Background
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UNDP, the global development network for the United Nations system, is present in 166 countries and territories and is uniquely equipped to help developing countries build sustainable capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In support of this, UNDP offers a wide range of solutions to global, regional and national development challenges through a comprehensive knowledge network, expert practitioners and focused strategic areas of support.
UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017 (SP) and the Global Programme 2014-2017 (GP) emphasize the need for new development thinking, approaches and services in a rapidly changing world. The Knowledge, Innovation & Capacity Group (KICG) at the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) is tasked with informing UNDP’s policy and programming services with innovative processes to create greater development impact. To that end, KICG combines and integrates several key development drivers and facilitative processes.
- Fostering innovation – ensuring that the latest innovation expertise and methodologies are systematically identified, tested and made available.
- Capacity development support to meet the sustainable development and resilience challenges of today, with an emphasis on expanded collaborative and networking capacities across institutional, professional and constituency boundaries and the ‘how’ of capacity development
- Optimizing knowledge sharing (KS) and knowledge management (KM): internally in UNDP as a core internal capacity and externally as a service offering as part of all UNDP interventions, or, as recently evidenced in the Rio+ Dialogues, as a separate service delivered with other units in UNDP.
- Enhancing internal Results Based Management (RBM), monitoring and evaluation, as part of streamlining agile business processes in UNDP, as well as assisting partners in strengthening their RBM capacity.
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Duties and Responsibilities
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- Support facilitation of communities of practice via the web-based knowledge sharing platform Teamworks;
- Support the knowledge management team in the preparation of network products including: news updates; consolidated replies to network queries; summaries of e-discussions; and other e-mail marketing campaigns;
- Handle Teamworks content and user management, creation/management of spaces and correction/movement of misplaced content;
- Provide support to communication, social media, change management, marketing initiatives to populate the use of Teamworks;
- Support to documentation collection, synthesis, dissemination and compiling feedback;
- Take meeting minutes and prepare summaries of team meetings and discussions;
- Other tasks assigned by supervisor.
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Competencies
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Functional Competencies:
- Excellent writing skills, as well as strong analytical aptitude and strong communication skills;
- Excellent organizational, time management and strong interpersonal skills;
- Knowledge and understanding of the UN system and UNDP’s mandate;
- Computer proficiency: MS Office including (excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet, Publisher, etc.); and other data analysis tools;
- Good understanding of web applications, in particular content management systems, HTML; text and image editing tools; social media and Web 2.0;
- Experience in content management is desirable;
- Ability to work flexibly, eagerness to learn and capacity to meet deadlines;
- Experience working collaboratively in multicultural teams;
Corporate Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity and fairness, by modeling the UN/UNDP’s values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the vision, mission and strategic goals of UNDP;
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
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Required Skills and Experience
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Education:
- Currently enrolled in a graduate-level degree programme in development or communications related fields;
- Only students who will return to their studies upon completion of their internship assignments are eligible (students who have graduated are not eligible);
Availability:
- Applicants available for a minimum of four months and up to six months are preferred;
- The successful candidate will be required to: Submit a certificate from her school that s/he is enrolled in a Master's programme;
- Have a valid visa to work in the US;
- Have medical and life insurance.
Language Requirements:
- All applicants must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
Financial Arrangements:
- UNDP does not pay for internships;
- The costs associated with the internship must be borne by the nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or by the student, who will have to obtain financing for subsistence and make his or her own arrangements for travel, accommodation etc.
Further Career Opportunities:
- The purpose of internships is not to lead to further employment with UNDP but to complement an intern's studies. However, a number of interns, having completed their studies and met the necessary requirements, have gone on to further assignments within UNDP and the United Nations system.
Application procedure:
- Qualified candidates are requested to apply by sending their Curriculum Vitae together with a Cover Letter.
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