Finance and Administration Intern

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. This Internship position is located in the Public Sector Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Unit of UNEP Corporate Services Division in Nairobi, with the intended purpose of supporting the financial and administrative functions in the Unit. Under the direct supervision of the Senior Finance and Budget Assistant, the Finance and Administration Intern will be trained and given an opportunity to learn and assist in the handling of data entry and data validation of funding partner information, financial analysis of the Environment Fund as well as administrative duties which broadly include:

Income reporting:

• Assist in data entry and data validation of funding partner information in support of launching Power Business Intelligence (BI) as a new income reporting tool.
• Provide support with respect to; collaboration and liaison with Financial Management Unit on Member States invoices and receipts as well as update and maintenance of data for tracking and future reference.
• Assist in Financial analysis of the Environment Fund and earmarked income to form basis for reporting on income status and funding profiles for Member States.

Records management:

• Assist with reviewing of records, including correspondence log, partner agreements and contacts for integrity and for purposes of migration to Client Relationship Management (CRM) tool.

Additional Duties:

• Assist in ad hoc excel related reports.
• Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

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 programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
• Must have studied Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Technology (IT), Procurement or any other related field.

Additionally, the applicants must have the following attributes:

• Be computer literate in standard software applications.
• Possess good report writing skills.
• Demonstrate good organizational and pleasant interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate interest in issues related to environmental sustainability.
• Have 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.
• Have a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. 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.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/244047?language=en