Corporate Background

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP is working to strengthen new frameworks for development, disaster risk reduction and climate change. We support countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which will guide global development priorities through 2030. The key 2030 Agenda principle of leaving no one behind and stamping out inequality is at the core of everything we do.

UNDP focuses on helping countries build and share solutions in three main areas:

• Sustainable development
• Democratic governance and peacebuilding
• Climate and disaster resilience

In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women, minorities and the poorest and most vulnerable.

Project Background

Viet Nam is particularly vulnerable to climate change and already impacted by more irregular and intense climate variability and change. Two of the regions most vulnerable to droughts-exacerbated by climate change affecting smallholder farmers are the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast. Changes in precipitation are leading to increasing deficits in surface and ground water availability for agricultural production with longer periods of severe water scarcity during the dry season and increased frequency and intensity of droughts. Overall agricultural productivity is falling, with corresponding declines in yields and incomes particularly harmful to small-scale farmers vulnerable to reduced water availability on rain fed lands and within this group, poor and near-poor, ethnic minority and women farmers.

UNDP is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI, as the GCF National Designated Authority), and the five participating provinces of Dak Lak, Dak, Nong, Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, and Khanh Hoa to implement the GCF-financed project “Strengthening the resilience of smallholder agriculture to climate change-induced water insecurity in the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast regions of Vietnam” (herein after referred to as “the GFC2 Project”).

The objective of this project is to empower vulnerable smallholders in five provinces of the Central Highlands and South-Central Coast regions of Vietnam – particularly women and ethnic minority farmers – to manage increasing climate risks to agricultural production. To achieve its objective, the project will enable smallholder farmers to adapt to climate-driven rainfall variability and drought through implementation of two linked Outputs integrating GCF and co-financing resources from the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Vietnam:

1. improved access to water for vulnerable smallholder farmers for climate-resilient agricultural production in the face of climate-induced rainfall variability and droughts, and
2. strengthened capacities of smallholder farmers to apply climate and market information, technologies, and practices for climate-resilient water and agricultural management.

The project was developed as part of an integrated programme funded through multiple sources, as envisaged by the Government of Vietnam (GoV), that was aimed at enhancing water security and building the climate change resilience of the agriculture sector focusing on Vietnam’s Central Highland and South-Central Coastal Regions. In alignment with this programme, the project will enable the GoV to adopt a paradigm shift in the way smallholder agricultural development is envisioned and supported through an integrated approach to agricultural resilience starting with planning for climate risks based on identification and analysis of agroecosystem vulnerabilities; enhancing water security and guaranteeing access; scaling up adoption and application of climate-resilient agricultural practices and cropping systems; and creating partnerships among value chain stakeholders to ensure access to market and credit. This approach directly addresses climate risks while also establishing or strengthening institutional capacities for long-term multi-stakeholder support to vulnerable smallholders.

The Finance Intern will be working in close coordination with UNDP/project staff, including but not limited to the UNDP Programme Officers, local and international consultants. He/she will report to GCF2 Project Management Specialist and in coordination with other GCF2 team members, partners, and experts as necessary.

Tasks may include, but are not limited to:

1. Providing support in organizing meetings, workshops and events including working tasks before, during and after the event (working with procurement team to choose the Event Organizer, draft budget, payment to participants, collecting and checking supporting document for advance clearance, etc.)
2. Supporting administrative and financial tasks as necessary in day-to-day office operations;
3. Supporting logistic preparation for GCF2 project missions;
4. Supporting GCF2 Budget & Finance executive and her alternate in monitoring project budget, database management, etc;
5. Supporting GCF 2 Procurement Executive in some stages of procurement process (contact vendors for quotation of small value procurement);
6. Supporting GCF2 Budget & Finance executive and her alternate in checking Funding Authorization and Certificate of Expenditure (FACE) reports sent by partners periodically;
7. Liaising with partners on various aspects of programme implementation;
8. Other tasks, as requested and guided by GCF2 Project Management Specialist.

• Interest and motivation in working in an international organization;
• Good writing and oral presentation skills;
• 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;
• Responds positively to feedback and differing points of view;
• Demonstrated interest in the field of development, particularly in the area of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation;
• Demonstrated research, database management and analytical capacity;
• Proven ability to manage diverse and complex tasks, with tight deadlines;
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.

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

(a) Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);

(b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);

(c) Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;

(d) Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Desired qualification and experience:

• Studies in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Business Engineering, Statistics or any other related discipline;
• Fluency in both Vietnamese and English;
• Strong computer literacy and proficiency in basic Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.) is required;
• Strong analytical skills;
• 01 year of working experience in administrative and/or finance support is an asset;
• Familiarity with Vietnam and the activities of international organizations, government agencies, or academic institutions is an advantage.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements