Job Description

UNDP supports the formulation and implementation of national plans for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth and full and productive employment. In this regard, the Zimbabwe CO intends to establish a fully functioning Prosperity Pillar. This Pillar will focus on supporting transformative steps which are urgently needed to shift Zimbabwe onto a sustainable and resilient path while leaving no one behind. The strategy for the CO will be to support the following: -

Integrated planning for inclusive and sustainable growth;
Supporting employment creation, decent work, and redistributive programmes to address poverty, inequality, and exclusion; and
Mobilizing and scaling up financing for enabling transition to inclusive and sustainable growth.
Interventions to address the poverty challenge, focusing interventions at both macro and subnational levels.

Duties and Responsibilities

<The intern will assist in the following duties and responsibilities:
Support the establishment and functioning of the Prosperity Pillar.
Support the gathering and sharing information on the effective and efficient Prosperity Pillar in the Zimbabwean context.
2. Support the implementation of key activities that promotes inclusive growth and prosperity in Zimbabwe.

3. Provide support in the creation of strategic partnerships and implementation of the resource mobilization strategy focusing on the achievement of the following results:

Support in tracking and updating on new and available opportunities for funding.
Logistics support on the meetings and workshops preparations
Coordinate and follow up with internal colleagues for administration.
Participate in meetings and note-taking.
4. Other: Support other/ad hoc activities as seen relevant and needed.

Qualifications and Experience

Competencies
Interest and motivation in working in an international organization.
Good analytical skills in gathering and consolidating data and research for practical implementation.
Outgoing and initiative-taking person with a goal-oriented mind-set.
Communicates effectively when working in teams and independently.
Good in organizing and structuring various tasks and responsibilities.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Response positively to feedback and differing points of view.
Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude. >

Required Skills and Experience

Education:
Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

Have graduated with a university degree in Economics, Business Studies, Development Studies, International Development or equivalent.
Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program in Economics, Business Studies, Development Studies, International Development or equivalent.
Skills:
Good research and analytical
Good writing
Ability to interpret and analyze economic data
Proficiency in data analysis and statistical tools
IT skills:

Knowledge and proficient user of Microsoft Office productivity tools;
Knowledge and proficient user of Video Conferencing tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams
Language skills:

Fluent English required.
Knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.