Overview
The intern will support the Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery for Building Resilience Team (DRT) with research, knowledge management, and communications tasks related to risk intelligence, early warning, and preparedness.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the research, design and development of DRT's Risk Intelligence Service Line, including digital and AI-enabled applications for disaster risk reduction.
- Conduct research and analysis on emerging trends, methodologies, tools, and best practices related to risk intelligence in support of disaster risk reduction (DRR).
- Support the continuous development and refinement of UNDP's internal and external Risk Intelligence Service Line offer.
- Contribute to the development of knowledge products, concept notes, guidance materials, case studies, policy briefs, and communication products.
- Undertake mapping and analysis of digital and AI-powered applications relevant to risk intelligence and DRR.
- Support the identification, documentation, and dissemination of country-level good practices and innovative solutions.
- Assist in the development of strategic partnerships with technical institutions, research organizations, technology providers, UN entities, and academia.
- Contribute to the development of presentations, briefing notes, donor materials, service line packages, project proposals, and other strategic documents.
- Support the continuous development of UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Undertake research and categorization of resources to support the expansion and tailoring of the UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Support the development and maintenance of the online repository of the UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Support the development of a self-paced course based on the UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Undertake research and categorization of resources to support the development of new thematic modules for the UNDP Preparedness Toolkit.
- Support the organization of webinars for the UNDP Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Support the organization of the serious game methodology under the UNDP’s Preparedness Learning Pathway.
- Support the development of social media kits for all workshops and webinars.
- Support with development of presentations, talking points/ briefing notes related to UNDP’s global early warning portfolio.
- Support the DRT with any other portfolio related tasks that include research, analysis, and communication.
- Support the DRT with research of analysis on other topics of interest including urban resilience, gender equality and women’s leadership in DRR, financing for DRR.
- Develop funding and project proposals on the topics outline above.
- Develop briefs, talking points, slide decks, etc. as required.
Required Experience
- Excellent communication skills; ability to write clearly and concisely;
- Good command of information and communication technology.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a Master’s programme, or higher) in the area of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, disaster management, or humanitarian affairs;
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in one of the above areas of study;
- Have recently graduated with a university degree as defined above, and, if selected, must start the internship within one year of graduation; or
- Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this programme.
