Reporting/Communications Intern

Pakistan

UNOPS has been supporting projects in Pakistan for more than 15 years and in 2010 opened a new office in Islamabad to support the post-flood relief and recovery effort.

UNOPS in Pakistan implements projects in the following thematic areas:

• Early recovery and reconstruction of community infrastructure
• Project management and related monitoring and verification
• Community Development
• Gender Justice and Women's Empowerment
• Procurement

Supported strategically by a regional operational hub and UNOPS headquarters in Copenhagen and within the overarching framework of the ONE UN Programme, UNOPS Pakistan continues to deliver projects across the country under its core delivery practices of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable procurement, and sustainable project management.

In June 2016, UNOPS identified the lack of electricity in the primary schools’ infrastructures of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in Pakistan as a major hindrance to the children’s quality schooling, and approached the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department (ESED), which confirmed that responding to this issue was one of their priorities. ESED furthermore pointed out the seven southern districts of the province as being the most underserved. UNOPS conducted a feasibility study and secured funding from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), who in turn approached the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and arranged a joint funding for the supply and installation of solar PV plants in approximately 1250 primary schools spread across the southern districts of KP province. The Solar Schools project started on 13th February 2018 and shall be completed by the 31st January 2020.

• Support Project manager for project planned activities, donor compliance and reporting;
• Develop content, presentations, briefings, speaking points and other material as required;
• Support the preparation of external communication materials customized for target key audiences such as donors, UN agencies, governments and other stakeholders and manage social media communication;
• Develop written content, including blogs, articles, stories and press releases;
• Participate in business development and other project management activities; 
• Assist in the elaboration and maintenance of project documents;
• Assist in compiling and reviewing relevant project information;
• Regularly update, in coordination with the project manager, project monitoring and reporting tools such as the matrix of risks, the logical frame, the action points tracker, etc.
• Produce tables, graphs, images, maps, etc. with the highest graphical standards to illustrate those documents;
• Conduct secondary research in different fields, acquire knowledge independently if unfamiliar with the subject, organize, synthesize and check findings to ensure accuracy.

• Completion of the tasks in a timely manner.
• Submission of the required reports and assignments with high accuracy.

• Interns should be enrolled in a university degree programme in such as Bachelor, Masters or Ph.D. (or the equivalent), or have graduated from such studies within three years prior to the application date of the internship. A degree in management, communication, political or social sciences, literature, or other relevant discipline is highly desirable.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.