Historique

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) supports UNDP in achieving its vision and objectives through enabling the organization to attract, manage, and retain staff with relevant technical expertise, competencies and skills, by providing strategic HR advice and creating an inclusive working environment where staff are engaged, continuously develop professionally and perform at their best. Operating within the Bureau for Management Services (BMS), OHR’s key clients include UNDP executives, CO and HQs leaders and managers, individual staff members and HR practitioners. The team works closely with colleagues in business solutions, OFRM and others in the BMS team to ensure a seamless service to our clients.

The HRM Team is responsible for the delivery of a full spectrum of strategic HR services to UNDP clients aimed to ensure that Bureaus and Offices can attract and effectively manage required talent in the culture of high performance, innovation and informed risk-taking.

The Team offers several service lines, including business partnering for managers and staff, as well as a range of operational HR services from staff recruitment to separation and off-boarding. A distinct service line refers to the development of HR processes and systems with a particular focus on the use of technology to support and enable effective HR management, workforce analytics, HR performance monitoring and business process reengineering.

HRM collaborates closely with the ITM and Policy and Compensation Teams, and is an authoritative source of strategic advice and guidance on all issues of human resources management, as well as in providing client-specific HR solutions that are fair, consistent, objective and compliant with the policies and procedures of UNDP.

Under the guidance and supervision of the HR Specialist in the Regional Service Center for Africa (RSCA) in Addis Ababa, and as part of the HR Business Partnering Team for Africa, the HR intern will support the provision of quality and timely HR services to the RBA portfolio.

Devoirs et responsabilités

Summary of Key Functions:

  • Workforce analytics;
  • Engagement;
  • Recruitment;
  • Performance Management and Development;
  • Capacity Development and Knowledge Building;
  • Case Management.

Workforce Analytics:

  • The intern will support the preparation of HR reports, presentations, briefing notes based on analysis of relevant workforce data.
  • He/she will interpret workforce data and statistics and makes suggestions based on HR analytics.

Engagement:

  • The intern will support the pulse surveys conducted in the region as well as the analysis and presentation of results;
  • She/he will support the gender parity, diversity, and inclusiveness efforts in the RSCA.

Recruitment:

  • The intern will support recruitment processes in the region;
  • He/she will review corporate HR initiatives with a view to provide inputs from a different perspective.

Performance Management and Development:

  • The intern will regularly monitor PMD status and provide updates;
  • She/he will follow up on individual cases.

Capacity Development and Knowledge Building:

  • The intern will support the RSCA in its onboarding efforts;
  • He/she will support the overall learning efforts in the RSCA.

Case Management

  • Assists the HR team both in RBA HQ and the RSCA in researching and analyzing cases.

Compétences

  • Knowledge of HR Management;
  • Critical thinker with good organizational skills;
  • Has strong computer skills;
  • Team player;
  • Is cultural and gender sensitive;
  • Good communicator;
  • Seeks contributions from others and reflect these in own work.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Education:

  • Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent);
  • Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation. 

Experience:

  • Prior working experience (professional or not) in any field is desirable.

Language:

  • Fluency in English is a requirement;
  • Fluency in French or Spanish is desirable.

Important information:

Interns are not financially remunerated by UNDP. Interns are considered gratis personnel.

UNDP accepts no responsibility for the medical and life insurance of the intern or costs arising from accidents and illness incurred during an internship.

Please submit with your application, and your latest Curriculum Vitae along with a Cover Letter (in one document) setting out your motivation to seek an internship with OHR/ UNDP and why you are an outstanding candidate for this internship. (Maximum 1000 Characters).

Other Information:

The candidates who are shortlisted for an interview, must submit, prior to the interview, the following documents:

  • An official letter from the University confirming current enrollment and graduation date;
  • A copy of school transcript.

Before final acceptance, the selected candidate will have to provide the following additional documents:

  • Letter of endorsement from a senior faculty member who has directly supervised the student in the recent past and who is fully acquainted with the student's performance.
  • A Medical Certificate of Good Health from a recognized physician.
  • Proof of medical/life insurance valid for the location in which the internship will be carried out.