Responsibilities

Daily responsibilities will depend on the individual’s background; the office to which the intern is assigned to; the nature of specific projects and the internship duration. Duties may include, but not limited to:

• Research and summarize science on environmental issues (including both hard and soft branches of science and innovations in science, trends, and scenarios in different countries).
• Research environmental baselines and policy settings in project countries.
• Draft analyses of and reports on existing scientific research and policy documents on environmental issues.
• Organize and otherwise support meetings (e.g., notetaking, assisting in the management of participant travel, visitor management).
• Map out science-based think tanks, educational institutions and other entities that are in the domain of environment and sustainable development.
• Map out business opportunities and science-based innovations related to addressing environmental challenges.
• Map best and internationally agreed environmental and social (E&S) safeguards towards the development of an E&S framework for promising innovative environmental solutions.
• Assist in drafting project documents and develop technical documentation, guidance on tools and procedures for systems developed such as (for strengthening climate services and Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) in countries).
• Assist in establishing project document repositories.
• Work with social media and assist in the development and dissemination of communication and outreach materials.
• Support the collection and visualization of environment data.
• Work with GEO/Spatial data and technologies.
• Manage database update and indicator Accessibility.
• Assist in updating content for the SDG Monitoring portal.
• Assist with market research related to business opportunities related to addressing environmental challenges.
• Support in financial and economic modelling.
• Access relevant data sources for all countries in search of required data, download, format and upload these data files.
• Process or analyse data in the files as required under the guidance of the Statistical Officer.
• Statistical methodological research.
• Assist with other related data and information work in the unit as instructed and guided.
• Draft outreach and fundraising materials for public and private sector funding sources.
• Assist in producing environmental and social safeguards analyses of business opportunities related to addressing environmental challenges.
• Assist in the development of networks of science-based institutions.
• Assist in the various stages of systems development, including developing, testing, implementing, and managing systems.
• Assist in developing technical documentation and guidance on tools and procedures for systems developed in the unit.
• Assist in the development of strategies for building science-policy capacities at national and regional levels.
• Support scientific assessment processes in a variety of capacities.
• Undertake other tasks as required by the office and in accordance with the intern’s background.
• Assist in cleaning of data collected by web-scraping and other various means and sources.
• Assist in labelling training data to provide meaningful and informative labels to provide context for an AI model.

Competencies

Communication

• Speaks and writes clearly and effectively.
• Listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately.
• Asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication.
• Tailors language, tone, style, and format to match the audience.
• Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Teamwork

• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
• Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others.
• Places team agenda before personal agenda.
• Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position.
• Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Client Orientation

• Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view.
• Establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect.
• Identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions.
• Monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems.
• Keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects.
• Meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client