Intern – Regional Programme Support

The Regional Programme for Africa (RP) is part of UNDP’s Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA), based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Regional Programme supports countries across the continent by addressing shared regional and cross border development challenges where collective, regional approaches add value. Through programmatic support, the RP complements Country Office efforts and strengthens regional cooperation to advance UNDP’s development objectives in Africa.

The Regional Programme for Africa implements several flagship initiatives and contributes to a range of cross cutting and emerging priority areas within the RSCA, including gender equality and women’s empowerment, climate security, and strengthened UNDP engagement in the Sahel. It also plays an important role in supporting UNDP Country Offices by providing strategic, technical, and coordination support, as well as by facilitating engagement with regional and continental stakeholders.

The Regional Programme team operates as an integrated coordination mechanism, contributing to strategic coherence across the regional programme delivery model, supporting quality assurance and risk management, promoting innovative knowledge and learning practices, and strengthening communications and visibility of regional initiatives. The team also supports regional institutions—most notably the African Union and other regional organizations—and contributes to flagship projects, applied research, and advisory support to emerging regional challenges.

Given the Regional Programme’s broad mandate and partnership driven approach, strong coordination, communication, and knowledge management support is essential. The internship position is designed to support the team’s coordination and partnership efforts, including assistance with flagship initiatives, engagement with regional stakeholders such as the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, civil society, and academic institutions, and contributions to research, documentation, and knowledge products.

Through this internship, the intern will gain hands on exposure to regional programme coordination, partnership support, and knowledge management in a dynamic, multicultural environment, while contributing to the effective implementation and visibility of UNDP’s Regional Programme for Africa.

Objective

The objective of the internship is to provide graduate-level students with hands-on exposure to the coordination and implementation of the Regional Programme within the Regional Service Centre for Africa. The internship aims to enable interns to support Regional Programme planning, coordination, and reporting processes; contribute to the development of knowledge products, briefs, and analytical outputs; and assist with documentation, writing, and editing tasks. Through close collaboration with the RP and RSCA teams, interns will gain practical experience working with cross-functional teams, strengthen their programme coordination and knowledge management skills, and develop a solid understanding of UNDP’s mandate, values, and regional development priorities, while contributing meaningfully to the achievement of programme objectives.

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Director of the Regional Programme, the Intern will support the Director and the RP and RSCA team on the following: roles and responsibilities related to:

1. Regional Programme Coordination Support

The intern will support coordination functions of the Regional Programme by:

2. Regional Programme Planning, Implementation, and Reporting Support

The intern will contribute to Regional Programme support functions by:

3. Knowledge Management and Knowledge Products Development

The intern will support knowledge management and learning functions by:

Languages

Application Instruction:
 

Interested applicants must submit the following documentation to UNDP while applying online. 

Education Testimony (Bachelor’s Degree/ Proof of Enrollment)

* Please note that the Intern will be present and working in the UNDP RSCA office in Ethiopia.  
* If you meet the above criteria, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.