Internship - Climate & Environment

Internship

Overview

Support project implementation in disaster risk management activities

You have:

• 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 and 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.
• Secure adequate medical insurance for the duration of the internship.

Contract

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Background

Following the approval of the knowledge and support technical assistance (KSTA) on Building Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure through Enhanced Knowledge, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has engaged the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to deliver Output 3 on enhancing resilient recovery capacity. This project strengthens the action-oriented disaster risk management knowledge for disaster-resilient infrastructure in Armenia, Cambodia, Fiji, and Sri Lanka, four Developing Member Countries (DMCs) of the ADB. The grant fund for the project "resilient recovery capacity enhanced" was received from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, financed by the Government of Japan through the ADB.

The Project also aims to improve the enabling environment for recovery by formulating Disaster Recovery Guidelines. The development of Guidelines will help define institutional arrangements, financial mechanisms, implementation and monitoring arrangements, and local systems for recovery during small and large-scale disasters and address the recovery needs of the affected communities to build back better.

Post Context: In this context, UNDP Sri Lanka is hiring an intern to support UNDP and project implementing partners with project implementation. In addition, the intern will also support the activities of the UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction program. The intern will be based at the respective Government office in Colombo, and will report to the Project Manager, UNDP.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager in designing and planning project activities.

• Support the project team and project implementation partners in the efficient implementation of project activities.

• Support the project team on procurement and financial activities with UNDP rules, regulations, policies, and strategies, and the implementation of effective internal controls.

• Support the project team with logistic and organizing requirements to deliver project activities such as project meetings, training programs, workshops, field visits, and other project related events.

• Assist in preparation of project documents and project communication products to capture best practices and lessons learned, raising the visibility of the project – both internally and externally.

• Maintain project documents and files and ensure that the master files have all required documents for contract management.

• Support the project team with database management, and collecting, analysing, and storing data in an organized fashion.

• Liaise with the Project Team to support with requests and queries from the Climate & Environment Team, and or the Country Office.

• Perform any additional administrative tasks, including minute-taking and report writing.

• Undertake any other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor

Competencies

• Proactive (able to proactively undertake tasks that fall under the TOR)

• Team Player

• Excellent writing skills

• Quick learner

• Good computer skills

• Polite and outgoing

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants to the UNDP internship program must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

(a) Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);

(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);

(c) 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;

(d) Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Family Relationship

A person who is the child or sibling of a UNDP staff member is not eligible to apply for an internship at UNDP. An applicant who bears any other family relationship with a UNDP staff member may be engaged as an intern, provided that they must neither be assigned to the same work unit as the staff member nor be placed under the direct or indirect supervision of the staff member.

Medical Insurance

Interns are responsible for securing adequate medical insurance for the duration of their internship with UNDP and must provide a medical certificate of good health before starting the internship. UNDP will not reimburse the medical insurance of the intern. Any costs arising from accidents and illness incurred during an internship assignment will be the responsibility of the intern.

Stipends, insurance, and interns' expenses

Where an intern is not financially supported by any institution or program, such as a university, government, foundation, or scholarship program, a stipend intended to help cover basic daily expenses related to the internship, such as meals and transportation at the duty station, must be paid by the receiving office.

Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, passports, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of:

(a) The nominating institution, related institution, or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or

(b) The intern.

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