Home-Based Digital Transformation Internship at UNDP: Global Call for 2025—Apply Now!
Home-Based Digital Transformation Internship at UNDP: Global Call for 2025—Apply Now!
- Job Identification: 24155
- Apply Before: 09/01/2025, 05:59 AM
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Locations: Home Based
- Vacancy Type: Internship Programme
- Contract Duration: 3 months
UNDP invites applications for a home-based Digital Transformation Internship in 2025. Gain valuable experience in innovative projects that drive sustainable development globally. Seize this opportunity and apply today! The Chief Digital Office (CDO) at UNDP is leading this effort with the goal of embedding digital technology in the development projects that we implement, supporting government partners to build inclusive digital eco-systems, and transforming the organization internally to enable these changes.
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Responsibilities
We are looking for motivated interns who can support our work, on a part-time or full-time basis, in any of the following areas listed below:
Digital Transformation: Inclusive Digital Ecosystems:
- Support the shaping of local digital ecosystems, to ensure a rights-based and inclusive approach to digital development within and beyond countries.
- Support in primary research and/or content review on digital topics such as inclusive connectivity, digital inclusion, ethical technology, AI etc.
- Knowledge management by collecting and disseminating digital-related thought pieces produced across the organization.
Digital Transformation: Country Office Support & Capacity Building:
- Support in the assessment of countries’ digital and AI readiness, project management and operations implementation.
- Support Country Offices with tasks related to the development of national Data strategies, data governance frameworks, and national AI strategies, including project management and operational implementation.
- Support the work of making Digital, including Data and AI, capacity building resources more accessible and usable for governments.
Digital Transformation: UNDP Digital Strategy Development & Implementation:
- Support the global positioning of UNDP’s thought and practice leadership, including its engagement in various alliances and networks, by conducting research on key digital topics, analyzing information and synthesizing it into a clear summary for Chief Digital Officer and other UNDP senior leadership
- Support the management, coordination, and content maintenance of UNDP’s digital guides webpage together with relevant stakeholders across UNDP.
- Contribute to the design of UNDP’s digital capacity footprint and support parts of the subsequent implementation and business processes
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Business Operations (People Operations/Procurement/Finance/Internal Processes):
- Assist the Operations Unit in completing one of the above areas of work while tracking its progress
- Support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the Resourcing Plans, monitor progress and make suggestions for overcoming bottlenecks
- Assist in the Operations and Programme Units in the organization of meetings, workshops, travel, and other such events
Thought Leadership, Engagement and Partnerships and Strategic Communications:
- Research potential new partners including technology companies, foundations, non-profits, alliances, etc., and help identify new opportunities and areas of collaboration
- Support engagement in global, multilateral and UN interagency processes, including through drafting statements and speeches, attending meetings at the UN, and helping to organize meetings and events.
- Support UNDP positioning and thought leadership on digital, including through conducting research, compiling information on, and analyzing key technology and digital issues, particularly related to digital development, transformation and capacity-building
Product Design, Build, and Management (including AI tools):
- Support the design of digital products such as apps, platforms, web apps, and AI tools to enable UNDP’s work in countries, working with ‘client’ teams to define success and product requirements.
- Support the scoping, and proposal writing for new digital products for UNDP thematic teams.
- Support the building of digital products, including working with software developers, client teams, and product managers.
UNDP Transformation: Change Management:
- Support the management of UNDP Communities of Practice to facilitate knowledge exchange and skill development.
- Assist in tracking and analyzing progress on UNDP’s Digital Transformation initiatives.
- Contribute to internal communications by designing emails, preparing meeting invitations, and maintaining the knowledge database.
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Requirements
Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:
- 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.
Interest/Experience in one of the above mentioned workstreams is desirable.
HOW TO APPLY:
The application should contain:
- Brief Cover Letter (in English)
- A current and complete CV (Curriculum Vitae) in English.
- Complete this form https://airtable.com/appts0LUHAjX1vdFx/shrBqXgmnXOQkCiDR in addition to submitting your details via the UNDP vacancy link
