Project Management Intern (Strongly encourage qualified female candidate to apply)

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peace building, 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.

1. Nepal

UNOPS is expanding its operational support in South Asia and has established the Nepal Operations Hub (NPOH) in January 2018, overseeing the development and implementation of projects in 7 countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). UNOPS' activities in South Asia grew considerably over the past 4 years, especially in response to the 2015 Nepal earthquakes and the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. The hub portfolio also includes government capacity building projects and infrastructure delivery.

The main purpose of this assignment is to assist the Head of the Project Management Office (PMO) in ensuring the Nepal hub projects' compliance with UNOPS' project management standards (ISO9001, PRINCE2®, UNOPS Project Management Manual and Infrastructure Project Management Manual, UNOPS Procurement, Gender Mainstreaming, Environmental Management and Health and Safety manuals).

The internship's learning opportunities are:

-          PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner certification.

-          Understanding of international organisations' project management practices.

-          Knowledge of UNOPS project management systems, including online platforms and Google Suite.

-          Exposure to UNOPS Nepal projects, including regular field visits.

-          In-depth understanding of quality management, including gender mainstreaming and environmental management.

The Intern shall assist the Head of PMO in the following duties and responsibilities:

Document management

-          Regular inspection of UNOPS Nepal projects' shared folders and online documentation.

-          Formulation of recommendations to Project Managers for document management and follow-up.

-          Assistance to the creation of standardized project management documents for all projects (work breakdown structure, work package descriptions etc.)

Project assurance

-          Creation and maintenance of the quarterly assurance calendar for all projects.

-          Documentation of quarterly assurance meetings (minute-taking).

-          Monthly review of risk registers, issue registers and lessons logs for all projects.

-          Monthly review of project plans, dashboards and logical frameworks for all projects.

-          Preparation of quarterly assurance checklists for both infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.

Gender mainstreaming

-          Assistance to organise project-specific workshops for all Nepal projects (logistics, workshop content preparation, documentation).

-          Assistance to the formalisation of gender action plans for all projects.

-          Monitoring of the implementation of gender action plans and recommendations to Project Managers.

Health, Safety, Social and Environmental (HSSE) Management

-          Assistance to organise project-specific workshops for all Nepal projects (logistics, workshop content preparation, documentation).

-          Assistance to the formalisation of HSSE action plans for all infrastructure projects.

-          Monitoring of the implementation of HSSE plans and recommendations to Project Managers.

1. Qualifications and Experience

a)       Education

●        Bachelor University Degree is a minimum requirement. The incumbent should have graduated from such studies within three years prior to the application date of the internship;

●        Enrollment in, or completion of Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in Project Management, Business Administration, International Development, Civil Engineering or in any other relevant area is preferred.

b)      Internship-related experience

●        Previous experience in project implementation and/or international development;

●        Advanced Google Suite experience desirable (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms);

●        Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with UNOPS an advantage;

c)       Language requirement

• Fluency in written and oral in English is required

●        Exceptional English communication skills, both written and verbal;

●        Time management;

●        Attention to detail;

●        Creativity and innovation;

●        Organizational ability and quality orientation;

●        Teamwork skills;        

This internship is not designed to lead to a staff position with UNOPS. Therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of the internship.

Interns may be eligible for a monthly stipend (ranges USD 402 -  USD 603)  from UNOPS provided that they do not receive funds from other institutions.

For more details about UNOPS internships please follow this link:

https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/About/WhatWeOffer.aspx
https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/InternshipListing.aspx

• Position called for qualified female as preference
• Qualified male candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
• 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.
• 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.