Responsibilities
- Project Development The intern will:
- Support the delivery of ideation, feasibility analysis, and project preparation support to sustainable urban development infrastructure projects in the CIF Project Pipeline.
- Engage with CIF Implementing Partners – global experts delivering project preparation support – to track, monitor and guide the project preparation process.
- Support and facilitate project assessment, due diligence and bankability assessment processes of projects within the CIF Project Pipeline.
- Assist in the identification and incorporation of ESG and SDG-oriented analysis and decision support methodologies within the CIF.
- Assist the development of a Donor Tracker: a database and analysis of relevant investors, and financiers engaged by UN-Habitat, in support of launching a new Feasibility Fund, creating agendas, presentation materials, taking action notes and providing follow-up engagement, for internal UN-Habitat and external Partner meetings.
- Sustainable Finance The intern will: Conduct thematic research on investment structures and risk mitigation instruments.
- Prepare early-stage documentation on financial structuring for projects onboarded into the CIF pipeline on how they align with investor requirements and guarantee eligibility.
- Liaise with current and potential partners in the areas of commercial and private investment and developing project pipelines.
- Support the development of partnership agreements: including memorandums of understanding, budgets, work plans, marketing collateral and other relevant materials for CIF relationships with partners as required.
- Contribute to developing and operationalizing CIF’s strategy, roadmap and business model.
- Assist with developing a database and analysis of relevant donors, investors and financiers who can support the work of UN-Habitat and CIF.
Qualifications/special skills
- Applicants must at the time of application, meet one of the following requirements:
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher),
- Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent),
- Have graduated with Bachelor’s degree, Masters, PhD or equivalent. Be computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office Suite).
- Have demonstrated a keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter. Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes a willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
- Preferred areas of study: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in international relations, Development Studies, Environmental Social Governance, Economics, or related fields. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience.
- However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.