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Online design for water-related Sustainable Development Goals Initiative

Hamilton | Panamá

  • Organization: UNU - United Nations University
  • Location: Hamilton | Panamá
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Environment
    • Information Management
    • Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
  • Closing Date: Closed

United Nations University institute for Water, environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) are working to support national governments to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goal 6 – the ‘water goal’. UNU-INWEH are promoting an evidence-based approach towards policy- and decision- making and are encouraging national governments to use UNU-INWEH’s innovative frameworks to make this happen.

The key product of the ‘water-related Sustainable Development Goals’ initiative is the SDG Policy Support System (SDG PSS). The SDG PSS is being trialed in 5 countries – Ghana, Tunisia, Costa Rica, Pakistan and the Republic of Korea - in 2017 (see http://inweh.unu.edu/sdg-policy-support-system/ ) as an excel product.

In 2018, UNU-INWEH will explore how to make the SDG PSS into a dynamic, easy-to-use online system that can be freely used by national government stakeholders across the world.

UNU-INWEH require an intern to support this work and to link it to other emerging UNU interests and projects.

Intern Responsibilities:

  1. Support the development of a plan to translate the current excel-based system into a dynamic online application by-

  2. Exploring similar, currently available online systems and from this, recommending ways forward for the SDG PSS;

  3. Liaising with design and programming consultants to assist in creating management documents, including a scoping paper and budget, for the task;

  4. Assist staff to develop written products of the initiative and the SDG PSS, including a discussion paper and an analytical report 3. Investigating ways to improve the SDG PSS as it moves online.

Internship Requirements:

  • Eligibility requirements as available at: http://inweh.unu.edu/internships/
  • A third or fourth year undergraduate student or a postgraduate student or degree holder

Position Requirements:

  • Excellent experience with online and web-based projects
  • Considerable experience using Excel
  • Fluency in English and excellent writing skills
  • Good interpersonal skills

Position Desirables:

  • An understanding of water management concepts and the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Knowledge of French and/or Spanish

Duration and Start Date:

The duration of internship is at least 3 months, which may be extended to 6 months depending on the need and work progress. The internship is expected to start at a mutually agreed date in January 2018.

Interested applicants should apply by 1 December 2017 by following the application procedure available at: http://inweh.unu.edu/internships/ . Only complete applications (i.e., containing all five required documents) will be considered.

Please send your complete application to lisa.guppy@unu.edu

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