WFP Internship – Library and Research Centre (2023)

The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and the leading provider of school meals. Founded in 1961, WFP is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries. As of 2021, it supported over 128 million people across more than 120 countries and territories.

In addition to emergency food relief, WFP offers technical and development assistance, such as building capacity for emergency preparedness and response, managing supply chains and logistics, promoting social safety programs, and strengthening resilience against climate change. It is also a major provider of direct cash assistance and medical supplies and provides passenger services for humanitarian workers.

WFP is an executive member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, a consortium of UN entities that aims to fulfill the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), with a priority on achieving SDG 2 for “zero hunger” by 2030.

The World Food Programme was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020 for its efforts to provide food assistance in areas of conflict and to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict.

The Library and Research Centre is a knowledge acquisition, dissemination & research service for the UN World Food Programme’s 22,000+ staff and is an integral part of WFP’s Knowledge Management team which focuses on promoting a culture of knowledge sharing, learning, and continuous improvement of WFP’s work.

Under the supervision and guidance of the Head of the Library and in collaboration with other knowledge management colleagues, the intern will support the day-to-day operations in the Library and Research Centre as well as the broader INK team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Library, the candidate will perform the following duties:

• Disseminate alerts of interesting new publications and articles to subscribed mailing lists
• Update of LRC’s internal web page with newly published publications and contents
• Participate in the digitalization of WFP historical publications
• User-support: sharing articles obtained through ILL, managing access to reading platforms, and the digital lending of publications
• Preparation of research requests, reports, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
• Support the organization of external group visits (Universities and student groups) to WFP HQ and the organization of events, book talks, and panel discussions.
• Other related duties as required