RBA Strategic Partnerships Intern

Background
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The UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (RBA) team in New York provides overall strategic oversight, guidance and quality assurance, management support, and broader regional analysis, including global issues.

The UNDP RBA Partnerships and Communications Team (PACT) is seeking a highly qualified graduate student to engage as an RBA PACT supporting strategic partnerships in the region. The intern will be expected to support the partnerships team through research and analysis on specific themes such as private sector financing and Diaspora and CSO engagements, organization of partner outreach, and dialogue. The intern will also support in scanning partnership-related news relevant to Africa and mapping of IFIs. In addition, the intern will be expected to perform other complementary duties as the Supervisor requires. 

The intern will be supervised and report to the Head of Partnerships and Communications Unit. The internship is for a maximum of 6 months, full-time, and not paid (however, a stipend is provided).

  Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the development of regional and country-specific donor (including IFI) mappings and trend analysis.
• Develop 2-page Partnership Profiles of DAC, non-DAC, and IFIs (including updating financial figures), researching new strategic opportunities for collaboration between RBA and these partners.
• Provide research input by collecting information and insights on themes such as Private sector financing in Africa, Diaspora, and CSO engagements.
• Support in compiling lessons learned and experiences from other UNDP Bureaus in terms of engagement with some DAC and non-DAC partners relevant to Africa. ( E.g. USAID, China)
• Support partnership-building efforts with existing and potential partners (e.g., bilateral- and multilateral development organizations, philanthropic foundations, and financial facilities) through organizing partner outreaches/meetings and dialogues.
• Support in researching and scanning news and consolidating relevant partnerships news concerning Africa for RBA’s contribution to the Executive Weekly.
• Support in setting up an RBA Monthly Partnerships Bulletin including collecting and collating relevant information for the bulletin.
• Support communication and dissemination of information on strategic partnerships including the development of outreach materials/products.
• Support the organization of meetings, events, webinars, etc; prepare meeting minutes/notes to file, and undertake follow-up actions as needed.  
• Attend events/meetings that are relevant to RBA’s partnership scope of work, and capture/report outcomes.
• Apart from the above the Intern will also be required to execute other duties and assignments as entrusted by RBA Strategic Partnerships Specialist.

  Competencies
General:

• Able to take initiative and work independently, with minimum supervision,
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion, and loyalty,
• Excellent organizational, inter-personal, communication and administrative skills,
• Proven ability to manage diverse and complex tasks, with tight deadlines,
• Commitment to the UNDP vision, mission, and strategic goals.

Expected Deliverables

• RBA inputs for the Executive Weekly compiled on time
• RBA Monthly Partnerships Bulletin
• Donor mappings in support of regional and country initiatives
• Outreach materials/products on s