Overview
The intern will support the Strategic Engagement Team in areas including institutional positioning, resource mobilization, and engagement with Member States and other partners.
Key Responsibilities
- Support preparation of briefing notes, talking points, and engagement documents.
- Assist in developing partnership notes and tailored materials for stakeholders.
- Conduct research and analysis on donor priorities and development finance trends.
- Support the team in refining UNCDF’s value proposition.
- Collect background research and donor intelligence for resource mobilization.
- Assist in preparing presentations and outreach materials for donor meetings.
- Support mapping of partnership opportunities.
- Contribute to tracking donor trends and funding landscapes.
- Support secretariat functions of UNCDF’s Investment Committees.
- Assist in reviewing and organizing investment memos and briefing materials.
- Support preparation of presentations and summaries for internal decision-making processes.
- Help maintain internal trackers and dashboards related to the investment pipeline.
- Support the Corporate Gender focal point through research and partnership support.
- Contribute to analytical work related to portfolio oversight and institutional learning.
Required Experience
Prior experience or internship exposure in a UN entity, multilateral organization, development finance institution, consulting firm, or banking/financial services environment is an asset.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
- Have recently graduated with a university degree 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.
