Donor Reporting and Liaison Intern (Home-based)

Background

UNDP is the leading United Nations organization fighting to tackle the injustices of poverty, inequality, and climate change on a global scale. Working with our broad network of experts, host governments and partners in 170 countries, we help nations to build integrated, lasting solutions for people and planet. UNDP has been working in Afghanistan for more than 50 years on climate change and resilience, gender, governance, health, livelihoods, and rule of law.  

Following the power shift in August 2021, the situation for the country remains largely uncertain and fragile, with approximately 75% of the population estimated to be subsistence insecure. Over the recent years, international assistance has played a vital role in averting a socioeconomic collapse by providing lifesaving, resilience-building and livelihoods-sustaining assistance to millions of people, hundreds of critical healthcare and educational centres, and tens of thousands of small and medium enterprises, often owned and managed by women. Nevertheless, the humanitarian challenge in Afghanistan is one of the biggest in the world, and basic human needs and priorities remain extremely high. 

The Area-based Development Emergency Initiative (ABADEI) is an integrated approach to support basic human needs, complementing short-term humanitarian life-saving assistance with safeguarding livelihoods and strengthening community resilience. It is centered around addressing worsening poverty and vulnerability, supporting community resilience and social cohesion, addressing climatic vulnerability, and enabling the rehabilitation of small-scale infrastructure vital for basic human needs. It supports the creation of immediate sources of income through vocational skills training, cash-for-work, cash for the market, small businesses, and livelihood opportunities with a particular focus on agri-business and regenerative agriculture infrastructure and services (critical for food security) that are under threat. It is sensitive to the chronic and newly emerging vulnerabilities of Afghan women and girls and aims to provide them assistance in a manner that does not exacerbate their susceptibility to violence and deprivation of opportunities and rights.

Japan is the largest donor of UNDP Afghanistan including ABADEI, with almost 200 million USD in contributions since 2021. In this context, ABADEI is recruiting an intern to support the team in reporting and donor relations. 
 

Duties and Responsibilities

a)    Provide support in the drafting and translation of various donor reports, including Japan. 
b)    Assist in the identification and mapping of potential Japanese institutional actors (e.g., NGOs, academic institutions, private sector) for partnership opportunities.
c)    Develop tailored outreach materials (presentations, concept notes) for donor engagement.
d)    Coordinate and support meetings and briefings for Japanese stakeholders.
e)    Maintain a contact database and engagement tracker for Japanese partners and donors.   
f)    Perform other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the project.
 

Institutional Arrangement

The intern will work under the direct supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and under the overall guidance of the ABADEI Project Manager. 
 

Competencies

Core
Achieve Results:  LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
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 
 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Business Direction & Strategy - Entrepreneurial Thinking- Identify and seize opportunities to service and add value to clients, create clarity around UNDP value proposition to beneficiaries and partners, develop clear service offers responding to client needs in line with UNDP’s organizational priorities and mandate
Business Development - Knowledge Generation - Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need. Ability to apply  existing concepts to new situations, and to develop  new