Title: Intern (Fair Production, Sustainability Standards and Trade)

​​Requisition ID: 3391
Grade: Intern
Category: Internship
Employment Type: NonStaff-Regular
Country: Austria
Duty Station: Vienna
Entry Date: As soon as possible
Internship Duration: 3-6 months
Application Deadline: 05-Mar-2024, 11:49 PM (CEST)

Vacancy Announcement

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is the specialized agency of the United Nations that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability. The mission of UNIDO, as described in the Lima Declaration adopted at the fifteenth session of the UNIDO General Conference in 2013 as well as the Abu Dhabi Declaration adopted at the eighteenth session of UNIDO General Conference in 2019, is to promote and accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID) in Member States. The relevance of ISID as an integrated approach to all three pillars of sustainable development is recognized by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will frame United Nations and country efforts towards sustainable development. UNIDO’s mandate is fully recognized in SDG-9, which calls to “Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation”. The relevance of ISID, however, applies in greater or lesser extent to all SDGs. Accordingly, the Organization’s programmatic focus is structured in four strategic priorities: Creating shared prosperity; Advancing economic competitiveness; Safeguarding the environment; and Strengthening knowledge and institutions.

Each of these programmatic fields of activity contains a number of individual programmes, which are implemented in a holistic manner to achieve effective outcomes and impacts through UNIDO’s four enabling functions: (i) technical cooperation; (ii) analytical and research functions and policy advisory services; (iii) normative functions and standards and quality-related activities; and (iv) convening and partnerships for knowledge transfer, networking and industrial cooperation. Such core functions are carried out in Divisions/Offices in its Headquarters, Regional Offices and Hubs and Country Offices.

The Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation (IET), headed by a Managing Director, is responsible for the development of innovative UNIDO services in the areas of agro-industry and agribusiness, sustainability standards and fair production, and climate-relevant or climate-improving technologies. It is also, in collaboration with ODG, responsible for developing innovative technical cooperation concepts, identifying new sources and means of finance and entering into new partnerships with a broad range of relevant stakeholders.

The Division of Fair Production, Sustainability Standards and Trade (IET/PST) develops and implements an innovative service package in response to UNIDO’s mandate for fair and responsible local industrial production and trade with a particular focus on building the required skills and capacities and foster a conducive business operating environment to ensure that such production and trade are as inclusive as possible, promoting – among others – the development of human capital through vocational training and industrial skills development.

The Sustainability Standards and Responsible Business Unit (IET/PST/SSB) fosters the uptake of sustainability standards in Member States across local, regional and global value supply chains. To this end, it induces responsible investments into sustainable value chains working with multinational corporation (MNC) networks and other platforms such as the UNGC, UNPRI and others to advance socially minded, gender-responsive and responsible business. The Unit supports Member States in establishing robust empirical systems and norms at the country and regional level to monitor the contribution of value chains to economic, social and environmental sustainability standards and advances cooperation between firms, institutions and policy actors to advance required reforms. The Unit also supports the transition of public and private procurement and consumption patterns to become greener and more socially balanced and incentivizes supply chains to become investment ready.

The duration of an internship at UNIDO is between three to six months, is UNPAID and full-time. Interns work under the supervision of a staff member, in the department or office that they are assigned to. Interns shall cover all costs associated with their internship, including visas, travel to and from the duty station, insurance, transportation, accommodation and living expenses.

PROJECT CONTEXT

This internship pertains to the delivery of Visibility and Communication expertise envisaged and emanating from two ongoing technical assistance components currently being implemented in the context of the “ACP Business-Friendly: Supporting value chains through inclusive policies, investment promotion and alliances” Programme (#170049).

The investment component focuses on institutional capacity building of investment promotion institutions (IPIs), especially national-level Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs). Capacity building will aim at strengthening investment promotion capabilities, business support programmes, marketing, monitoring, and partnerships for better coordinated and more encompassing investment promotion efforts. Based on a robust empirical foundation of FDI firm-level investor data, which will be collected/updated through the Project using the proprietary Digital Investment Profiling System (DIPS), IPIs will be able to better monitor FDI and its various impact channels necessary to achieve country- and regional-level Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Investment project profiles will be collected for global dissemination to potential foreign direct investors via the Invest in ACP Investment Promotion Platform and leveraging UNIDO’s Networks such as the Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) Networks and the Network of Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (SPX) Centres.

The “ACP Quality Infrastructure” component complements and builds on the ongoing achievements of the overall Programme. Its specific objectives are to: (1) Enhance the regional Quality and Regulatory Infrastructure (Q&RI) governance, (2) Strengthen the availability of value chain specific Quality Infrastructure (QI) services, and (3) Promote quality culture and practices.

Besides technical integration of the different programmatic work streams of the Programme, wherever possible and practical, there is also significant potential to harmonize visibility & communication strategies for the Investment and Quality Infrastructure components.

GENERIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Intern shall be engaged as follows:

1. Exposed to the regular core functions of the Division and as such shall have the opportunity to observe the day-to-day operations and engage in on-the-job training in specific actions delegated by the Supervisor.
2. Engaged in a specific self-contained assignment described below:

• Support ongoing social media promotion efforts, including by drafting content, copywriting, editing video clips, collecting and selecting photos from the ground, scheduling and publishing posts, and disseminating published posts to relevant stakeholders for audience amplification, for both Investment and Quality Infrastructure components. Contribute to creating a more consistent social media presence.
• Support video production, edit videos from the footage archive, repurpose clips for various platforms and come up with new ways of using video to increase project visibility, for both Investment and Quality Infrastructure components.
• Contribute to stakeholder communication by drafting entries for the monthly newsletter, including both Investment and Quality Infrastructure component news.
• Contribute to improving the visual cohesiveness of communication materials by aligning the team’s intellectual outputs to the Programme’s visual identity for both Investment and Quality Infrastructure components.
• Contribute to graphically designing communication products by either independently designing or implementing comments to design drafts using design software such as Canva, Affinity Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, or Adobe Acrobat.
• Attend fortnightly IET/PST Communication Working Group meetings and support divisional level communication tasks emanating from these meetings, such as keeping the editorial calendar up to date, contributing to divisional knowledge sharing initiatives, drafting content for joint articles, etc.
• Support the curation of written and visual content featured on the online Invest in ACP Platform and support exercises to improve the visibility of the Portal concerning investment promotion partners, SEZs, and investment profiles, including by selecting photos, providing suggestions on web design, drafting news articles and further web pages.

3. Prepare an end-of-internship report; to be submitted to and cleared by UNIDO Internship Coordination.
4. Other Special emerging Projects that may enhance the learning experience of the Intern.

MINIMUM ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Age: Minimum 20 years on the first day of the internship.

Education: Enrolled in a university degree programme; or begin the internship within one year of completing a university degree; or completed a university degree and be sponsored as part of an academic or development programme.

Field of specialization: Economics, MBA, IT, humanities or social science background

Desirable skills: Familiarity with photo and video editing, as well as graphic design software such as: Canva, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, InDesign

Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Core values:

WE LIVE AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY: work honestly, openly and impartially.

WE SHOW PROFESSIONALISM: work hard and competently in a committed and responsible manner.

WE RESPECT DIVERSITY: work together effectively, respectfully and inclusively, regardless of our differences in culture and perspective.

Key competencies:

WE FOCUS ON PEOPLE: cooperate to fully reach our potential –and this is true for our colleagues as well as our clients. Emotional intelligence and receptiveness are vital parts of our UNIDO identity.

WE FOCUS ON RESULTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: focus on planning, organizing and managing our work effectively and efficiently. We are responsible and accountable for achieving our results and meeting our performance standards. This accountability does not end with our colleagues and supervisors, but we also owe it to those we serve and who have trusted us to contribute to a better, safer and healthier world.

WE COMMUNICATE AND EARN TRUST: communicate effectively with one another and build an environment of trust where we can all excel in our work.

WE THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND INNOVATE: to stay relevant, we continuously improve, support innovation, share our knowledge and skills, and learn from one another.

LEARNING ELEMENTS

• Become acquainted with the most up-to-date technical, economic and industrial developments in the relevant field of specialization of the Division/Department. Furthermore, he/she is expected to deepen his/her knowledge in the fields of new product/services and process design.
• Gain experience in project design/management.
• On the job training: participation in every phase of the working process, especially on Communication and Visibility matters.
• Gain experience in working effectively in a diverse and multi-cultural environment.

UNIDO Interns are expected to uphold the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity at all times, both at work and outside. Only candidates who fully and unconditionally commit to these values should consider applying for internships at UNIDO.

All applications must be submitted through the UNIDO Online Recruitment System.
Correspondence will be undertaken only with candidates who are being considered at an advanced phase of the selection process.

Visit the UNIDO employment website for details on how to apply: www.careers.unido.org

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