Infrastructure and Project Management (IPM) Intern

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 5,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,400 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.

Support the administration of design review:

• Respond to or coordinate answers to requests related to design review. 

• Track the status of and coordinate responsibilities among task owners.

• Log and track the passage of designs through the review process and centrally store all relevant design documentation.

• Support the preparation and operation of daily coordination meetings and weekly risk meetings with regions.

• Contribute to drafting documents to support the progressive development of design review, such as guidance materials, data analysis, etc.  

Infrastructure & Project Management Support:

• Support a variety of tasks, work packages and projects as outlined and assigned in the annual work plan for the Engagement Assurance (EA) team.

• Responsible for meeting goals, targets and performance standards as set out by the supervisor.

• Provide analysis and reporting as required; Conduct research and collect data/information.

• Support compliance with all policies, guidelines and instructions set out by the practice and organization.

• Assist in the review of technical infrastructure project documentation for completeness, quality, against the requirements of the relevant technical codes and standards including the verification of low-risk reviews carried out by peer-reviewed, low-risk infrastructure works.

Educational Requirement

• Completion of secondary school or equivalent is required. 

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in or have recently completed (within three years prior to the application date of the internship) a Bachelor/Master’s/Ph.D. university degree in a relevant area, preferably, but not limited to, Engineering, Architecture, or Planning. A university degree in a relevant field such as International Development or International Relations in combination with some experience preferably in the areas of engineering, architecture and planning may be accepted.

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

Terms and Conditions 

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few mandatory courses ( they take around 4 hours to complete)  in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here.

• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.