The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is the UN’s capital investment agency for the world’s 47 least developed countries. With its capital mandate and instruments, UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private financial resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and support local economic development. In Bangladesh, UNCDF is supporting initiatives designed to unlock the flow of domestic and private sector capital to invest in infrastructure and service projects needed to accelerate local economic development and private sector development.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Compile, validate and report on social development related data and evidence:
- Collect and compile relevant social development related data and evidence;
- Analyze social development trends and market segments on LGIs, SMEs, private sector, public private partnership, NGO’s social business and public sectors businesses;
- Produce and coordinate easy-to-use presentation and communication material including data dashboards, maps, graphs, charts, info-graphics, blogs and other presentation material;
- Synthesize program related social development research outcomes and lessons learned into formats tailored to LGI’s including municipalities, Private entrepreneurs and SMEs;
- Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.
Social development analysis:
- Analyze social development related documentation and validation of those documents;
- Verify social development report and data through cross-checking with different sources;
- Detect irregularities, manipulated, irrelevant, tempered or any confused data (if any);
- Review and check authenticity of social development related data and documents;
- Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.
Assess feasibility:
- Assess feasibility of social development related issues;
- Review different feasibility and study report of social development;
- Document lessons learned;
- Provide support to other ad-hoc assignments directed by the supervisor.
Location:
DhakaBenefits
- Interns are not financially remunerated by UNCDF.The costs associated with the latter must be borne by the nominating institution, related institution or government, which may provide the required financial assistance to its students; or by the student, who will have to obtain financing for subsistence and make his/her own arrangements for travel, accommodation, etc. Proof of medical and life/accident insurance valid for the location in which the internship will be carried out;
- The purpose of the Internship Programme is not to lead to further employment with UNCDF but to complement an intern’s studies; therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of an internship.
Eligibilities
Education:
Applicants to the internship programme 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) in the field of Sociology/Political Science/Public Administration/ Social Work/Anthropology/Social Welfare/Development studies and similar discipline from reputed Institution desired.
- Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
Experience:
- Working experience is not required but familiarity with the UN system and development sector is preferred;
- Fresh graduates interested in pursuing higher education such as PhDs are preferred;
Experience in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Access, etc); good knowledge and experience in handling of web-based information management systems.
Language:
Strong writing and speaking abilities in English and Bengali
Duration of Assignment:
Please note that this is an open call for applications, please indicate your availability from September 2019 to February 2020 (in terms of starting date)
Eligible Regions: Open for allApplication Process
- Apply online
- For details go to official and apply link
Application Deadline: August 4, 2019
Application ClosedOfficial link
