National Internship (Admin Assistant)

1. Administration Support

• Provide routine support on the administrative and management of the project including the payment for the project activities.
• Support in making logistical arrangements of working and traveling for project personnel, experts, Government, and UNDP officers
• Support the management of project inventories

Learning goal: This duty will provide the intern with hands-on experience in working directly with UNDP’s project activities and engaging with beneficiaries. This duty will also provide a holistic understanding to the intern of how UNDP works with multi-stakeholders in enhancing employment access to Timorese youth.

1. Knowledge Management and Communication

• Support in collecting and managing results data of the project.
• Support in developing communication materials for the project.
• Support in translating documents for the project.

Learning goal: This duty will provide the intern with direct experience and exposure to how UNDP manages its data and utilizes them for different communication purposes.

1. Other/ad hoc activities as seen relevant and needed:

• Participate in training related to their area of work.
• Contribute to a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and positive working environment.
• Support project taking meetings and interview minutes when required.

Learning goal: This duty will allow for ample learning opportunities, from other members of staff as well as training opportunities.

Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in the area of economics, business / public administration, development studies, international relations or equivalent.
2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in the area of economics, business / public administration, development studies, international relations or equivalent.
3. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
4. Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Ideally, the applicant’s education should be in a relevant field to the internship position to which they are applying for (e.g. social science, economics, management, etc.).

• Interns may be given a stipend under conditions prescribed in the section on stipends, below.  Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, passports, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of:

1. The nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or
2. The intern.

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