Background
CORPORATE BACKGROUND
UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.
UNDP is working to strengthen new frameworks for development, disaster risk reduction and climate change. We support countries' efforts to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals, which will guide global development priorities through 2030. The key 2030 Agenda principle of leaving no one behind and stamping out inequality is at the core of everything we do.
UNDP focuses on helping countries build and share solutions in three main areas:
- Sustainable development
- Democratic governance and peacebuilding
- Climate and disaster resilience
In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women, minorities and the poorest and most vulnerable.
INTERNSHIP OFFICE BACKGROUND
The UNDP Seoul Policy Centre for Global Development Partnerships (USPC), established in 2011, represents UNDP in Korea, works with Korea on international issues, and shares Korea’s development experiences with other countries through global knowledge exchange. Through ‘SDG Partnerships’ in three thematic areas – i) governance, ii) resilience, and iii) development cooperation, USPC acts as a facilitator of global knowledge exchange on innovative and tested-and-proven policy solutions in strategic areas of expertise. USPC’s global knowledge exchange works as a vehicle for the ROK-UNDP collaboration on “creating new solutions, building collaboration platforms, and sparking new partnerships and instruments for development.”
USPC offers a small group of outstanding final year undergraduate, and graduate students, the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UNDP’s work and gain technical knowledge and experience in international development and multilateral cooperation.
You are invited to join a small, but vibrant team. Whereas the focus of your assignment will be on the tasks outlined in this Terms of Reference, you need to expect considerable amount of multi-tasking and supporting other members of the team.
For more information on USPC’s work, please visit the website: https://www1.undp.org/content/seoul_policy_center/en/home.html.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
No | Duties and responsibilities | % of time |
1 | Assist and support to USPC activities related to knowledge management
| 60% |
2 | Assist and support programme activities of the development cooperation team
| 40% |
Competencies
General:
Communication Skills:
Teamwork:
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Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Applicants to this Internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
- currently in the final year of a Bachelor’s degree; or
- currently enrolled in a Master’s or PhD degree; or
- have graduated no longer than 1 year ago from a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent
- Fields of study: Economics, Statistics, Accountancy, Business Management, Business Administration, Financial Management, Business Analytics, Computer Sciences, Library Science, International Development, Social Sciences, Regional Studies, other fields of study relevant for the advertised internship position.
Experience:
- Familiarity with SharePoint and Power Apps or other similar tools desirable.
- Familiarity with designing, producing and deploying basic business, user-friendly applications using the low-code Power platform and connecting to business data stored in various online and on-premises data sources (SharePoint, Excel, Office 365, SQL, et cetera).
- Familiarity with aspects of project management is desirable.
- Familiarity with issues related to the use of digital technologies in development cooperation is desirable.
- Prior experience with the multilateral system or with a bilateral donor agency is desirable.
- Demonstrated capacity to gather comprehensive information on complex problems or situations, analysing information accurately and identifying key issues and solutions.
- Demonstrated experience of initiative, client-orientation, working in teams, in complex and time-pressured contexts.
Languages:
- Fluency in oral and written English is required.
- Knowledge of Korean is an asset.
- Knowledge of another UN language is also an asset.
Application
- To apply please include in your application one pdf file that includes:
- Your resume in a format of your choosing
- Cover letter (max. 2 pages) including information about:
- Your interest to apply for an internship with UNDP / UNDP Seoul Policy Centre
- Your experience in knowledge management / information technology, including familiarity and/or level of knowledge of SharePoint, Excel, Office 365, SQL, PowerApps, and Power BI.
- Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
Internship Conditions:
- UNDP will not pay interns for internship but will provide a stipend monthly in accordance with the provisions of the UNDP internship policy; all other expenses connected with it will be borne by the intern or the sponsoring Government or institution;
- Interns need to obtain financing for subsistence and make own arrangements for internship, travel, VISA, accommodation, etc.
- UNDP accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship;
- Interns are responsible for obtaining necessary visas and arranging travel to and from the duty station where the internship will be performed;
- Interns are not eligible to apply for, or be appointed to, any post in UNDP during the period of the internship;
- Interns must provide proof of enrolment in health insurance plan;
- Interns are not staff members and may not represent UNDP in any official capacity;
- Interns are expected to work full time but flexibility is allowed for education programmes;
- Interns will accrue leaves at a rate of 1.5 days per month and will be granted off-days on official UN holidays for the Republic of Korea. If exceptional leave arrangements are necessary, requests must be submitted to and be approved by the supervisors in advance to ensure adequate office arrangements.