Jobs at UN-Habitat

Competencies

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively. Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately. Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication. Tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience. Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals. Solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others. Places team agenda before personal agenda. Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position. Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Client orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be "clients" and seeks to see things from clients' point of view. Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect. Identifies clients' needs and matches them to appropriate solutions. Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems. Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects. Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education

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 program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent
• Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office, Adobe).
• Have demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter;
• Have a 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.
• Preferred areas of studies: Business Administration, Finance, Audit, Risk Management, Project Management or related field.

Work Experience

• 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.
• Work experience in Risk Management, Internal Controls, or Audit in a large to medium size organization is required.
• Proficiency in using Excel to create trend analysis and word to generate reports is required.
• Proficiency in using power-point to make graphical presentations to colleagues is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.

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Competencies

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively. Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately. Asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication. Tailors language, tone, style and format to match the audience. Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals. Solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others. Places team agenda before personal agenda. Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position. Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Client orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be "clients" and seeks to see things from clients' point of view. Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect. Identifies clients' needs and matches them to appropriate solutions. Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems. Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects. Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education

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 program (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent);
• Have graduated with Bachelor's degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent
• Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office).
• Have demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter and the New Urban Agenda;
• Have a 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.
• Preferred areas of studies: Sustainable Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Social Governance, Socially Responsible Investment, Economics, and/or related Social Science field, including Economic and Human Geography, Political science, urban studies, and business-oriented urban planning.
• Previous experience with Urban Development, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Urban Financing, Sustainable Financing, and International Development is preferred but not required.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, and the ability to network is asset.
• Strong sense of independent work and being quick learner is an asset.
• An appetite to contribute to strategic planning and astute strategic thinking is an asset.
• Strong understanding of the urban context, infrastructure development processes, and de-risking of international development projects.
• Excellent command of UK English, business English and an understanding of tailoring language based on the audience.

Work Experience

• 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.
• Background in sustainable finance, banking, international relations, economics, financing or developing urban development projects, or other social sciences is required.
• Excellent command of English, Business English and an understanding of tailoring language based on audience is required.
• Commitment to gain, a strong understanding of the urban context, infrastructure project development processes, and the de-risking of international development projects is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.

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Task description
Under the direct supervision of the PRC Secretariat/Working Group and Chief Strategic Planning the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Facilitate and substantively contribute to the incorporation of monitoring and reporting into programme formulation
• Support Facilitate and substantively contribute to the development of monitoring indica-tors, monitoring calendars, field monitoring plans and quality assurance processes.
• Include inputs from relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations into programme formulation.
• Helps confirm or challenge the theory of change in new projects
• Contribute to annual work plan monitoring, reviews and reporting.
• Provide technical support to partners in developing Performance Monitoring Frameworks (PMFs), systems and plans,
• Contribute substantively to the monitoring and tracking of results against Domain of Change indicators

Coordinate with Programme Teams to ensure that data collection and analysis from the field are coordinated and standardized across programmes.

• Analyse and Reporting Data
• Give information on the status of projects, programs, and policies
• Provide clues to problems and new trends
• Creates opportunities to consider improvements in the (projects, programs, or policy) implementation strategies
• Provides important information over time on trends and directions
• Monitor data from projects on a quarterly basis and provide substantive inputs to regular management briefs to inform decision-making.
• Support monitoring of results and planning processes as required.
• Facilitate the process of meeting internal and external reporting requirements and deadlines, including the annual reporting process.
• Identify relevant evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations and input them into programme reporting.
• Review progress reports submitted by branches and regions and provide feedback to improve the quality and timeliness of reporting.
• Collect and maintain data for global corporate reports,

Contribute to knowledge building and capacity building

• Identify and disseminate good practices, lessons and knowledge, as identified through programme implementation, monitoring activities.
• Contribute to the development of capacity development tools, including training mate-rials and packages.
• Facilitate capacity building opportunities for staff and partners in the areas of Results-Based Management (RBM), Monitoring.
• Promote the awareness and understanding of the shared responsibility of Monitoring among all staff members through communication, training, learning and development activities.
• Assist projects develop Key Performance Indicators
• Develop timely and quality technical support to the programme team and partners in line with the work plan
• Develop quality and timely review of systems for tracking/monitoring
• Make timely submission of quality and accurate reports

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:

• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking an active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day).
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities.
• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.
• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Required experience

• 5 years of experience in monitoring and reporting development projects/programmes at the national or international level Experience in the United Nations systems is an asset Field experience is an asset.