Application Deadline : 7 Feb 2013
United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) invites applications from the qualified applicants for the post of Internship On Innovation And Territorial Development / Local Governance. Duration of initial contract is 3-6 months and the Job location is Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Applicants should be fluent in English with excellent reading and writing skills and the other languages such as Spanish, German, French, Russian may be helpful.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Research, analysis and write-up of innovative practices in the area of local governance and territorial development, including creating “safe-to-fail” environments;
- Research, analysis and write-up of innovative practices in stakeholder identification, stakeholder mobilization, collective action and formal partnerships for supporting territorial development;
- Collect evidence of the impact of such practices and prerequisites for replicating them.
- Contact those involved in designing, implementing or documenting those innovations to find out additional information, especially with regards to applicability in the Eastern Europe / CIS region;
- Identify which innovative practices (and supporting technology/models, if any) would be most appropriate for sharing in the 2013 Community of Practice meeting on territorial development.
- Create resource materials for the Community of Practice meeting.
Qualifications and Experience :
- Currently working on a higher university degree in international development studies, public policy, public administration, economics, environmental studies, or closely related fields; and
- IT literacy.
- An understanding of territorial development concepts and local governance;
- Experience in research and knowledge management; and
- Experience in a developing country an asset.
Language Requirements:
- Fluent in English with excellent reading and writing skills;
- other languages such as Spanish, German, French, Russian may be helpful
Application procedures:
Internships within the UN system are unpaid and subject to conditions the applicant must get familiar with prior to signing his/her internship agreement.
For application instructions and more information, please see http://europeandcis.undp.org/home/internship/.
Qualified candidates interested in the Internship have to be registered in online database throughhttp://europeandcis.undp.org/home/?event=public.internshipApplyForm, stating “Innovation and Territorial Development Internship” as field of interest. Your application should include a cover letter and resume. Candidates not registered in the database will not be further considered.
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