About the UNDP Digital Transformation Internship
Are you ready to apply your digital knowledge and skills to tackle some of humanity’s most pressing challenges? If so, consider joining the UNDP Digital Transformation Internship Program.
Digital technologies are powerful catalysts for global change, offering opportunities to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals while also presenting developmental challenges.
Since 2019, UNDP has been undergoing a comprehensive digital transformation to harness these opportunities.
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Our Digital Strategy 2022-2025 aims to empower people and the planet through digital innovation. It focuses on employing digital technologies in a rights-based approach to enhance development outcomes and foster inclusive digital ecosystems globally.
The internship offers flexibility in start dates based on needs and accepts applications on a rolling basis until September 30th, 2024.
Successful applicants may be notified anytime between April 1st and the end of 2024.
Please carefully follow the instructions for completing your application.
Duties and Responsibilities
We seek motivated interns to support our initiatives in the following areas. Please specify your top three areas of interest in your application using the Airtable form provided under the “Application Process”:
— Inclusive Digital Ecosystems
— Country Office Support & Capacity Building
— UNDP Digital Strategy Development & Implementation
— Support the communications team in planning and creating compelling content for communication channels such as social media, newsletters, blogs, and internal UNDP platforms.
— Business Operations (People Operations & Procurement):
— Research potential new partners, including technology companies, foundations, non-profits, alliances, etc., and assist in identifying new opportunities and areas for collaboration.
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— Product Design, Build, and Management (including AI tools).
— Digital Transformation UNDP Internship Competencies:
— Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadlines.
— Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas and known risks, a pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
— Learn Continuously: Open-minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
— Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, handles ambiguity and uncertainty constructively, is flexible.
— Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in the face of adversity, confident.
— Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion and understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
— Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciates and respects differences, aware of unconscious bias, confronts discrimination.
— Other competencies:
— Database management skills.
— Detail-oriented, preferably with previous administrative and office management experience.
— Eager to learn new things and apply theoretical knowledge to practical work.
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— Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
— Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
— Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure environments.
— Capable of managing complex situations and multiple responsibilities concurrently, balancing long-term projects with immediate demands.
— Skilled in collaborating to achieve actionable results.
— Excellent ability to multitask in fast-paced work environments.
— Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
Required Skills And Experience
Education and Experience
Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:
— Enrolled in a graduate school program (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or
— Enrolled in the final academic year of an undergraduate program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent), or
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— Have graduated with a university degree (first university degree, second university degree or equivalent, or higher) and, if selected, must commence the internship within one year of graduation.
Interest or experience in one of the workstream areas is desirable.
Application Process
The Digital Transformation UNDP Internship application should include:
— Brief cover letter (in English)
— Current and complete curriculum vitae (CV) in English
— Completion of this form (https://airtable.com/appD8tEokxGCrAQmq/shr0EXPUhhVfvELfC), in addition to submitting details via the UNDP vacancy link.
Additional Information
If selected for the Digital Transformation UNDP Internship, applicants will need to provide electronic versions of the following:
— Letter from university confirming current enrollment and graduation date
— Letter of recommendation from a professor
— Copy of most recent school transcript
— Copy of passport
— Visa copy (if located in the USA)
— Completed UNDP internship application form
— Signed UNDP Internship Agreement
— Medical Certificate of Good Health
— Copy of Medical Insurance
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