Background:

UNDP’s Istanbul Regional Hub (IRH) is an advisory hub for the Europe and CIS region tasked with the responsibility to provide policy and programmatic support to UNDP´s development activities in the region. Throughout UNDP´s focus areas, it works towards increasing the impact of UNDP´s activities in the region by assisting Country Offices in development of country-level initiatives through advisory services and technical support and by implementing regional-level projects in partnership with a wide range of partners supported to a global network of expertise. Under the leadership of the Hub Manager, the IRH employs a multi-disciplinary team of specialists and advisors, project managers, operations and programme support staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The purpose of this internship is to provide an opportunity for graduate level degree students, where their educational experience can be enhanced through practical work and they can get familiar with administrative and operations processes. Selected candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Assisting with the recruitment process IRH human resources procedures;
• Assisting newcomers and arranging introductory meetings;
• Maintenance of proper filing system for HR records and documents;
• Assisting with the daily office duties and tasks;
• Other tasks of similar nature upon request.
• Intern will obtain practical experience in human resources, administrative procedures and work in international organization.

Required Skills and Experience:

Academic Qualifications/Education:

Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

• be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or
• be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent); or
• have graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) in a degree programme in a relevant discipline (Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Labor Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation

Experience:

• Working experience in human resources is an asset, but not required;
• Proficient with managing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and data bases;
• A desire to work with and gain the confidence and respect of people with different language, national and cultural backgrounds.

Language skills:

• Written and spoken proficiency in English;
• Fluency in Turkish is an asset, but not required.

Source:https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=84044#utm_source=unjobs&utm_medium=more_info