UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub, founded in 2022, aims to catalyze global capital in support of children to fill the SDG gap and radically accelerate progress towards the SDGs. We sit at a unique vantage point where an organization working on global issues meets the startup thinking, new ideas, and partners to turn this energy into scalable solutions.
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We aim to understand and solve a pressing challenge: why is finance not working for children? On one hand, the funding gap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) continues to grow (currently at over 4 trillion USD!), where children are particularly vulnerable to the educational, health, protection and climate challenges the SDGs try to address. On the other hand, children are seldom considered in the investment practices of investors, even the most responsible and socially conscious – while virtually all companies have material impacts on children lives, as consumers, through their employed parents and caregivers, as community members and as future leaders.
To continue our expanding work, the Innovative Finance Hub is looking for two Innovative Finance Interns reporting to the Programme Specialist and the Senior Analyst, Innovative Finance, respectively, as part of the core team driving Innovative Financing strategies.
Main responsibilities include:
After a comprehensive onboarding, candidates will be expected to perform support functions including:
- Research and analysis: including desktop research around sustainable finance frameworks, consolidation of databases for contacts and pipeline partners; as well as dedicated research support deep-diving in agreed areas of work around child-lens investing (public and private equity investors, financial products, regulatory mapping, etc.).
- Internal Support: including targeted support to Project Managers around a variety of topics on child-lens investing, sustainable finance (i.e: development of Briefing Notes and presentations for senior management and key external events and stakeholders)
- Communications: Coordinate with IF Hub Communications Specialist to align core messaging and deliver timely social media and external outreach when launching new products and reports.
- Team Overall Support: Team Overall Support: Given the diverse range of projects within the IF Hub, the intern may be called upon to assist with various tasks related to innovative finance, either directly or indirectly, as needed.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Enrolled at a university at a master’s level, undergraduate level or a recent graduate (within two years from date of graduation) in Finance, Business Administration, International Development, or a related field.
- Previous work experience, including internships, in the finance and/or sustainable finance (ESG, impact investing, etc.) field would be considered an asset.
- Demonstrated interest working with sustainable finance or related field is desirable, including solid understanding of financial concepts, including sustainable finance, impact investing and ESG.
- Strong capacity to work effectively in inter-divisional teams.
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communications skills.
- Ability to conceptualize, plan and execute ideas.
- Fluency in English is required.
WORK ARRANGEMENT:
The Innovative Financing interns will preferably work in-person at our office in Helsinki, Finland, for a period of 6 months/26 weeks.
Conditions:
- Age: Interns must be at least 18 years.
- Have good academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
- Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office.
- Have no other relatives in the line of authority which the intern will report to.
- Individuals must have proof of medical insurance covering the time and location of their internship.
- This internship will be delivered on a full-time commitment.
- Individuals are expected to provide their own laptop.
- Selected candidates will receive a monthly stipend (unless already in receipt of any support for the internship from a third party).
- Individuals must fund their own travel and living expenses.
- Individuals are responsible for arranging any visa or immigration requirements.
Employment: There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship.
