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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 world environmental authority that units the worldwide environmental agenda, promote the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable improvement throughout the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the worldwide setting. 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 data administration and data know-how options, ESS undertakes a variety of companies, actions, and tasks. It works intently with purchasers all through the venture life cycle to tailor the companies to their wants guaranteeing that the answer meets the required aims from a specification, useful resource, and time perspective. ESS is wanting for younger, progressive, solutions-driven people from varied components of the world to hitch the multicultural and dynamic group 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 are usually not restricted to:

• Under supervision, help within the specification, design, improvement, implementation, and upkeep of latest info system platforms in UNEP.
• Assist in enhancing the performance and content material of current info system platforms / digital workflow tasks.,
• Assist in on-going and deliberate info know-how (IT) tasks.
• Undertake varied analysis as directed by the Supervisor by accumulating, analysing and presenting statistical knowledge and different info gathered from numerous sources.
• Development of knowledge techniques functions utilizing requirements established in UNEP.
• Participate in reaching the UNEP digital transformation deliverables the Section has been tasked.
• Will be concerned in actual ongoing tasks that the ESS is presently engaged on. elQ2Sux BIpnb
• Depending on the section of the venture, intern’s curiosity and background, the chosen intern could also be assigned analysis, evaluation, design, improvement, testing, coaching, person help, or outreaching work.
• Perform different duties as directed by the Supervisor.

Qualifications/particular abilities

• Be enrolled in a graduate faculty programme (second college diploma or equal or larger);
• Be enrolled within the ultimate educational yr of a primary college diploma programme (minimal Bachelor’s stage 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;
• Preferred space of study: Information Management, Information Science, Environmental Science, Engineering, Communications, Design, Art, or associated discipline. Applicants are usually not required to have skilled work expertise for participation within the programme, nevertheless candidates are anticipated to fulfill the next necessities:
• Proficiency within the following: Git, PHP(Laravel), Python, JavaScript, MySQL databases is required
• Skilled in utilizing varied IT instruments together with however not restricted to Microsoft Teams / SharePoint, PowerApps, JIRA, Confluence is fascinating.
• A demonstrated eager curiosity within the work of the United Nations and a private dedication to the beliefs of the Charter is desired.
• 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 is desired.

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. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

Additional Information

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Intern Specific textual content

Interns are usually not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and preparations for journey, visas, lodging and residing bills are the duty of interns or their sponsoring establishments. Interns who are usually not 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.