Intern (UNDP Accelerator Lab Pacific (Palau))

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.

The Accelerator Labs are UNDP’s new way of working in development. The labs will transform our collective approach by introducing new services, backed by evidence and practice, and by accelerating the testing and dissemination of solutions within and across countries. Sense-making, collective intelligence, solutions mapping, and experimentation will be part of the new offer from UNDP to governments.

Together with national and global partners, the UNDP Global Accelerator Labs started with 60 Lab teams covering 78 countries and are now expanding to 91 Labs covering 115 countries. The Accelerator Labs will work together to find radically new approaches that fit the complexity of current development challenges. The labs will analyze challenges within local contexts to identify connections and patterns in search of new avenues of work to act effectively in addressing wicked development challenges.

The intern will work with the Accelerator Lab Pacific to develop and deploy Accelerator Lab methodologies to address development challenges in the Pacific.

Duties and Responsibilities

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Duties and responsibilities

% of time

In this section list the primary responsibilities and tasks of the position. (Include percentages for each duty.)

1

Knowledge support

Assist with data collection and management, including identifying unusual or untapped data sources/communities
Assist with Community Research and Ethnography

Assist in documentation of Accelerator Lab learnings

40%

2

Project and programme support

Assist in event management and logistics
Assist with experimentation design and execution
Assist in volunteer recruitment, management, and mobilization
Support other/ad hoc activities as seen relevant and needed
Assist building and establishing an online community of practice for solutions mapping in Palau

30%

3

Technical support

Assist in setting up systems and processes for the Accelerator Lab
Assist in the teaching and dissemination of Accelerator Lab methodologies

Assist in communications and publicity
Assist with administrative duties as and when required

30%

Competencies

UNDP will provide a stipend in accordance with the provisions of the UNDP Internship policy. All expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern or her/his sponsoring entity;
UNDP accepts no responsibility for costs arising from accidents and/or illness or death incurred during the internship;
Interns must be a citizen of the Palau and reside in Palau during the internship period;
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;
Intern will provide their own IT equipment (Computer)

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:

currently in the final year of a Bachelor’s degree; or
currently enrolled in a Master’s degree; or
have graduated no longer than 1 year ago from a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent studies; or
enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship programme and undertake the internship as part of this programme.

Field of study: All academic backgrounds welcome, but priority will be given to candidates with interdisciplinary experience, e.g., anthropology, social sciences, data science, innovation, human geography, society, arts and humanities, policy or equivalent.

IT skills:

Knowledge and a proficient user of Microsoft Office productivity tools;
Familiarity with solutions mapping, data analysis, experiment design and/or social media tools and platforms is an advantage.

Language skills:

English required;
Knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

Other competencies and attitude:

Interest and motivation in working in an international organization;
Good analytical skills in gathering and consolidating data and research for practical implementation;
Outgoing and proactive, initiative-taking person with a goal-oriented mind-set;
Good writing skills
Communicates effectively when working in teams and independently;
Good in organizing and structuring various tasks and responsibilities;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Responds positively to feedback and differing points of view;
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.