UNDP, United Nations Development Program is the backbone of the UN development system. We support governments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We focus our global efforts on six signature solutions: eradication of poverty, accountable and inclusive governance, resilience, nature-based development solutions, clean and affordable energy, and gender equality.

UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance (GPCG) is UNDP’s dedicated centre on governance frontier issues, which advances global dialogue and knowledge on inclusive and transformative governance for peaceful, just and inclusive societies. 

UNDP Centre builds knowledge, insight and data through drawing on the experience of practitioners, policymakers and researchers as well as stimulating global discourse and dialogue on key governance questions in the world today. Currently, the Centre works on three focus areas: Financial Integrity, Information Integrity and Fair Green Transitions, as well as a cross-cutting area on New Ways of Governing. 

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Duties and Responsibilities

The intern shall undertake duties which may include, but are not limited to, the following: 

• Assist with research on governance frontier issues, including literature reviews, analysis and drafting and formatting reports
• Conduct mappings and analyses of governance trends and stakeholders 
• Support conceptualization and implementation of innovative initiatives and methods on frontier governance issues. 
• Assist in the development of project communications and other advocacy materials including, among others: concept notes, term of reference, presentations, proposals, speeches remarks, social media content.
• Assist in preparing launches of UNDP reports and other public events. 
• Assist in enlarging GPCG’s network of research and knowledge partnerships in Nordic and Southern countries.
• Participate in internal and external meetings, events, and other necessary engagements with project stakeholders, colleagues at headquarters and country level, and collaborative partners.
• Additional tasks as required to support the work of the Centre. 

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Competencies

• Demonstrated interest in global development and the work of international organisations. 
• Strong interest in questions around governance issues, e.g. accountability, inclusiveness and effectiveness.
• Team player; works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
• Good organizational and time management skills; able to work independently and take initiative
• Flexible mindset and eagerness to learn and take on diverse tasks;  
• Knowledge of Norwegian bureaucracy and political landscape is an advantage.
• Knowledge of and experience with key knowledge and research institutions in Norway or in the Global South is an advantage.  
• Strong editing and visual design skills, including for social media are required; knowledge of web publication tools and photo editing tools is an asset.
• Work experience from a country in the Global South and/or an international organisation or related is an advantage. 

Required Skills and Experience

Languages:

• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.

Eligibility:

Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements: 

• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent); preferably in statistics, data science, Psychology, Sociology and other social sciences.
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher); preferably in Statistics, Data science, Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation, Sociology and other social sciences . 
• Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined above and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program. 

Application process: 

Interested applicants must include the following documents when submitting the applications in UNDP job shop (Please note that only 1 (one) file can be uploaded therefore please include all documents in one file):

• Updated CV as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the Candidate and at least three (3) professional references.
• Brief description of why the individual considers him/herself as suitable for the internship.