Antecedentes

Over the past decade, the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, have been critical in mobilizing resources and driving real progress on some of the world’s most pressing problems. With the MDGs’ deadline of 2015 fast approaching, discussion over what should succeed these goals — known as the “Post-2015 development agenda”— is an important collective undertaking for anyone concerned with international cooperation. As this agenda, also referred to as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is being negotiated, there has been a push to utilize international funding for development more effectively through enabling innovative models of collaboration by a wider group of partners and stakeholders.

The SDG Philanthropy Platform (the Platform) project, focuses on philanthropy’s input into this developmental landscape by helping grantmakers to better understand the opportunities for engaging in the global development goals processes. The project assists governments and the UN system in comprehending the added value of philanthropy’s direct engagement, including amplifying the voice and action of their grantees and partners in determining and achieving international targets and strategies.

The Platform project is piloted in Kenya, Colombia, Ghana, Zambia, India, Indonesia, Brazil and the United States.

UNDP is seeking an intern that will work on supporting communication and outreach plans of the Platform activities in pilot countries as well as its global activities.

Under the guidance and direct supervision of the Platform Project Manager, the project management intern will support the SDG Philanthropy Platform’s strategic communications priorities across advocacy as well as procurement processes for activities. 

For more information about the project, please visit the website: www.sdgfunders.org.

Deberes y responsabilidades

Under the supervision of the Project Manager, intern is expected to:

Communication:

• Assist in implementing social media plan to accelerate recognition of Platform globally;
• Manage the database of over 2,000 organizations and companies on Salesforce, in order to keep track of communications in the global philanthropy network;
• Help developing concrete outreach strategies of SDG PP;

Writing & Editing:

• Draft and edit a range of materials, including blog posts, brochures, presentations developed by global team and pilot country coordinators, and supporting documents for procurement and events;
• Take notes for routine team meetings as well as team calls with country offices;

Assist in issuing SDG PP Newsletter:

• Collect stories from the county offices, edit and or write stories, identify relevant stories from others resources within UNDP, formatting and sending it out to partners as inputs to the Platform’s newsletter.

Competencias

Corporate Competencies:

• Commitment to UNDP's mission, vision and values;
• Sensitivity to cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age differences;
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent writing and editing skills in English required;
• Good interpersonal skills: being able to listen and collaborate with a wide range of players, being able to work independently, being pro-active and taking initiatives but also able to identify threats in social media use.

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

The applicants should meet one of the below Academic Qualification / Education criteria:     

a) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in international development or other related field;

(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) in international development or other related field;

(c) Have graduated with a university degree in international development or other related field (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation. 

Language skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English is required.

Financial Issues:

Internships within the UN system are unpaid and subject to conditions the applicant must get familiar with prior to signing his/her internship agreement.

The costs associated with the internship must be borne by the nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or by the student, who will have to obtain financing for subsistence and make his or her own arrangements for travel, accommodation etc.

Application procedure:

The application should contain:

• Brief Cover Letter (in English) stating interest in and qualifications for the post;
• Current and complete CV in English.

Please group all your documents into one (1) single PDF document as the system only allows to upload maximum one document.

Candidates who are selected for must submit prior to the interview the following documents:

• Official letter from the University confirming enrollment in a graduate-level degree programme;
• Proof of medical and life/accident insurance valid for the location in which the internship will be carried out. Selected intern must have medical and life insurance.

UNDP only accepts interns for a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of 6 months.

UNDP accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship.

Interns are not staff members and may not represent UNDP in any official capacity.

It is important to note that interns are responsible to arrange for their own visa and residence documents, and need to plan for these well in advance.

Subsequent Employment:

The purpose of the Internship Programme is not to lead to further employment with UNDP but to complement an intern’s studies. 

Therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of an internship.

More information available at: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/operations/jobs/types-of-opportunities/internships.html