Business Development Support Internship

United Nations Development Programme

Copenhagen, Denmark

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Unit of Information and Technology Management (ITM) in Copenhagen is responsible for supporting UNDP Country Offices around the world with ICT and Green Energy solutions. Our Unit offers a stimulating and versatile internship in an international environment with contact to various partners from some 166 countries with UNDP presence. We are a team who work in a dynamic and informal atmosphere, and we expect our interns to become vital members of the team.

As an intern, you will be given tasks and opportunities that have a direct global impact on the development efforts of the international community. The UNDP ITM Business Development Support internship programme enhances the academic life experience of passionate students as interns and empowers them to become socially responsible, innovative, and environmentally conscious leaders of tomorrow. We bridge the gap between textbook learning and real-life industry experience by taking interns behind the scenes of the world’s leading clean energy and sustainability initiatives, while learning to take into consideration the local context.

Being a part of our dynamic unit, you will also gain worldwide connections with other top-talented interns and UN staff from other agencies; our office is located at the UN City in Copenhagen, giving you the opportunity to interact with people outside the UNDP ITM Uunit.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Improve templates/working documents/tools used (e.g. Business Case) for effective decision-making and working processes of teams under ITM Smart Infrastructure Services (ITM SIS).
  • Provide marketing support to projects and initiatives of ITM SIS   and increase Smart Facilities brand recognition around the UN system by support UNDP Country Offices in developing marketing materials ranging from videos, articles, infographics, posters, banners, brochures, etc.
  • Organize, coordinate, and chair internal and external webinars about Smart Facility solutions, give presentations about ITM SIS products and services to external and internal stakeholders of ITM SIS.
  • Organize events and workshops all around the topics of Smart Facilities and Sustainable Development
  • Review and update the branding of the ITM SIS Smart Facility products.
  • Assist in developing ITM SIS’ business development and marketing  strategies, reach out to customers and disseminate customer satisfaction survey. Coordinate Performance bi-Annual Review with key vendors; prepare slides and graphs with key takeaways; collect feedback from the vendors.
  • Standardize the Green Energy and Smart Infrastructure and Connectivity Unit Service catalog to guarantee professional overview of each services we provide, and continuous improvement. Align the catalog with ISO9001 standards. Design a catalog of the services including costs and service description.
  •  Support the development of Smart Facility solution packages and pertinent concept notes, briefing notes, brochures, guidelines, etc.
  • Conduct market research for projects under Green Energy Team and Smart Infrastructure and Connectivity Unit, identifying trends in the market and key actors
  • Develop and maintain external relationships with partners of diverse nature for innovation and business expansion, sourcing opportunities to present ITM SIS services and products in events such as international conferences and exhibitions.
  • Provide project management support for ITM SIS teams.
  • Manage internal communications between GET and other ITM SIS teams, Assist in HR tasks including recruitment of new interns, organizing onboarding sessions, attending career fairs on behalf of ITM SIS and give presentations, etc.

Required Skills and Experience

  • You must meet one of the following requirements:
  • You are currently in the final year of your bachelor’s degree; or
  • You are currently enrolled in a master’s degree; or
  • You have graduated no longer than 1 year ago from a master’s degree or equivalent studies in the field of business development, marketing, development studies, sustainability, communication or equivalent
  • Technical knowledge of Adobe Ssuite and experience in visual design is a strong advantage
  • Knowledge or experience with specific Office 365 tools (or their consumer equivalents) such as Planner (Trello), Teams (Slack), Yammer (Workplace by Facebook), OneDrive (Dropbox, Google Drive), Power BI (Tableau), etc. is a strong advantage
  • SharePoint knowledge, preferably SharePoint Online is an advantage
  • Working with gathering, consolidating and analysing either quantitative and qualitative data from databases and reports is an advantage.
  • Experience in sales, marketing, project management, customer service, or partnership building would be appreciated. Good communication skills are strongly appreciated.
  • Demonstrated professional or academic experience in any of the UNDP Member States is an advantage
  • Experience of working in international organizations and NGOs is an advantage
  • Fluent in written and spoken English is mandatory. Knowledge of French, Spanish and other UN working languages is an advantage. 

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