Overview
Support research, knowledge management, and communications tasks related to disaster risk reduction, with a focus on risk intelligence, digital and AI technologies, early warning, and preparedness.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct research and analysis on risk intelligence, digital and AI applications for DRR.
- Support the development of UNDP's Risk Intelligence Service Line offer.
- Contribute to knowledge products, concept notes, and policy briefs.
- Map and analyze digital and AI-powered applications for DRR.
- Identify and document country-level good practices.
- Assist in developing strategic partnerships.
- Contribute to presentations and project proposals.
- Support the development of UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Undertake research and categorization of resources for learning pathways and toolkits.
- Support the development and maintenance of online repositories.
- Support the organization of webinars and serious games.
- Develop social media kits for workshops and webinars.
- Support with presentations and briefing notes on UNDP’s early warning portfolio.
- Support the DRT with research and analysis on urban resilience, gender equality, and financing for DRR.
- Develop funding and project proposals.
Required Experience
- Excellent communication skills; ability to write clearly and concisely;
- Good command of information and communication technology.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a Master’s programme, or higher) in the area of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, disaster management, or humanitarian affairs;
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in one of the above areas of study;
- Have recently graduated with a university degree as defined above, and, if selected, must start the internship within one year of graduation; or
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this programme.
