Overview
The Program and Administrative Assistant Intern will support the Inclusive Growth and Environment Programme Unit, contributing to programmatic, technical, and operational processes within UNDP Angola.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in preparing background notes, briefings, and presentations.
- Gain exposure to project concept notes, ToRs, and implementation plans.
- Support planning and follow-up of technical meetings, field missions, and stakeholder consultations.
- Conduct desk research and review relevant policies, programs, and innovations.
- Learn to assess digital inclusion and access, explore agritech solutions, study green entrepreneurship models, and blended finance mechanisms.
- Practice compiling data and draft summaries.
- Support the organization of meetings, workshops, and events.
- Gain experience with travel administration.
- Maintain proper filing systems.
- Develop skills in routine administrative support.
- Observe and assist with office services.
- Provide administrative support for meetings, training sessions, and events.
- Contribute to logistical and administrative backups.
- Learn to support accounting and financial support.
- Gain exposure to UN/UNDP Financial Rules and Regulations, POPP, internal controls, and corporate policies.
- Observe and assist effective financial oversight.
- Practice processing financial transactions in Quantum.
- Develop knowledge of internal control standards.
- Assist in follow up with UN agencies, government partners, vendors, and service providers.
- Practice extracting, compiling and analysing financial data from Quantum.
- Learn how to assist in procurement and recruitment processes.
- Support the tracking of project activities, deliverables, and timelines.
- Perform other duties as required.
Required Experience
- No experience required.
- Well versed in Microsoft Office Apps.
Qualifications
- Enrolled student of a degree programme or completed 4 years of full-time studies at a university in the field of Social Sciences, Climate Studies, Environmental Science, Development Studies, Digital Innovation, Economics, Public Policy, or a related field.
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
- Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
