Internship

Background
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UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, working with national counterparts on solutions to global and national development challenges. Over the last 50 years, UNDP in Bhutan has been supporting the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to attain its national priorities.    UNDP and GEF have been supporting Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector in Bhutan Project since 2021 with the Department of Tourism. This project seeks to mainstream biodiversity conservation into tourism development in Bhutan as a long-term strategy for mitigation of threats to biodiversity and to generate sustainable conservation financing and livelihoods. The project aims to establish Bhutan as a model ecotourism destination, to generate livelihood opportunities, sustainable financing for landscapes within and outside protected areas, facilitate human-wildlife coexistence, and mitigate the negative impacts of increasing tourism on Bhutan’s socio-cultural heritage and globally significant biodiversity. The project is implemented in two protected areas (PAs) of Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) and Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) in eastern Bhutan as well as in the five Dzongkhags (districts) of Lhuentse, Mongar, Trashigang, Trashi Yangtse and Zhemgang. These locations represent the eastern and south-central parts of Bhutan. The project is in its final year of implementation and preparing for the Terminal Evaluation planned in 2026.    Towards this, UNDP Bhutan is seeking two interns for a period of three months to be to be placed at the Project Management Unit at the Department of Tourism from October to December 2025.   Duties and Responsibilities   The primary objective of the internship is to provide support to the PMU in documentation works, monitoring and reporting, while enhancing the intern’s professional skills and knowledge in project management.   Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the intern will:

Candidates must at the time of application meet ONE of the following requirements: 

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