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UNITLIFE – Programme Support Intern (Research in Innovation and Communication) | |
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Location : | Home-based, FRANCE |
Application Deadline : | 30-Sep-22 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Time left : | 126d 21h 7m |
Type of Contract : | Internship |
Post Level : | Intern |
Languages Required : | English French |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) | 15-Jan-2022 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 3 - 6 months |
Expected Duration of Assignment : | Maximum 6 months |
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks. |
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I. Background The UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work for the poor in the world’s 46 least developed countries (LDCs). UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private resources, both domestically and internationally, to reduce poverty and support economic development. UNCDF’s financing models work through three channels: (1) inclusive digital economies, which connects individuals, households, and small businesses with financial eco-systems that catalyze participation in the local economy, and provide tools to climb out of poverty; (2) local development finance, which drives structural transformation of localities through policy and regulatory reform, fiscal decentralization, innovative municipal finance including project finance to unlock capital flows to the local level; and (3) investment finance, which provides catalytic financial structuring, de-risking, and capital deployment to drive SDG impact and domestic resource mobilization. UNCDF uses a combination of grants, reimbursable grants, loans, guarantees and technical assistance to support early stage businesses, SMEs, projects, financial institutions and municipal investments. UNCDF’s use of loans and guarantees has been growing and there is now a higher ambition to make better and wider use of these financial instruments. Today the portfolio consists of approximately 25 transactions. UNCDF has also seen a strong increase in demand for its loan and guarantee services from other UN agencies, not least UNDP. In response to the need to deploy different kind of risk tolerant capital, a blended finance impact fund was launched by Bamboo Capital Partners, as the result of a joint initiative between UNCDF and Bamboo Capital. The fund, called BUILD, was incorporated in 2020 and UNCDF made an investment into the Fund in the beginning of 2021, and the Fund made it’s first investment in Q2 of 2021.
UNITLIFE The UNITLIFE programme is an innovative financing instrument hosted by the UNCDF dedicated to the fight against chronic childhood malnutrition in two priority areas: (a) reducing child stunting and other immediate effects of malnutrition; and (b) closing the gender gap in climate-smart agriculture. UNITLIFE has an innovative financing approach and instruments including, but not limited to developing a voluntary micro-donations platform for payment transactions, leveraging sports events and star power to drive social giving, and devising creative donation matching and revenue sharing schemes with private partners. This is the underlying concept behind the application of innovative finance for UNITLIFE — shaving small amounts off targeted transactions and channel them towards development actions that respond to chronic malnutrition needs in developing countries. The funds raised through these instruments will be directly channeled to funding in high impact and innovative projects addressing the immediate effects and root causes of chronic malnutrition. Recognizing UNCDF’s expertise in development impact investments and partnerships in digital and traditional financial partners in both the public and private sector, UNCDF has been requested to host the Secretariat function of UNITLIFE in Paris, France in its initial phase of three years.
II. Objective of the Assignment Working under the supervision and guidance of the UNITLIFE Programme Manager and in close collaboration with the UNITLIFE Innovative Finance Consultant and Communication Consultant, the Intern will support UNITLIFE’s strategic innovation mandate by providing high quality research, analysis and content.
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III. Scope of Work 1. Support the deployment of UNITLIFE’s innovation workstream:
2. Content production and platform management
3. Community engagement
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IV. Competencies Core Competencies
Functional Competencies
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V. Degree of Expertise and Qualification Education: Education
Experience:
Language:
The following documents shall be required from the applicants: Full time availability for programme management support duties is essential.
Internships Conditions:
Application Process: Please note that the UNDP jobsite system allows only one uploading of application document, so please make sure that you merge all your documents (CV/ Resume, Cover Letter etc. into a single file before uploading).
IMPORTANT NOTE: General Call for 2022 Internship Applications: We accept applications from interested and qualified applicants, on an ongoing basis for this UNITLIFE internship opportunity in Paris, France. Interested Candidates can apply at any time indicating the timeframe of their availability in the internship form. However, only those candidates selected for interviews/further assessment by hiring managers will be contacted on ongoing basis as per organizational need.
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