Food Systems Community Intern, Nature Hub

Job Description

The Food Systems Community is more than technical learning. It focuses on advancing progressive practices and innovative systemic solutions in effective collaborative action and food systems governance, as well as promoting proven technical solutions in integrated landscape management, sustainable value chains, restoration, gender responsiveness, etc.

Today the Community counts 900+ members from 34 countries working on 12 food and agricultural commodities.

With an emphasis on South-South knowledge exchanges, the Food Systems Community hosts and moderates several collaborative digital groups on its dedicated Digital Platform to shape, share and learn what works in transforming food and agricultural commodity systems. These customizable digital groups support the provision of programmatic functions such as needs assessment, technical support; access to guidance documents; as well as learning and capacity building event, and overall knowledge management.

Within the Food Systems Practice, and under the supervision of the Community Manager, the Community Intern supports all aspects of Community operations and assists the Community Lead, Community Advisor and Community Analyst in delivering key activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support for the UNDP Food Systems Community team:

• Provide generic support with the oversight of the Community Digital Platform (Hivebrite), including regular upload of content (posts, events, resources, videos),
• Assist targeted prospective members with their registration in the Community Digital Platform,
• Support with the organization and delivery of virtual learning events, including in-event Zoom tech assistance,
• Support with tracking Community-related data (events, membership composition, digital engagement, etc.)
• Support with the ongoing maintenance and regular updating of the online Community database(s) and CRM with new information,
• Support with video editing and uploading on online video sharing platforms, and development of promotional materials (flyers, brochures, etc.),
• Any other tasks as requested by the Community team.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:

• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) such as environment, agriculture, sustainable development, economics, journalism, communications, international development, social/political sciences, or related fields;
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) such as environment, agriculture, sustainable development, economics, journalism, communications, international development, social/political sciences, or related fields;
• Have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (1) and (2) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.

Experience:

• Familiarity and previous usage of video conferencing software (Zoom), online visual collaboration platforms (e.g. MURAL, MIRO), online graphic design platforms (e.g. Adobe, Canva);
• Knowledge of Community management platforms (e.g. Hivebrite, Disciple Media, Bettermode, Mighty Network or others) is a plus;
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office;
• Experience with data collection for analysis

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in Spanish and French is an advantage.

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 8, 2025

About the Organization

PNUD is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of PNUD and our wide range of partners. World leaders have pledged to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the overarching goal of cutting poverty in half by 2015. PNUD's network links and coordinates global and national efforts to reach these Goals. Our focus is helping countries build and share solutions to the challenges of: * Democratic Governance * Poverty Reduction * Crisis Prevention and Recovery * Energy and Environment * HIV/AIDS PNUD helps developing countries attract and use aid effectively. In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women. The annual Human Development Report, commissioned by PNUD, focuses the global debate on key development issues, providing new measurement tools, innovative analysis and often controversial policy proposals. The global Report's analytical framework and inclusive approach carry over into regional, national and local Human Development Reports, also supported by PNUD. In each country office, the PNUD Resident Representative normally also serves as the Resident Coordinator of development activities for the United Nations system as a whole. Through such coordination, PNUD seeks to ensure the most effective use of UN and international aid resources. In Panama, the PNUD supports the execution of projects that contribute to improve the standards of life of the Panamanians by means of the consultant's office, the technical support and the construction of national capacities. A key element of our contribution is the administration of projects whose resources come as much from international financial organisms as of the own governments. In all our activities we encouraged the protection of the human rights; the accomplishment of the potential of the woman; the effective planning; the access to the clean water, and services of cleaning and energy; and the optimal use of new technologies for development aims.