Communications Intern - half time

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Background

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNDP's policy work carried out at HQ Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy.

In order to streamline its financial and investment engagement, UNDP launched the Sustainable Finance Hub, a finance and innovation platform, that draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to align public and private capital flows with the SDGs and mobilise finance at scale. The Hub serves as a connector, broker and global coordinator among internal and external actors; curates and manages UNDP's catalogue of service offers on SDG financing to governments, investors and companies, via UNDP country offices, to significantly enhance the scale and impact of UNDP's work.

The Hub is an integral part of both the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), and the Global Policy Network GPN a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains. The Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of U’DP's Strategic Plan. BPPS also assists UNDP and partners to achieve higher quality development results through an integrated approach that links results-based management and performance monitoring with more effective and new ways of working. Lastly, BPPS supports UNDP and partners to be more innovative, knowledge and data driven including in its programme support efforts.

Through the Sustainable Finance Hub, UNDP has been increasing its engagement in global financial and economic policy making, including by carrying out work in different forums (i.e., G7, G20, UN’s Financing for sustainable development, etc.) as well as other regulatory and market-based networks. Furthermore, UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub runs the Secretariat of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG). As such, it assists G20 Presidencies in the implementation of their G20 priorities on sustainable finance.

Duties and Responsibilities

Please note that the internship will be half-time.

Under the supervision of the Sustainable Finance Advisor, the intern is expected to:

Communication:

• Help in developing and running a concrete outreach strategy of UNDP SFH.
• Assist in implementing social media plan to accelerate recognition of the hub globally;

Writing, design & Editing:

• Draft and edit a range of materials, including blog posts, brochures, presentations, materials for social networks, and supporting documents for procurement and events.
• Write meeting minutes for calls with external partners (ministry of finance, central banks, international organizations, financial institutions, etc.) and routine team meetings.
• Support in the redesign of the g20sfwg.org website by contributing to the brainstorming with the website developers on design proposals.

Outreach:

• Drafting, designing and editing stories, identify relevant stories from other resources within UNDP, formatting and sending it out to partners as inputs to the hub’s newsletter.
• Support the organization of G20 SFWG meetings and internal webinars within UNDP;

Research:

• Compile necessary background information on selected topics, mostly on initiatives related to sustainable finance / financing of development from countries, private sector actors and international organizations.
• Contribute to the Hub's knowledge management processes

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

• Commitment to UNDP's mission, vision and values.
• Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences;
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Functional Competencies:

• Good interpersonal skills: being able to listen and collaborate with a wide range of players, being able to work independently, being pro-active and taking initiatives but also able to identify threats in social media use.
• Knowledge on sustainable development and/or finance is an asset

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

The applicants should meet one of the below Academic Qualification / Education criteria:

a) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in international development, political science, communications or other related field;

(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) in international development, political science, communications or other related field;

(c) Have graduated with a university degree in international development, political science, communications or other related field (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.

Language skills:

Excellent spoken and written English is required.

Financial Issues:

The intern will receive a stipend of USD 500.00 per half-time month worked if he/she does not receive any other subsidy / scholarships from other institutions.

Application procedure:

The application should contain:

• Current and complete CV in English
• Brief Cover Letter (in English, max 1 page) stating interest in and qualifications for the post;
• A proposal for a short press release on G20 activities around Sustainable Finance, ideally related to the Sustainable Finance Working Group (SFWG) (max 1 page on word). The post would aim at focusing attention on a topic that is relevant to the SFWG agenda, or promote a past event, report publication ....

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Selected candidates will need to submit the following documents:

• Official letter from the University confirming enrolment in clarifying the level degree programme;
• Proof of medical and life/accident insurance valid for the location in which the internship will be carried out. Selected interns must have medical and life insurance.

Conditions:

• UNDP only accepts interns for a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of 6 months;
• UNDP accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents, illness or death during the internship;
• Interns are not staff members and may not represent UNDP in any official capacity;
• Interns are responsible to arrange for their own visa and residence documents, and need to plan for these well in advance;
• The purpose of the internship is not to lead to further employment with UNDP but to complement an intern’s studies; therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of an internship.

More information available at: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/jobs/types-of-opportunities/internships.html