Business Development Support Internship

Background
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Unit of Information and Technology Management (ITM) in Copenhagen is responsible for supporting UNDP Country Offices around the world with ICT and Green Energy and other technical services and solutions under the Smart Facilities initiative. Our Unit offers a stimulating and versatile internship in an international environment with contact to various partners from more than 170 countries with the UN and UNDP’s presence. We are a team who work in a dynamic and informal atmosphere, and we expect our interns to become vital members of the team. 

As an intern, you will be given tasks and opportunities that have a direct global impact on the development efforts of the international community. The UNDP/ITM internship programme enhances the academic life experience of passionate students as interns and empowers them to become socially responsible, innovative, and environmentally conscious leaders of tomorrow. We bridge the gap between textbook learning and real-life industry experience by taking interns behind the scenes of the world’s leading clean energy and sustainability initiatives, while learning to take into consideration the local context. 

You will join the Business Development Group, where creativity, collaboration, and curiosity are celebrated. From tackling exciting challenges to working on groundbreaking projects, your days will be filled with opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. Every new challenge is a chance to learn, and we aim at having fun when achieving results and developing new skills.

By being a part of our dynamic unit, you will also gain worldwide connections with other top-talented interns and UN staff from other agencies. Our office is located at the UN City in Copenhagen giving you the opportunity to interact with people outside the UNDP ITM Unit.

Duration: 6 months (3 August 2026 - 31 January 2027)   Duties and Responsibilities  

• Coordinate with technical teams for marketing support and collaborate with UN Country Offices and other agencies on promotional efforts (banners, ceremonies, visuals, articles) to promote Smart Facilities projects and to inspire a movement.
• Facilitate and support on-going projects with project documents and agreements, market research reports, managing and updating project dashboards.
• Lead and support the coordination of internal communication between the different teams; organize internal and external workshops; improve processes and communications to ensure the implementation of Smart Facilities projects.
• Work directly with green energy engineers, ICT engineers, finance and administrative colleagues and translate technical knowledge into easy-to-understand material.
• Support the Chief of Smart Infrastructure analysing operational data, identifying trends, improving workflows, and assisting in process automation coordination in areas such as IoT, AI-driven infrastructure, and sustainability.
• Prepare and give presentations about Smart Facilities, Green Energy, IoT, Connectivity and Security products and services.
• Develop Smart Facilities services, catalogs, write knowledge management articles and create a strategy to guarantee professional overview of support services provided and ensure continuous improvement.
• Identify potential projects on the several procurement websites of the UN system (e.g. Procurement website); identify HQ initiatives and programs related to greening the UN and