Inclusive Progress Crew (Three positions) at UNDP Ethiopia 

UNDP Ethiopia Job emptiness:

• Place: Inclusive Progress Crew (Three positions)
• Utility Deadline: April 24, 2024

Background

UNDP works in about 170 nations and territories supporting companion nations to realize the eradication of poverty, the discount of inequalities and the achievement of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs). Extra particularly, UNDP helps companion nations in growing insurance policies, management abilities, partnering skills, institutional capabilities and building resilience to maintain growth outcomes.

UNDP’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA), based mostly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (serving 46 Nation Workplaces in sub-Saharan Africa) develops high-quality information and coverage merchandise and is the organisation’s important interface with regional and continental our bodies such because the African Union and the Regional Financial Communities.

The RSCA additionally implements a newly launched, continent-wide Regional Programme supporting Africa’s transformational agenda within the following precedence areas, specifically:

• Precedence 1 – Folks. African residents (particularly ladies and youth), in a context of reinvigorated social contracts, have a stronger voice and affect within the African Union, regional financial communities and regional mechanisms of policymaking and implementation processes.
• Precedence 2 – Prosperity. African residents (particularly ladies and youth) profit from a regionally built-in, structurally remodeled, and inclusive financial system.
• Precedence 3 – Planet. African residents (particularly ladies and youth), supported by the African Union and regional financial communities and regional mechanisms, construct a resilient Africa.
• Precedence 4 – Peace. African residents (particularly ladies and youth), supported by the African Union and regional financial communities and regional mechanisms, obtain measurable progress in the direction of sustainable peace.

The Regional Programme for Africa is firmly aligned with addressing the multidimensional challenges confronted with a powerful emphasis on the eradication of poverty and the discount of inequalities by accelerating the structural transformation of economies from agriculture-based to manufacturing and past. Moreover, more and more within the evolving aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, a a lot stronger give attention to building resilience to multidimensional shocks can also be an vital precedence in Africa. These priorities are being strongly built-in into the main target areas of the UNDP RSCA Inclusive Progress (IG) Crew, which, beneath precedence 2 above, more and more helps regional growth that’s inclusive and transformational, but in addition sustainable and resilient in eradicating poverty and lowering inequalities over time.

Extra particularly – beneath the umbrella of the African Agenda 2063 and UN SDGs 2030 – the IG crew’s important thrust is to assist African nations to align and combine these international and continental agendas for sustainable growth into their respective Nationwide Improvement Plans. Furthermore, the UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-25, UNDP’s Renewed Strategic Supply for Africa and the Regional Programme for Africa have more and more demanded that the IG collaborate extra robustly inside and throughout different UNDP RSCA thematic groups (e.g. Gender, Youth, Pure Capital and Atmosphere, Non-public Sector, Governance and Resilience) to generate and ship a extra built-in bundle of providers (that features built-in coverage and programme growth, assessments, instruments and proof, and capability and implementation assist) on IG thematic areas (e.g. employment creation, informality, social safety, structural financial transformation, SDG integration and regional commerce within the context of AfCFTA). Along with its function because the supplier of advisory providers to companion nations, the IG Crew continues to implement regional initiatives by way of the Regional Programme for Africa.

Towards this background, the IG crew is presently trying to recruit 3 interns to assist the work of the IG Crew alongside the next overarching thematic areas, and presents every intern an opportunity for deeper investigation in one of many three following areas:

• The AUC/UNDP Inclusive Blue Economic system Flagship: This internship will enable the choose candidate to assist the event of the AUC/UNDP flagship programme aimed toward unlocking Africa’s Blue Economic system potential by way of the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA). This internship presents a exceptional probability for candidates who’re enthusiastic about sustainable growth, environmental conservation, and inclusive development. As an intern, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic atmosphere the place you’ll contribute to essential features of the programme, together with research, coverage evaluation, stakeholder engagement, and the design of modern options to deal with the challenges dealing with Africa’s blue financial system. This function is right for people who’re desirous to find out about and contribute to the intersection of environmental sustainability, social inclusivity, development and commerce inside the context of Africa’s huge aquatic assets.
• Sustainable Improvement Objectives (SDGs) Integration and Acceleration: The internships will enable the choose candidate(s) to work beneath the overarching theme of enabling Member States to combine the SDGs and associated worldwide and regional commitments into their related plans, budgets and statistics to speed up progress. The work will likely be extra particularly outlined within the on-boarding stage however will possible entail a group of country-level information on SDG indicators, and SDG targets, and an evaluation of synergies and trade-offs. It would additionally possible contain immediately partaking and dealing with the African Union, the Regional Financial Communities and Nations on occasion.
• Progressive approaches to Native Financial Improvement within the African context: This internship will enable the choose candidate to assist particular necessities of the IG crew on modern approaches to Native Financial Improvement (LED) that may harness the potential of considerable pure assets in Africa in a means that’s sustainable, inclusive and productive. The concept can be to do particular research, generate information and proof in addition to determine entry factors for a way the idea of LED can play a extra important function by way of modern functions in Africa’s Inclusive Progress processes.

Duties and Duties

Below the general supervision of the Inclusive Progress Crew leads on SDG integration, Native Financial Improvement and Coordinator – AUC/UNDP Inclusive Blue Economic system Programme, the intern will undertake the next duties to assist one of many three thematic areas (of their choice):

1. The AUC/UNDP Inclusive Blue Economic system Flagship:

• Undertake background research on particular Blue Economic system themes and contexts in Africa,
• Undertake coverage evaluation of modern built-in options to deal with the challenges dealing with Africa’s blue financial system.
• Assist, arrange and take part in stakeholders’ engagement occasions.
• Contribute draft sections for the AUC/UNDP Inclusive Blue Economic system Flagship programme.

2. SDG Integration and Acceleration:

• The work will possible entail information assortment of SDG indicators and SDG targets.
• Endeavor the evaluation of synergies and trade-offs inside and throughout nations on SDG ambitions.
• Participating and dealing immediately with the African Union, the Regional Financial Communities and Nations on occasion.Producing a last report.

3. Native Financial Improvement:

• Desk assessment of the related literature and paperwork recognized on the idea and utility of LED from world wide.
• Generate information and proof that emerged from the literature assessment and compile it right into a zero-draft report for suggestions and enter.
• Determine entry factors in session with the IG Crew that might serve the UNDP IG Crew nicely in designing follow-up coverage and programmatic interventions and share the primary draft for suggestions and inputs.
• Produce a draft last report based mostly on the suggestions and inputs acquired and submit it for finalization together with any additional suggestions and inputs
• Different duties for all of the interns require attending crew conferences and supporting administrative processes. 

Required Expertise and Expertise

Schooling:

• Enrolled in a Grasp’s diploma programme in a acknowledged, accredited college within the topic areas of economics, public coverage, growth research or a associated space

Expertise:

• Work expertise shouldn’t be required, however some related work expertise can be an asset together with expertise in worldwide growth
• Pc abilities: MS Workplace proficiency
• Understanding of and former research on points associated to worldwide growth such because the SDGs, and with information of the UN system is an asset.
• Glorious drafting and enhancing abilities and a focus to element.
• Glorious interpersonal abilities and expertise working collaboratively in small and huge multi-cultural groups.
• Good Graphic Design, Visible Arts and/or Communications abilities

Language Necessities:

English required. Data of French is fascinating.

Intern necessities:

• The intern is liable for acquiring essential visas and arranging travel to and from the responsibility station the place the internship will likely be carried out;
• The place an intern shouldn’t be financially supported by any establishment or programme, comparable to a college, authorities, basis or scholarship programme, a stipend supposed to assist cowl primary every day bills associated to the internship, comparable to meals and transportation on the responsibility station, will likely be paid by UNDP;
• UNDP accepts no duty for prices arising from accidents and/or sickness or dying incurred throughout the internship;
• The intern should present proof of enrollment in a health insurance plan;
• Interns are usually not workers members and will not signify UNDP in any official capability;
• Extra data concerning the UNDP Internship Programme could also be obtained at http://www.undp.org/internships.

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