Internship Programme for Fao Headquarters

Job Posting: 19/Sep/2025

Closure Date: 31/Dec/2025, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: HQ

Job Type: Internship

Type of Requisition: Internship Programme

Grade Level: N/A

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: From 3 to 11 months

Post Number: N/A
- **FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture**:

- **Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply**:

- **Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO’s values**:

- **FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination**:
**Organizational Setting**

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger and to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. With 195 Members, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. We believe that everyone can play a part in ending hunger.

The Internship Programme aims to attract talented young women and men who are strongly motivated to share their new perspectives, innovative ideas, and latest academic experience in FAO’s domains. The Programme provides a learning opportunity to the participants to supplement their academic knowledge with a practical work assignment in a field related to the work of FAO.

Through the FAO internship experience, interns will contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and FAO's Strategic Framework to support the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for _better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life_, leaving no one behind.

**Reporting Lines**

The intern will report to an assigned supervisor.

**Technical Focus**

The intern will be assigned to different fields of work according to his/her profile and to the needs of the Organization.

**Tasks and responsibilities**

The intern will perform the functions specified in the Terms of Reference (TOR) prepared by the hiring office.

**CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING**

**Minimum Requirements**
- Working knowledge of at least one FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish). Knowledge of a second FAO language will be considered an asset.
- Be nationals of FAO Members.

**FAO Core Competencies**
- Results Focus
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Building Effective Relationships
- Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

**Technical/Functional Skills**

Relevant academic studies in one of the fields of the Organization.

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
- Qualified female applicants and qualified nationals of non
- FAO provides a monthly stipend to interns if they are not sponsored by sending universities or other entities.

**HOW TO APPLY**
- To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications and language skills.
- You are requested to attach a letter of motivation, the evidence of attendance in a recognized university or copy of your academic qualifications to the online profile.
- Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list.

**FAO IS A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT