Blue Resilience Intern, Nature Hub, BPPS (Home-based)

Overview

Support the Blue Resilience project in organizing and coordinating the 2026 User Gathering. The assignment will require travel to support on-site event activities.

Tasks Summary

• Participate in planning meetings and draft minutes.
• Organize planning meetings with donors, draft agendas and minutes.
• Support engagement and coordination with donors.
• Participate in development of User Gathering concept note, invitations, funding letters and logistics note.
• Participate and support with the development of the User Gathering Programme and agenda.
• Distribute relevant material to participants and stakeholders.
• Manage and maintain registration list of participants and stakeholders.
• Distribute logistics note to participants and stakeholders.
• Manage and maintain relevant documents in a shared repository.
• Respond to participant and stakeholder queries.
• Support with travel arrangements for participants.
• Manage contact with stakeholders in UN City.
• Support User Gathering participants including registration and guiding them through security.
• Support on communications and social media.
• Note taking during User Gathering.
• Liaise with stakeholders in UN City.
• Participate in drafting User Gathering report.
• Participate in drafting thank you note and distributing to participants and stakeholders.
• Provide support in relation to the Blue Justice Community.
• Support drafting of communications material.
• Ensure project activity tracker is up to date.
• Ad-hoc project support.

Experience Requirements

• Excellent organizing skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve goals.
• Analytical skills, including report writing experience.
• Strong interest in, and knowledge of, maritime issues, international relations and the work of international organization is an advantage.
• Experience developing social media materials is an advantage.
• Experience in programme management support and coordination among multiple stakeholders is an advantage.
• Knowledge in the preparation of webinar and (virtual) workshops with experience in using Zoom, MS Teams and other tools is an asset.

Qualification Requirements

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in fields such as environmental management, environmental policy, sustainability management, sustainable development, environmental economics, international relations, communications or related fields;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in fields such as environmental management, environmental policy, sustainability management, sustainable development, environmental economics, international relations, communications or related fields.
• Have 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.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in English is required.

Languages Preferred:

Contract Duration: 5 months

Work Modality: Home-based

Remuneration: • UNDP will not pay for the internship but may provide a stipend in monthly in accordance with the provisions of the UNDP Internship policy;