Youth Empowerment – Intern

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UNDP Office has organized internship programme to provide a framework by which students from diverse academic backgrounds may be assigned to UNDP offices, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work assignments as well providing an opportunity to make substantive contributions to an office’s work. This internship specifically offers students a unique opportunity to learn about sustainable youth empowerment, development finance, aid effectiveness, donor relations, and monitoring and evaluation of development programs. Additionally, interns will explore topics such as gender, capacity building, and campaign development. Key areas of focus will include providing administrative support, data analysis, communication, and reporting. This program aims to equip students with practical skills and knowledge across these critical areas.

UNDP is supporting government and partners to find innovative solutions to finance the SDGs. UNDP Indonesia established the Innovative Finance Lab (IFLab) in 2018, now known as the Financing for Development (FfD) Unit, serves as a collaborative platform dedicated to exploring innovative financing solutions for sustainable development. With a strong emphasis on creativity, collaboration, and impact, FfD bridges the gap between public, private, and philanthropic capital to support high-impact projects that advance environmental sustainability, social equity, and economic resilience. Through partnerships and cutting-edge financial mechanisms, FfD seeks to unlock new funding opportunities that drive meaningful change. FfD focuses on seven different but interrelated workstreams, namely Thematic Bonds, Impact Investing, Climate Finance, Faith Based Finance, Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF), Youth Empowerment, and De-risking and Access to Finance.

In 2022, the Youth Empowerment Project in Asia and the Pacific (YEP-AP) was approved as a regional programme in the Asia-Pacific region. It aims to invest in and empower young people across the region, to accelerate the implementation of SDGs. YEP-AP believes that youth can be leaders who create inclusive and equitable societies free of discrimination and can make a positive difference by taking on the challenges through social innovation, mobilising their peers and communities, and creating adaptive and innovative solutions. YEP-AP focuses on youth political, social, and economic empowerment by building the capacities of young people and key stakeholders and creating safe, inclusive, and enabling environments for youth participation and civic engagement, especially for women and marginalised  groups. YEP-AP in Indonesia plans to deliver selected outputs and activities based on the regional program document.

Summary of Key Responsibilities that Intern will undertake:
▪Support the existing activities and system in the Youth Empowerment Team
▪Support in potential partner engagement, including with government, private sector, academia and civil society organizations;
▪Support in research, data collection, analytical review, indicators, and result construction;
▪Support the development of documents such as project concept notes, terms of references for events and hiring, events, and meetings report;
▪Support in updating of various planning monitoring and database of results
▪Support in creation of communication and social media aspect;
▪Support event planning hosted by the unit and liaising with both UNDP internal and external stakeholders.

Outputs
▪ Effective support for Youth Empowerment team activities.
▪ Production of documents (research, concept notes/proposal, TORs, report, MoM, etc).
▪ Administrative management of events hosted by Youth Empowerment team.
▪ Inputs for the existing database is regularly provided

Think Innovatively:    
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:    
LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:    
LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination:    
LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner:    
LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:    
LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
 

Functional Competencies:

Business management

Digital        Awareness and Literacy

Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skilfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed

Ability to select, prioritize and control the organization’s programmes and projects, in line with its strategic objectives and capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment

  capacity; ability to balance the implementation of change initiatives and the maintenance of business-as-usual, while optimizing return on investment

Business Management Communication

Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience. Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate Channels

2030 agenda- people Gender Gender mainstreaming

Administration and operations

Documents        and records management Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving

Administration and operations

Events management (including retreats, trainingsand meetings) Ability to manage events, including venue identification, accommodation, logistics, catering, transportation, and cash disbursements, etc.

Business Management Customer Satisfaction/Client Management

Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs. Provide inputs to the development of customer service strategy. Look for ways to add value beyond clients’ immediate requests. Ability to anticipate client’s upcoming needs and concerns.

Required Skills and Experience
 Enrolment in a final year of university degree (Bachelor or Master) or fresh graduate with a maximum of 1 (one) year since graduation from program in Development Studies, Business Management, International Relations, Economics, Social Studies, Communication, or other related disciplines.
  Good commands in Bahasa Indonesia and English in writing and speaking is necessary.
  Computer literate in standard software applications.

Desired additional skills and competencies
  Knowledge of – or proven interest in – sustainable development and youth empowerment is highly desirable 
 Demonstrated keen interest in the work of the UN, and of UNDP in particular, and have a personal commitment to UNDP's Statement of Purpose and to the ideals of the UN Charter.
  Demonstrated the ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
  An interest in global mobility; adaptability to varied physical and other environments; a desire to work with and gain the confidence and respect of people with different language, national and cultural backgrounds.
 Familiarity with Government and UN/UNDP procedures would be desirable.
 Familiarity with social entrepreneurship, digital upskilling, climate action, and volunteerism movement is highly desirable
 Previous experience in Indonesia is an asset.
 Facilitation skills, critical thinking and active listening are desirable.
 Having Movers Facilitator Certificate are desirable.
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