Climate Change Intern

Internship

Overview

Support Youth4Climate initiatives to advance Viet Nam's climate commitments.

You have:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, marketing, public relations, environment, climate change or any other related fields.
• At least 1 year of experience in areas of communication, marketing, website management, content creation, social media.
• Excellent skills in design, photography and video editing.
• Proven track record in youth engagement and/or communications activities.
• Fluent English and Vietnamese — the deliverables must be presented in either or both languages according to the audience.
• Proven knowledge and familiarity with sustainable development, climate change, environment, public policies, existing development and environment policies in Viet Nam is an asset.
• Experience working with UN/UNDP, international organisations, NGOs, embassies is an asset.

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Background

The Government of Viet Nam (GoV) has been active in mainstreaming climate change into national policies, with the promulgation of the National Strategy on Climate Change in 2011, followed by the National Action plan on Climate Change 2012-2020, in 2012. A signatory of the Paris Agreement, the country is currently finalising its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), while advancing the formulation of its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) and the update of the National Climate Change Strategy since 2020, building on the updated NDC.

UNDP Viet Nam envisions its key mission to support Viet Nam in institutionalization and implementation of the NDC as part of UNDP NDC Global Support Programme with financial support from BMU and the EU. In Viet Nam, in particularly, UNDP support to advance the private sector engagement in Agriculture and Energy sectors, as the most prioritized areas to implement Viet Nam climate commitments.

The overall objective of the project is to advance the private sector engagement to finance, support and implement technically sound and financially viable risk-informed mitigation and adaptation actions in Viet Nam NDC. Specifically, the changes are made through delivering of the four expected outcomes:

• Productivity and Competitiveness of Agriculture Sectors and its supply chains are advanced with sustainable, resilient and low emission innovations.
• Strengthening Platform for Private Sector Innovation and Investments to support technology transfer to track contributions of NDC targets.
• Sustainable finance mechanisms established to scale up NDC mitigation and adaptation actions.
• Policies and Incentives created to advance private sector engagement in investment opportunities in national plans.

In 2019, in parallel to the NDC global support programme, UNDP launched the 'Climate Promise,' a global programme through which it committed to supporting at least 100 countries in enhancing their NDCs by 2020. Under the Climate Promise programme, UNDP will continue to work with the Government of Viet Nam, particularly with the Department of Climate Change (DCC) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), which is the UNFCCC Focal Point, to enhance the capacity and inclusion of the Youth in the NDC planning and implementation process.

In collaboration with MONRE, UNDP recently launched the Youth4Climate initiative in 2020. The initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of existing youth representatives and youth networks in stepping-up their climate actions in different frontlines to advance Viet Nam's NDC.

Specifically, the Youth4Climate initiative will:

• Raise environmental awareness of the Youth by building on active Youth networks, empower them to be agents of change and take swift actions to implement the climate commitments laid out in Viet Nam's NDC.
• Listen to Youth's voices to capture the current bottlenecks and opportunities they face in undertaking climate actions.
• Establish regular platforms for dialogues with the Government and policymakers in delivering the NDC in Viet Nam; and mentor Youth Delegates to contribute to Pre-COP26 Youth Events.

In this context, UNDP is recruiting an Intern to support the Youth4Climate initiatives in Viet Nam. UNDP is looking for a highly motivated young Vietnamese who is passionate about the environment and climate change and would like to support the success of the NDC and Climate Promise project.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Contribute to the general organization and communication of the Climate Change Project Portfolio, particularly Climate Promise/Youth4Climate initiativ****e

• Support to maintain and continually update the Youth4Climate Learning Hub with key events and youth projects; validate and answer queries on the comment threads
• Update and implement the communication plan for the Youth4Climate Learning Hub in coordination with the Youth4Climate Energy TOTs
• Collaborate with the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union (HCYU) on project proposal and implementation for the next phase of Youth4Climate outputs
• Support the creation of a Carbon Footprint Calculator for youth and youth climate projects, to be hosted by the Youth4Climate Learning Hub
• Support the inter-unit Youth Working Group in coordinating communication for projects, producing and disseminating quarterly newsletters
• Provide communication support to UNDP at relevant workshops and seminars or training events with partners.
• Support to ensure all UNDP visibilities are clearly featured and credited in publications, social medias, etc.

2. Support the coordination of Youth4Climate Energy Training-of-Trainers (TOT)

• Coordinate with GreenID, the University of Science & Technology and other experts to maintain and grow the Youth4Climate Energy TOT network
• Support Youth Energy TOTs in organizing workshops (online and offline in Ha Noi) on climate change and energy for local communities
• Support TOTs in the creation of multimedia products on energy and climate for social media channels and the Youth4Climate Learning Hub

3. Other support under Climate change project portfolio****:

• Write and/or design other needed communication materials for projects under the Climate project portfolio
• Provide ad-hoc translation/interpretation for UNDP international experts in meetings with Government counterparts or provinces

Competencies

UNDP is seeking candidates with the following personal qualities:

• Interest and motivation in working in an international organization;
• Good analytical skills in gathering and consolidating data and research for practical implementation;
• Good writing and oral presentation skills;
• Initiative-taking person with a goal-oriented mind-set;
• Communicates effectively when working in teams and independently;
• Good in organizing and structuring various tasks and responsibilities;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Responds positively to feedback and differing points of view;
• Demonstrated interest in the field of development, particularly in the area of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation;
• Demonstrated research and analytical capacity;
• Proven ability to manage diverse and complex tasks, with tight deadlines;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in journalism, communication, marketing, public relations, environment, climate change or any other related fields;
• At least 1 year of experience in areas of communication, marketing, website management, content creation, social media;
• Excellent skills in design, photography and video editing;
• Proven track record in youth engagement and/or communications activities;
• Fluent English and Vietnamese — the deliverables must be presented in either or both languages according to the audience;
• Proven knowledge and familiarity with sustainable development, climate change, environment, public policies, existing development and environment policies in Viet Nam is an asset;
• Experience working with UN/UNDP, international organisations, NGOs, embassies is an asset;

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