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Background

The internship is open only to citizens and residents of Tajikistan.

The Youth Empowerment through Skills Development and Promotion of Innovations in Tajikistan project addresses the economic vulnerability of young people aged 15-35 in Tajikistan, with a special focus on vulnerable young women and men living in economically disadvantaged areas of Tajikistan. The project promotes youth’s engagement in sustainable and innovative development at national and local level and providing access for young men and women to employable knowledge and skills. The project also fosters youth-led local initiatives aimed at the expansion of decent work, income-generating opportunities, entrepreneurship, and improved wellbeing for youth. The project objectives will be achieved through interconnected complex of activities including but not limited to reskilling and upskilling programs to meet the local and external labour market demand, support to start-ups, trainings for innovations in business, knowledge, and experience exchange at the national and international level, strengthening capacities of decision-makers for youth-friendly policies, institutions, etc.

The project promotes youth’s and women-led local initiatives and their engagement in sustainable entrepreneurship, innovative and inclusive local development through the development of people’s practical skills for innovations and business contributing to overall empowerment of vulnerable youth and women. The project is funded by the Government of Russian Federation and will be implemented till December 2025. The project is expected to be implemented countrywide with a special focus on rural and remote areas of GBAO, Sughd and Khatlon regions. The main Components/Outputs of the project are:

1. Promoting knowledge and skills for youth engagement in innovative development.

2. Enhanced opportunities for youth employment in innovative economic sectors.

3. Enhanced access to innovative financing, knowledge exchange and business connectivity.

UNDP’s Youth Empowerment through Skills Development and Promotion of Innovations in Tajikistan project envisage to provide Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan intern to promote skills of youth and involve them into industrial sector. The hired intern will be employed in the Department of Light Industry and Textile of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide assistance in work process of UNDP partner institutions and ongoing activities related to industrial sector development of the Youth Empowerment through Skills Development and Promotion of Innovation in Tajikistan project;
  • Provide assistance in the work process of Ministry Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan in relation with foreign partners on the projects related to light industry and textile production;
  • Assist in communication with existing and future potential donor organizations projects in the field of textiles and design;
  • Assist in preparation and provision of the necessary industry information to attract investments for the industry development and attraction of technical expertise from abroad;
  • Provide support in organization of roundtables and other capacity building activities;
  • Assist on preparation of work-related documentations and presentation development;
  • Conduct review on existing textile industries and create a database including information on industry objectives and goals;
  • Assist in identifying major challenges the light industries are facing in doing business, if possible, suggest effective strategies on lifting those challenges;
  • Provide oral and written translations services from English to Russian vice versa and other support needed.

Competencies

  • Analytical, communication and writing skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the UN/UNDP.
  • Demonstrates integrity and fairness, by modelling the UN/UNDP’s values and ethical standards.
  • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Required Skills and Experience

At the time of application the candidates to the UNDP internship programme must meet one of the following requirements:

  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher).
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
  • Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Required qualifications:

  • Field of study: management, administration, finance, economics, computer science, and industry;
  • Proficiency in relevant software applications, including Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Internet;
  • Good knowledge of English, Tajik and Russian languages;
  • Personal motivation in work, being a good team member, having commitment, sense of responsibility, being pro-active, accuracy with figures and documents, friendly personality and positive attitude
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