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The Accelerating Clean Energy Access to Reduce Inequality (ACCESS) project aims to provide equitable and sustainable access to basic services to the poor and most vulnerable groups of people to improve their quality of life. The ACCESS project is implemented for 4 years starting in 2020 with a target of 22 villages in 4 provinces in Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara Province, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, and Central Kalimantan) and 25 villages in 3 Timor-Leste municipalities (Dili Atauro Municipalities, Bobonaro and Manatuto) as a form of South-South Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). The ACCESS project is funded by a Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and being implemented by UNDP Indonesia and by UNDP Timor Leste.

The objective of the Accelerating Clean Energy Access to Reduce Inequality (ACCESS) project is to support the poor and most vulnerable communities to have equitable and sustainable access to basic services for improving their livelihoods. To achieve the objective, ACCESS will implement activities that will produce following outputs:

• Output 1: Renewable-based power plants built providing sustainable access to electricity for remote villagers in Indonesia with institutional and local capacity in place.
• Output 2: Under SSTC between Indonesia and Timor-Leste: solar PV water pumps and Highly Efficient Solar Lamp System (LTSHE) are installed in remote villages in Timor-Leste providing sustainable access to clean water and lighting.

By bringing access to reliable and affordable electricity, ACCESS will change the lives of thousands of people in remote areas of Indonesia. This project exemplifies UNDP’s commitment, together with KOICA, to reach out to the most deprived populations and reduce inequalities. It gives real meaning to the “Leave No One Behind agenda.” Providing clean energy to the most marginalized communities will contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 7 – affordable and clean energy and Goal 10 on reducing inequalities.

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will be part of ACCESS team in Jakarta. S/he will work under the direct supervision of the National Project Manager.

The intern will perform the following tasks:

1. Support the content development and operation of ACCESS website and social media in close collaboration with ACCESS team.
2. Support transforming data and information on ACCESS activities, lessons learned, best practices, and/or project impact into graphics presentations, reports, and publications.
3. Support data collection and compile research reports, journals, papers of relevant publications on sustainable energy, particularly related to off-grid solar PV or solar water plants.
4. In collaboration with project team, support preparation and implementation of national workshop, seminar, knowledge sharing or other relevant events and activities of ACCESS.
5. Assist the project team in approaching mass media and relevant public communication channels/agencies for increasing the outreach and visibilities of ACCESS.
6. In collaborating with project team, liaising with relevant national and regional stakeholders in accelerating the project asset hand over process as per agreed schedule.

At the end of the internship, the intern is expected to produce the following outputs:

1. Design reports, publications, posters, videos or other outreach materials regarding ACCESS activities, lessons learned, best practices, and/or project impact.
2. ACCESS website and social media are updated with new contents on regular basis
3. Updated project database to support monitoring and outreach activities.
4. National Seminar and other relevant outreach events are conducted
5. Project asset hand over to villages is finalised.

Competencies

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Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Enrolment in last year of bachelor’s degree, and or a fresh graduate of bachelor’s Degree with a maximum of 1 year since graduation, or enrolment or a fresh graduate with a maximum of 1 year since graduation in a master’s degree in the area of Communication Studies, Graphic Design, Sustainable Development, Environmental studies or related field.

Required Skills:

• Proficiency in English and Bahasa Indonesia.
• Sound experience in using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Final Cut Pro or other graphic design, video editing and wireframing tool.
• Sound computer skills and experience using web-based applications, social media, and content management systems.
• Experience and skills in research and analysis of relevant topics
• Excellent writing skills, more specifically for project reporting and social media content posting.
• Experience in being involved to manage events, engaging government officials (national & regional), CSO, private sectors.
• Experience in being involved with media will be an advantage.N/A