Coordinate with technical teams for marketing support and collaborate with UN Country Offices and other agencies on promotional efforts (banners, ceremonies, visuals, articles) to promote Smart Facilities projects and to inspire a movement.
Facilitate and support on-going projects with project documents and agreements, market research reports, managing and updating project dashboards.
Lead and support the coordination of internal communication between the different teams; organize internal and external workshops; improve processes and communications to ensure the implementation of Smart Facilities projects.
Work directly with green energy engineers, ICT engineers, finance and administrative colleagues and translate technical knowledge into easy-to-understand material.
Support the Chief of Smart Infrastructure analysing operational data, identifying trends, improving workflows, and assisting in process automation coordination in areas such as IoT, AI-driven infrastructure, and sustainability.
Prepare and give presentations about Smart Facilities, Green Energy, IoT, Connectivity and Security products and services.
Develop Smart Facilities services, catalogs, write knowledge management articles and create a strategy to guarantee professional overview of support services provided and ensure continuous improvement.
Identify potential projects on the several procurement websites of the UN system (e.g. Procurement website); identify HQ initiatives and programs related to greening the UN and partners (e.g. Moonshot program); compile application documentations and make sure that ITM meets requirements and deadlines.
Improve templates/working documents/tools/websites/design files/figures used (e.g. Business Case, Presentations) for effective decision-making and working processes.
Support ITM to develop a compelling narrative on implemented Smart Facilities projects (i.e. writing articles, interview stakeholders) and designing community engagement strategy and plan with a focus on capacity building and operation & maintenance.
Develop and maintain external relationships for innovation and business expansion for Smart Facilities.
Overall coordination and executive support to the Chief of Smart Infrastructure.
Duration: 6 months (2 February - 31 July 2026) Competencies
Interest in Sustainability and more particularly within the energy sector and information technologies.
Interest in Digitalization and Innovation – understanding of different technologies and benefits.
Proactiveness & independence - Ability to work in an independent, project mode and proactively push projects.
Flexible and self-motivated – able to adapt to new situations based on business needs with high motivation.
Goal oriented and decision-making skills – willing to push tasks to achieve results according to the plan.
Teamwork and capacity building – able to share information and knowledge with teammates and project stakeholders to achieve a goal.
Creativity and troubleshooting – ability to find solutions independently and positive mindset to find ways of overcoming challenges.
Analyze data in Excel to promote growth, implement KPIs metrics to improve tracking, and enhance visualization into charts (via PowerBI or similar).
Stakeholder management - Experience in Sales, Marketing, Project management/coordination, Customer Service or Buying would be appreciated. Good communication skills are strongly appreciated.
Presentation and branding - good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Canvas or similar, as well as SharePoint. Ability to create visuals in Photoshop or similar is a plus.
Growth-oriented mindset – Experience in business development, organization of webinars would be appreciated.
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);
Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
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 in using Adobe Suite and focus on design for professional visual materials and product is a strong advantage.
Practical experience on using PowerBI to develop project budget and enable efficient project documentation is a strong advantage.
Knowledge or experience with Office 365 tools and OneDrive (Dropbox, Google Drive) is a strong advantage.
SharePoint knowledge, preferably SharePoint Online is an advantage
Proficiency in Excel, SQL, or data visualization tools and experience working with gathering, consolidating, and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data from databases and reports is an advantage.
Demonstrated professional or academic experience, especially on market research of technical solutions in UNDP Member States is an advantage.
Fluent in written and spoken English is mandatory. Knowledge of additional UN languages (especially French/Spanish) is a strong advantage.
Experience with circular economy, sustainability, engineering, smart cities is an advantage.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025
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