technology, Instructional Design, Learning & Development, or have completed one within last year.
• Proven experience in developing e-learning content, especially using Articulate 360 (Rise/Storyline).
• Strong knowledge of SCORM standards and deployment in platforms such as Workday Learning.
• Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Knowledge of other UN official languages is an advantage.

Eligibility

In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
• Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of
applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme
from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and
• Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant
or of interest to the work of UNHCR.
• Not have exhausted the maximum cumulative internship period with UNHCR,
including any prior internships (8 months for full-time and 12 months for parttime)

NOTE: An individual who bears the relationship of parent, child or sibling or step-parent, step-child or step-sibling to a current UNHCR staff member or affiliate is not eligible for an internship.

Allowance

Interns will receive an allowance to partially help to cover the cost of food, local transportation and living expenses.

To Apply:

The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing or training.)
We welcome applications from candidates with a refugee or stateless background.

 

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This position doesn't require a functional clearance

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