RBA timbuktoo Intern (Comms and Partnerships)

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Background

UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa has launched an exciting major new initiative in 2021, timbuktoo, aimed to galvanize African youth as entrepreneurs, innovators, and problem solvers.

timbuktoo will be an explosive new entrant into UNDP Africa’s ambition to transform the African continent by harnessing on the African people themselves, particularly its ambitious, vibrant, youth, as the key to its development and path out of poverty.

The timbuktoo initiative is multi-pronged, focused on supporting and growing innovative, scalable, and impactful entrepreneurship by African young people, while relying on a springboard of partners who together contribute meaningfully to building an African youth innovation and startup ecosystem. The timbuktoo approach will be anchored in seeking, nurturing, and building African solutions forwarded by Africa’s youth that directly address one or more of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The UNDP RBA timbuktoo team is seeking a highly qualified graduate student to engage as an RBA timbuktoo Communications and Partnerships Intern to support work on the implementation of the timbuktoo initiative. The intern will be expected to support the timbuktoo team through developing communications products, creating content for various media platforms, managing partner outreach and database, among other duties. In addition, the intern will be expected to perform other complementary duties as required by the Supervisor.

The intern will be supervised and report to the RBA Chief Innovation Officer. The internship is for 6 months with an opportunity of extension to a maximum of 12 months. The internship is a full-time internship and is not paid (however stipend is provided). Interns work five days per week (35 hours).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the design and implementation of a Communications Plan;
• Support the website and social media communications;
• Develop 2-page partnership profiles of various funding partners, and research new strategic opportunities for collaboration between RBA and these partners.
• Support partnership building efforts with existing and potential partners (e.g., bilateral- and multilateral development organizations, philanthropic foundations, and financial facilities) through organizing partner outreaches/meetings and dialogues.
• Support in event planning for major launch events and other project rollout activities.
• Support the organization of meetings, events, webinars, etc; prepare meeting minutes/notes to file; and undertake follow-up actions as needed.
• Attend events/meetings that are relevant to RBA/timbuktoo scope of work, and capture/report outcomes.
• Apart from the above the Intern will also be required to execute other duties and assignments as entrusted by RBA Chief Innovation Officer.

Competencies

General:

• Able to take initiative and work independently, with minimum supervision,
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion, and loyalty,
• Excellent organizational, inter-personal, communication and administrative skills,
• Proven ability to manage diverse and complex tasks, with tight deadlines,
• Commitment to the UNDP vision, mission, and strategic goals.

Expected Deliverables

• timbuktoo communications strategy
• Partner mappings
• Outreach materials/products on timbuktoo
• 2-pager Partner profiles

Communication Skills:

• Speaks and writes clearly and effectively
• Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication,
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion, and loyalty.
• Excellent organizational, inter-personal, communication and administrative skills.

Teamwork:

• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals,
• Solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others,
• Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

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

• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher in Communications, Data Science, Management, Marketing, Business, Psychology, Development Studies, or other relevant fields),
• Have graduated with a university degree (as described above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.

Experience:

• Proven understanding of international development, development financing and multilateralism particularly the UN system
• Excellent analytical and data handling capability
• Good understanding and experience in graphics design and Adobe;
• Ability to produce images, short video, animation, and infographics;
• Ability to work on website and social media management
• Excellent organizational, general administration, time management skills
• Demonstrates strong computer skills and ability to produce information visually
• Ability for problem-solving, multi-tasking, meet deadlines and work under pressure, strong follow-up skills
• Ability to work as part of a team in a constantly evolving work environment

Languages:

• Strong English language skills (oral and written)

Intern conditions:

• UNDP internship programme does not provide a salary or remuneration for the internship,
• UNDP offers a modest monthly stipend to help cover basic daily expenses related to the internship, such as meals and transportation at the duty station,
• All other expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern, sponsoring Government, or institution,
• UNDP accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship,
• The intern is responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed,
• Interns are not eligible to apply for, or be appointed to, any post in UNDP during the period of the internship,
• The intern must provide proof of enrollment in health insurance plan,
• Interns are not staff members and may not represent UNDP in any official capacity.