UNDP Jobs - 77759- 77759 - Internship Programme for Health Governance

77759 - Internship Programme for Health Governance Initiative

Location :

Jakarta, INDONESIA

Type of Contract :

Internship

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

30-Apr-18 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

Intern

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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.

Background

“UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, UNDP offers global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations.”

UNDP Indonesia's mission is to be an agent for change in the human and social development of Indonesia. We aim to be a bridge between Indonesia and all donors as well as a trusted partner to all stakeholders. We work in four key areas of development: Governance Reforms, Pro-Poor Policy Reforms, Conflict Prevention and Recovery, and Environment Management, with the overarching aim of reducing poverty in Indonesia. Besides the four priority areas, UNDP Indonesia is also engaged in a variety of crosscutting initiatives focused on HIV/AIDS, gender equality, and information and technology for development.”

The current internship will provide opportunity for student to learn some aspects of technical supports for quality assurance to the projects implementation.

The Health Governance Initiative (HGI) is working on certain areas as well as The Global Fund (GF) Principal Recipients. The Global Fund committed to contribute grant for Indonesia USD 240 Million for HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria, and Health System Strengthening (HSS) and planned to continue support Indonesia until 2020. For TB Program, Sub-directorate TB responsible to manage the program and Pusdatin manage HSS Program became PR of the funds granted by Global Fund. To provide full support to both program, PR-GF as fund manager needs a strong management system that is able to report all program activities using GF fund and the PRs need technical assistance from related development partners to elevate PRs capacity, both for programmatic and finance management.

In finance management, the PRs is required to provide accurate and transparent financial report in timely basis, both to donor and to government of Indonesia. Periodic financial report is an important tool to monitor the program and provide reliable information for decision making. The wide-spread distribution of fund to Sub-Recipients at the province and NGOs becomes a strong reason to upgrade the financial monitoring system, which can acquire and deliver quality financial report. The upgrade needs to be web-based to enable and hasten the accurate and transparent financial report delivery. The program’s finance data can be updated anytime and be presented easily.

Under the overall guidance and day to day management of the HGI Project Manager, UNDP Indonesia is now seeking 2 (two) interns to support the finance management implementation in Principal Recipient, Data and Information Center of Ministry of Health. Besides, the purposes for the internship is to open high achiever intern candidates to able to :

provide a framework by which the intern from related academic backgrounds can be enhanced through practical work assignments; and
expose them to an international environment.

The Office address :

The Global Fund Principal Recipient (PR) ; Data and Information Center of Ministry of Health, Gedung Adiyatma 9th floor, JL. H.R. Rasuna Said Blok x5 Kav. 4-9 Kuningan, Jakarta 12950

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will undertake the following tasks:

Support and assist PR project staff in conducting financial management of the project including preparing and reviewing all financial documentations prior to input any data /financial transactions /financial report;
Provision support PR project staff on financial report as recorded historically and accurately to ensure transparence & accountability;
Support and assist PR project staff to review the expenses are based on the approved budget/work plan;
Provision Support to review and verify all supporting documents for settlements of any cash advances prior inputted into the system;
Support and assisting PR project staff to ensure that all transactions are in compliance with the required rules/regulation in the day-to-day administration;
Support PR project staff to do the checklist of PRs asset;

Competencies

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrate commitment to UNDP mission, vision and values
Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Functional Competencies:

Knowledge Management and Learning

Ability to share knowledge and experiences and to provide advice to colleagues
Willing to learn new knowledge

Development and Operational Effectiveness

Ability to provide moderate finance and accounting process
Ability to perform work of confidential nature and handle a large volume of work

Leadership and Self-Management

Focus on result for the client and respond positively to feedback
Consistently approach work with energy and positive attitude
Demonstrate openness to change and ability to manage complexity

Learning opportunities for the intern

Knowledge of the UN system and integration to the UN family
Enriched working experience
Knowledge of the health programme in Indonesia
Take part and contribute to the health programme in Indonesia

Required Skills and Experience

Minimum qualification :

Education: In final semesters or has just completed the undergraduate degree (Bachelor)
Field of study: accounting, financial management or other similar field
Knowledge of accounting software an advantage
Language skills: fluency in writing and verbal skills of Bahasa Indonesia; ability to write and speak in English well
Demonstrated interest in the field of development and the work of international organizations
Good oral and written communications skills and demonstrated research abilities and interest
Passionate about the development sector and possess the aspiration to contribute to Indonesia’ advancement in the regional and international community

General requirement

Internet proficiency as well as proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required
The intern will bring her/his own laptop to support the work. Other logistics will be provided by the office
Must possess a strong ethics in the professional environment
A fast learner who can adapt quickly
Ability to perform a variety of administrative tasks.

Financial Issues

Interns are not financially remunerated by UNDP.

All costs connected with an intern's participation in the Programme must be borne by:

the nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students;
the student, who will have to obtain financing for subsistence and make his/her own arrangements for travel (including to and from the office), visas, accommodation, etc.