OpenIGO jobs - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist

Duties And Responsibilities

Based on a consultative process, specific Investment Opportunities Areas have been identified across 7 priority sectors for India. The work will be an iterative research-intensive process to identify, assess, and analyze the data sources to feed into the development of the mapping of the identified IOAs—namely public and private sources of secondary research including government documents, published legislation, regulatory guidance around sustainable development, national investment plans, sector maps, investment reports and other research from entities pertaining to national and local investment needs.

For Each Identified Investment Opportunity Area, The Intern Would Perform The Following Types Of Research And Analysis With Detailed Citations And Sourcing

These data sources must be first identified and collected (with sources and citations recorded),then assessed and analyzed for relevant information to populate the proposed Excel template provided.

• Financial metrics: identifying and leveraging secondary data resources and existing databases to identify the market size, return profile and investment timeframe;
• Enabling factors: researching and reviewing industry reports and publications to highlight the policy, regulatory and financial environment for investors;
• Impact assessment: collect impact and risk information such as beneficiaries, scale, externalities, etc. to conduct an impact analysis
  

Expected Deliverables/ Outcomes

• Populate pre-designed template with the above-mentioned information for 10-15 Investment Opportunity Areas
• Organize qualitative insights gathered through consultations with key stakeholders by documenting meetings for project records
• Organize quantitative insights gathered from financial intelligence database under the guidance of the Team Lead and Research Associate
• Any other project management related tasks as assigned by the Team Lead
  

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Demonstrating/safeguarding ethics and integrity; Demonstrate corporate knowledge and sound judgment;
• Self-development, initiative-taking;
• Acting as a team player and facilitating team- work; Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team, communicating effectively;
• Creating synergies through self-control;
• Managing conflict;
• Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others
• Promoting learning and knowledge management/sharing is the responsibility of each staff member;
  

Corporate Competencies

• Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UN’s values and ethical standards; Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
• Treats all people fairly without favoritism. 
  

Technical Skills

Functional Competencies: 

• Basic understanding of the sustainable finance sector and SDGs.
• ?Experience in assimilating quantitative analysis to inform strategic/programmatic decision making
• Passionate about and genuinely interested in civic engagement and social innovation
• Ability to synthesise concepts and create informative reports
• Experience in research, content creation and editing
• Strong Powerpoint, Word and Excel skills 
  

Promoting Organizational Learning And Knowledge Sharing

Basic research and analysis

• Generates new ideas and approaches, researches best practices and proposes new, more effective ways of doing things;
• Documents and analyses innovative strategies and new approaches.
  

Client Orientation

Establishing effective client relationships

• Researches potential solutions to internal and external needs and reports back in a timely, succinct and appropriate fashion;
• Organizes and prioritizes work schedule to meet needs and deadlines;
• Establishes, builds and sustains effective relationships within the work unit and with internal and external parties 
  

Education

Required Skills and Experience

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

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) preferably in business administration, finance, economics or a related field;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) preferably in business administration, finance, economics or a related field;
• 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;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
  

Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of investments and finance
• Ability to analyze large sets of data and understand complex reports
• Extremely task/ detail oriented
• Able to communicate clear ideas across a variety of mediums (in-person, phone, email, web, etc.)
• Proven ability to work independently as well as in teams
  

Language Requirements: Fluency in Written and Oral English.

Application procedure/ How to Apply: Your application should contain:

• The completed “Internship Intern Form” available on the UNDP India website atInternship Intern Form should be completed.
• CV in English; 
  

Please group the above two documents into one (1) single PDF document and upload document.