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Work Location

Nairobi

Expected period

6 MONTHS

Duties and Responsibilities

Organizational Setting and Reporting The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the main international environmental authority that units the worldwide environmental agenda, promote the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable growth inside the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the worldwide surroundings. This place is for the UNEP headquarters, Corporate Services Division, Enterprise Solutions Section (ESS) within the lush inexperienced UN campus in Nairobi. The incumbent shall be reporting to an Officer in ESS. Mandated to allow environment friendly programme supply utilizing cutting-edge information administration and knowledge expertise options, ESS undertakes a variety of companies, actions, and initiatives. It works intently with purchasers all through the mission life cycle to tailor the companies to their wants making certain that the answer meets the required targets from a specification, useful resource, and time perspective. ESS is wanting for younger, modern, solutions-driven people from numerous elements of the world to hitch the multicultural and dynamic crew in ESS as interns to additional implement the options. The internship is for a period of between three (3) to 6 (6) months at an unpaid modality, works full-time 5 days per week (35-40 hours). Responsibilities Duties could embrace, however aren’t restricted to:

• Under supervision, help within the specification, design, growth, implementation, and upkeep of latest data administration platforms in UNEP.
• Assist in enhancing the performance and content material of present data administration platforms / digital workflow initiatives.,
• Assist in on-going and deliberate inexperienced data expertise (IT) initiatives.
• Undertake numerous analysis as directed by the Supervisor by gathering, analysing and presenting statistical knowledge and different data gathered from various sources.
• Provide help with ESS outreach and inner communication actions.
• Under supervision, help in streamlining of the digital central file system by structuring relevant data and folders in an environment friendly approach.
• Participate in attaining the UNEP digital transformation deliverables the Section has been tasked.
• Will be concerned in actual ongoing initiatives that the ESS is presently engaged on. elF1YkS BWaPBR
• Depending on the section of the mission, intern’s curiosity and background, the chosen intern could also be assigned analysis, evaluation, design, growth, testing, coaching, consumer help, or outreaching work.
• Perform different duties as directed by the Supervisor

Qualifications/particular expertise

• Be enrolled in a graduate college programme (second college diploma or equal or larger);
• Be enrolled within the last educational yr of a primary college diploma programme (minimal Bachelor’s degree or equal);
• have graduated with a college diploma (as outlined above) and, if chosen, should start the internship inside a one-year interval of commencement;
• most well-liked space of study: Information Management, Information Science, Environmental Science, Engineering, Communications, Design, Art, or associated subject. Applicants aren’t required to have skilled work expertise for participation within the programme, nevertheless candidates are anticipated to satisfy the next necessities:
• Skilled in utilizing numerous IT instruments and good information of databases. ESS makes use of these IT instruments for Information Management initiatives: Microsoft Teams / SharePoint, PowerApps, JIRA, Confluence and Moodle.
• Have demonstrated good communication expertise in a posh multicultural surroundings.
• Have a demonstrated eager curiosity within the work of the United Nations and have a private dedication to the beliefs of the Charter.
• Have a demonstrated potential to efficiently work together with people of various cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which embrace willingness to attempt to perceive and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Experience in extracurricular actions is advantageous..

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the place(s) marketed, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of one other official United Nations language is fascinating.

Additional Information

Not obtainable.

Intern Specific textual content

Interns aren’t financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and preparations for journey, visas, lodging and dwelling bills are the duty of interns or their sponsoring establishments. Interns who aren’t residents or everlasting residents of the nation the place the internship is undertaken, could also be required to acquire the suitable visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates ought to talk about their particular visa necessities earlier than accepting the internship provide.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.