The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) envisions to contribute to Africa’s efforts to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities and exclusion through the implementation of UNDP’ s Strategic Plan. In view of the transforming development cooperation landscape and the ambitious goals set out by the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the Africa Union Agenda 2063, it is more than ever crucial to mobilize the broad of financing flows, including public, private, domestic and international, towards the implementation of the SDG aligned national development priorities, while putting in place new, more effective and integrated approaches to managing public and private finance. To support governments in the region to take initial steps and plan sequenced strategies for mobilizing and aligning public and private resources to the 2030 Agenda, UNDP RBA has established the Finance Sector Hub (FSH) in Pretoria. Through the FSH in Pretoria, UNDP RBA is becoming ready to deliver on its ambition of putting SDGs at the heart of financial systems by providing services to its members states across seven strategic areas of engagement including: (1) SDG Financing Strategies; (2) Budgeting for the SDGs; (3) Promoting SDG aligned debt and fiscal instruments; (4) Leveraging international public finance; (5) Unlocking private finance for the SDGs; (7) Aligning business strategies and operations for the SDGs; (8) and encouraging a standardized Impact measurement and reporting for financing the SDGs and taking an approach to strengthening effective governance across our engagements. The FSH team in Pretoria is looking for a competent intern who will support the SDG Investment team leader. The intern will directly contribute to the ongoing initiative to establish a database of investment opportunities across Africa based on findings form the SDG Investor Mapping exercises currently being rolled out across selected countries. The intern will provide relevant economic and statistical analysis, including mapping investment landscapes in different country contexts. The intern will support market research and curate information on the different investor types in selected markets in order to establish a directory of contacts for impact investment approaches to financing the SDGs. Particular importance will be given to the ability to assess the opportunities and benefits of digital finance for supporting inclusive financial systems and driving small and large scale SDG investments in the context of COVID recovery. The intern will support the team’s efforts towards assessing the investment potential and investor risk appetite for certain sectors and implications for national priorities and the SDG based on data from SDG Investor mapping exercises. The intern will advocate for the SDGs Financing agenda, represents UNDP in meetings, and takes minutes as requested by his/her supervisor.
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