Digital Transformation Internship: Global Call for 2025

Background
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At UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), we are on a mission to end poverty, build democratic governance, rule of law, and inclusive institutions around the world. UNDP is the United Nations' global sustainable development organization working across 170 countries with 17,000 staff. 

Digital technology is one of the most fundamental drivers of change this century. Digital not only provides new opportunities and challenges for development, but it is also fundamentally changing the context in which development is taking place. Since the launch of its first Digital Strategy in 2019, UNDP has been on an ambitious transformation journey to harness the potential of digital technology for development. We are now in the next phase of our digital transformation, implementing the UNDP Digital Strategy 2022-2025, which puts forth a vision to create a world in which digital is an empowering force for people and planet.   

The Chief Digital Office (CDO) at UNDP is leading this effort with the goal of embedding digital technology in the development projects that we implement, supporting government partners to build inclusive digital eco-systems, and transforming the organization internally to enable these changes.  

Please note that the start date is flexible, and needs based. We will be receiving applications on a rolling basis until September 30th, 2025, and successful applicants can hear back any time between March 1st and the end of 2025. 

Please read the instructions carefully to complete your application.
 

Duties and Responsibilities

We are looking for motivated interns who can support our work, on a part-time or full-time basis, in any of the following areas listed below:

Digital Transformation: Inclusive Digital Ecosystems:

• Support the shaping of local digital ecosystems, to ensure a rights-based and inclusive approach to digital development within and beyond countries
• Support the implementation of inclusive, equitable and secure digital & data public infrastructure through the whole of society transformation approach to tech layers including the systemic role of digital public goods, robust accountabilities in the governance frameworks around digital public goods, and the community engagement to catalyzing innovation and safeguards of the digital public infrastructures
• Support in primary research and/or content review on digital topics such as inclusive connectivity, digital inclusion, ethical technology, AI etc.
• Knowledge management by collecting and disseminating digital-related thought pieces produced across the organization
• Internal coordination on thought leadership work with other UNDP units, and provide substantive inputs as appropriate
• Support advocacy by developing digestible content in support of social media assets, blogs, talking points, briefing notes, etc., in close collaboration with the comms team

Digital Transformation: Country Office Support & Capacity Building:

• Support in the assessment of countries’ digital and AI readiness, project management and operations implementation
• Support Country Offices with tasks related to the development of national Data strategies, data governance frameworks, and national AI strategies, including project management and operational implementation
• Support the work of making Digital, including Data and AI, capacity building resources more accessible and usable for governments
• Provide support for key programmatic initiatives around AI and Data, including multilingualism in AI, green computing, AI talent development, and AI trust and safety
• Support the ongoing development of too