Overview
This internship supports UNDP's work in digital, AI, and innovation, focusing on accelerating sustainable development through technology. Interns will contribute to various workstreams including systems transformation, programme delivery, data policy, analytics, partnerships, process efficiency, product design, and knowledge management.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct research and draft analytical content on systems transformation, innovation, and policy approaches.
- Contribute to horizon scanning and synthesis of global and regional trends.
- Design, test, and document innovative policy and programme approaches.
- Collect, curate, and disseminate knowledge products.
- Contribute to the delivery of digital, data, and AI initiatives.
- Develop capacity-building materials on digital, data, and AI.
- Coordinate activities related to national digital, data, and AI strategies.
- Draft practical toolkits, guidance notes, and implementation resources.
- Organize and deliver webinars, trainings, and learning sessions.
- Conduct research on data governance frameworks, data protection, and responsible data use.
- Contribute to advisory on development of national data strategies and data governance frameworks.
- Draft policy briefs, background notes, and analytical summaries on data-related topics.
- Track global and multilateral processes related to data and digital governance.
- Collect, clean, and analyze quantitative and qualitative datasets.
- Develop dashboards, trackers, and data visualizations.
- Analyze progress of Digital Strategy implementation using data-driven approaches.
- Translate data findings into concise, actionable insights.
- Research potential new partners and identify collaboration opportunities.
- Contribute to strategic communications and engagement of partners.
- Draft concept notes, communications materials, proposals, and other documents.
- Take part in engagement in global, multilateral and UN interagency processes.
- Assist in UNDP positioning and thought leadership on digital, AI and innovation.
- Develop strategic communications by planning and producing content for various channels.
- Track project workplans, milestones, and deliverables.
- Contribute to planning for HR, procurement, and resourcing processes.
- Develop SOPs, internal guidance, trackers, and dashboards.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and propose process improvements.
- Participate in the design of digital products such as apps, platforms, and AI tools.
- Contribute to scoping and proposal writing for new digital products.
- Support the building of digital products.
- Assist with contract development and invoicing of product development work.
- Conduct user testing and improvement of digital products.
- Assist with the implementation of digital products in countries.
- Maintain and regularly update content on UNDP knowledge platforms.
- Conduct desk research and synthesis on digital, data, and AI topics.
- Draft knowledge summaries, background notes, and briefing materials.
- Support content curation and dissemination of internal newsletters.
- Curate and maintain digital- and data-related knowledge products and repositories.
- Manage content for digital guides, internal platforms, and knowledge databases.
- Coordinate dissemination of research and thought pieces.
Required Experience
Interest/Experience in one of the workstream areas is desirable.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or.
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (undergraduate; minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent); or
- Have graduated with a university degree (first university degree, or second university degree or equivalent, or higher) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
