Vacancies at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• This Internship position is located in the Public Sector Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Unit of UNEP Corporate Services Division in Nairobi, with the intended purpose of supporting the financial and administrative functions in the Unit. Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance and Budget Assistant, the Finance and Administration Intern will be trained and given an opportunity to learn and assist in the handling of data entry and data validation of funding partner information, financial analysis of the Environment Fund as well as administrative duties which broadly include:
• Income reporting: Assist in data entry and data validation of funding partner information in support of launching Power Business Intelligence (BI) as a new income reporting tool.
• Provide support with respect to; collaboration and liaison with Financial Management Unit on Member States invoices and receipts as well as update and maintenance of data for tracking and future reference.
• Assist in Financial analysis of the Environment Fund and earmarked income to form basis for reporting on income status and funding profiles for Member States.
• Records management: Assist with reviewing of records, including correspondence log, partner agreements and contacts for integrity and for purposes of migration to Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool.
• Additional Duties: Assist in ad hoc excel related reports.
• Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements: Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
• Must have studied Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology (IT), Procurement or any other related field. Additionally, the applicants must have the following attributes:
• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Possess good report writing skills.
• Demonstrate good organizational and pleasant interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate interest in issues related to environmental sustainability.
• Have demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
• Have a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.

Deadline; Oct 13th 2024

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Responsibilities

• Support the coastal and marine ecosystems management and the climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives in the technical coordination of the activities related to coastal and marine ecosystem, blue economy, climate finance and climate change as outlined in the work programme of UNEP, and emerging issues on ecosystem management and climate change sub-programmes:
• Analyze decisions taken by the Governing Council, the General Assembly, Conference of the Parties Meetings for regional seas conventions, other relevant Intergovernmental Meetings, and UNEP Senior Management Team decisions for issues related to coastal and marine ecosystem, blue finance and climate change;
• Assist in facilitating logistical arrangements in the preparation of inter-governmental meetings to ensure participation in climate change and marine networks and related activities by governmental and nongovernmental organizations;
• Follow-up and review reports from meetings of relevant partner institutions such as the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO;
• Participate and contribute effectively to climate change mitigation and adaptation networks, climate finance and environment fund workshops and assessment processes.
• Compile data and information on the development and formulation of inter linkages between Marine Ecosystems management, small islands and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation activities:
• Provide support to the development of project activities under the UNEP Programme of Work;
• Draft responses to requests and inquiries from other organizations and the general public;
• Research and analyze the inter-linkages, overlaps between and among marine ecosystems, small islands and climate change programmes activities;
• Develop project proposal, mobilize funds and implement projects on change adaptation and mitigation, blue economy, climate finance, sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystem, under the programme of work;
• Draft UNEP legal instruments for implementation with partners, and manage reporting to donors; f) Participate in the Division/Unit meetings on the programme of work formulation and drafting of documents.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in environmental economics, environment management, environment finance, environmental sciences, marine science, geography, climate finance or related fields is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant working experience in project or programme management in the context of Environmental economics, environmental management, climate finance, green and blue economy, marine, oceans or related fields at national, regional or international levels is required.
• At least three (3) years of experience in the field at international level is required.
• Experience in large-scale project design, management, supervision, monitoring, and evaluation in the fields of climate finance, blue and/or green economy, carbon finance in developing countries context is required.
• Experience working with different climate and environment funds such as GEF, GCF, GFCR, and other climate trust funds in a multicounty context is desirable.
• Work experience within UN or other international Organisations is desirable.
• Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable