United Nations Development Programme
– Somalia
Job Title: Intern (Human Resources)
Contract Type:Internship
Duty Station:Nairobi, Kenya
Closing Date: 26th September
2014
Organizational Context: UNDP is the United Nations' global development
network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to
knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
UNDP is currently in 177 countries
worldwide and works in the following programme areas:
- Governance and Rule of Law (GROL)
- Poverty Reduction and Environment Protection
Programme (PREP)
In Somalia, UNDP works with local
partners ‒ NGOs, civil society and government towards a peaceful and secure
nation for all Somalis.
Together with 23 other UN agencies,
UNDP is helping Somalis recover from 20 years of conflict, build peace, rebuild
their institutions, and set Somalia on the path to development.
UNDP supports the people of Somalia to achieve the following outcomes: peace building and conflict management, people-centered governance and law, economic recovery and environmental protection, and protecting and empowering women.
UNDP supports the people of Somalia to achieve the following outcomes: peace building and conflict management, people-centered governance and law, economic recovery and environmental protection, and protecting and empowering women.
It carries out its work through two
main programmes - Governance, Rule of Law and Security and Poverty Reduction
and Environment, and incorporates issues of Human Development and Economics,
Peace building, HIV/AIDS and Gender across all of its work. UNDP has
sub-offices in Hargeisa, Somaliland and Garowe, Puntland, staff in Mogadishu
and a support centre in Nairobi.
The internship will be based in
Nairobi, Kenya.
The Human Resources unit is seeking an intern who is interested in gaining experience and providing support to this work.
The Human Resources unit is seeking an intern who is interested in gaining experience and providing support to this work.
The Intern shall report to the Human
Resources Specialist.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Human Resources Specialist/Learning Manager, the intern is expected to perform the following tasks:
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Human Resources Specialist/Learning Manager, the intern is expected to perform the following tasks:
- Support in maintaining a user-friendly filing
system;
- Implement electronic storage system and
attendance records;
- Coordinate the preparation and validation of
material to be posted on the UNDP Somalia website on the HR intranet page;
- Administrative support, such as data entry and
preparing new files for use;
- Assistance with quality control: liaise with
candidates to request missing documentation or details in professional
history;
- Facilitate timely collection of medical and
other sensitive documents;
Outputs
- Effective administrative support for staff;
- Effective support to newly recruited staff
members.
Competencies
Corporate Competencies:
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race,
nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent skills in the usage of computer
software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc)
- Excellent critical reasoning and problem
solving skills.
- Development and Operational Effectiveness;
- Demonstrates strong oral and written
communication skills;
- Builds strong relationships with clients and
external actors;
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even
under pressure;
- High degree of self-motivation and initiative;
- Willingness to learn and apply new analytical
approaches.
Recruitment Qualifications
Education: The candidate must be currently enrolled in an
accredited university undergraduate degree or Master’s programme specializing
in Human Resources Management, business administration, management or other
related field.
Language requirements: Fluency
in English - written and spoken is required.
Availability and duration:
- Availability: Immediate
- Duration: Minimum three and no more than six
months on a full time basis.
Conditions of the Internship:
- Interns are considered gratis personnel. They
are not staff members;
- Interns are not financially remunerated by
UNDP. The costs associated must be borne by the nominating institution,
related institution or government, which may provide the required
financial assistance to its students; or by the student, who will have to
obtain financing for subsistence and make his or her own arrangements for
transport, accommodation, etc.
Application: Interested
and qualified candidates are requested submit a motivational letter and CV to
hrrecruitement.so@undp.org.
Other: UNDP
is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality
and culture.
Individuals from minority groups,
indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to
apply.
All applications will be treated with
the strictest confidence.