Paid Digital Transformation UNDP Internship Program: Global Call For 2024

About Digital Transformation UNDP Internship

Are you ready to put your digital knowledge and skills to work in solving some of humanity’s greatest challenges? If yes, the Digital Transformation UNDP Internship Program is for you.

Emerging and future digital technologies are one of the most profound drivers of change globally. Recognizing that these technologies bring both opportunities to accelerate progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as presenting challenges to development, UNDP has been undergoing an organization-wide digital transformation since 2019.

UNDP’s digital transformation seeks to help create a world in which digital is an empowering force for people and the planet.

Our UNDP Digital Strategy 2022-2025 aims to support our partner countries to unlock the power of digital to tackle these pressing issues. The strategy lays out UNDP’s ambition to use a rights-based approach to digital technologies to improve our development results and help build inclusive digital ecosystems globally that leave no one behind.

Please note that the start date is flexible, and needs based. We will be receiving applications on a rolling basis until September 30th, 2024, and successful applicants can hear back any time between April 1st and the end of 2024.

Please read the instructions carefully to complete your application.

Duties and Responsibilities

We are looking for motivated interns who can support our work in any of the following workstreams listed below. Please indicate in your application which workstream (maximum 3) you have the most experience and interest in. Indicate your 3 areas of interest using the Airtable form indicated under “Application Process”.

Inclusive Digital Ecosystems
Country Office Support & Capacity Building
UNDP Digital Strategy Development & Implementation

Support the communications team with planning and producing compelling content for communications channels like social media, newsletters, blogs and internal UNDP platforms
Business Operations (People Operations & Procurement)
Research potential new partners including technology companies, foundations, non-profits, alliances, etc., and help identify new opportunities and areas of collaboration

Product Design, Build, and Management (including AI tools)

Digital Transformation UNDP Internship Competencies

Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Other competencies

Database management skills.

Detail-oriented, preferably with previous administrative and office management experience.
Eager to learn new things and gradually adapt the theory into practical work.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to deliver in a high-pressure environment
Ability to handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously, mixing long-term projects with the urgency of immediate demands.

Ability to collaborate with and achieve actionable results
Excellent ability to multi-task in a high-demand and fast-paced work context
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

Required Skills And Experience

Education and Experience

Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:

Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or.

Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (undergraduate; minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent); or
Have graduated with a university degree (first university degree, or second university degree or equivalent, or higher) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
Interest/Experience in one of the workstream areas is desirable

Application Process

The Digital Transformation UNDP Internship application should contain:

Brief Cover Letter (in English)

A current and complete CV (Curriculum Vitae) in English.
Complete this form (https://airtable.com/appD8tEokxGCrAQmq/shr0EXPUhhVfvELfC) in addition to submitting your details via the UNDP vacancy link

Additional Information

In case a Digital Transformation UNDP Internship applicant is successfully selected, they will be requested to provide electronic versions of: