UNDP Business Development Support Internship Opportunity

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a leading global development organization that works in over 170 countries to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, and improve living standards. Our mission is to empower people to stand up for their rights, build strong institutions, and achieve sustainable development.

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Business Development Support Intern to join our team in Copenhagen. The successful candidate will assist our team in coordinating marketing support, collaborating with UN Country Offices and other agencies, and facilitating ongoing projects. This is an exciting opportunity for students and recent graduates to gain hands-on experience in business development and contribute to the achievement of our mission.

• Coordinate with technical teams for marketing support and collaborate with UN Country Offices and other agencies on promotional efforts
• Facilitate and support ongoing projects with project documents and agreements, market research reports, managing and updating project dashboards
• Lead and support the coordination of internal communication between different teams; organize internal and external workshops; improve processes and communications to ensure the implementation of Smart Facilities projects
• Work directly with green energy engineers, ICT engineers, finance and administrative colleagues and translate technical knowledge into easy-to-understand material
• Support the Chief of Smart Infrastructure analyzing operational data, identifying trends, improving workflows, and assisting in process automation coordination in areas such as IoT, AI-driven infrastructure, and sustainability
• Prepare and give presentations about Smart Facilities, Green Energy, IoT, Connectivity and Security products and services
• Develop Smart Facilities services, catalogs, write knowledge management articles and create a strategy to guarantee professional overview of support services provided and ensure continuous improvement
• Identify potential projects on several procurement websites of the UN system; identify HQ initiatives and programs related to greening the UN and partners; compile application documentations and make sure that ITM meets requirements and deadlines

• Interest in Sustainability and more particularly within the energy sector and information technologies
• Interest in Digitalization and Innovation – understanding of different technologies and benefits
• Proactiveness & independence - Ability to work in an independent, project mode and proactively push projects
• Flexible and self-motivated – able to adapt to new situations based on business needs with high motivation
• Goal oriented and decision-making skills – willing to push tasks to achieve results according to the plan
• Teamwork and capacity building – able to share information and knowledge with teammates and project stakeholders to achieve a goal
• Creativity and troubleshooting – ability to find solutions independently and positive mindset to find ways of overcoming challenges
• Analyze data in Excel to promote growth, implement KPIs metrics to improve tracking, and enhance visualization into charts (via PowerBI or similar)

• Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
• a. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master's programme, or higher);
• b. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor's degree or equivalent);
• c. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in a and b above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
• d. Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program

This is an unpaid internship, and all expenses connected with the internship will be borne by the intern. The purpose of the Internship Programme is not to lead to further employment with UNDP, but to complement an intern's studies. Therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of an internship.