Human Resources Internship

United Nations Development Programme

Istanbul, Turkey

Experience: Internship

Skill Required: HR and Admin

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 operational processes. Selected candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:

  • Assisting with the intern recruitment processes within the hub;
  • Assisting newcomers and arranging introductory meetings;
  • Assisting in the maintenance of proper filing system for HR records and documents;
  • Assisting with the administrative HR tasks;
  • Other tasks of similar nature upon request.

Required Skills and Experience:

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

  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
  • 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;
  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

Experience:

  • Working / internship experience in human resources is an asset, but not required;
  • Proficient in managing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and other MS Office applications;
  • 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=114162