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Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems - Panama City, Panamá - United Nations Development Programme
Descripción
United Nations Development ProgrammeUNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Background
Corporate Background
UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.
We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.
UNDP is working to strengthen new frameworks for development, disaster risk reduction and climate change. We support countries' efforts to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals, which will guide global development priorities through 2030.The key 2030 Agenda principle of leaving no one behind and stamping out inequality is at the core of everything we do.
UNDP focuses on helping countries build and share solutions in three main areas:In all our activities, we encourage the protection of human rights and the empowerment of women, minorities and the poorest and most vulnerable.
Internship Office BackgroundMost commodity sectors in developing countries are afflicted by poor production practices that lead to increasing pressure on ecosystems and fail to improve the livelihoods of rural communities.
Poor production practices lead to negative environmental impacts such as biodiversity loss, deforestation, carbon emissions, soil erosion, depletion of water resources and contamination from chemicals.
In fact, the largest driver of deforestation is the production of agricultural commodities. On the social side, working conditions in commodity production are often not in line with basic labor rights. Despite recent commodity booms, small producers are held in poverty, mostly due to low productivity and product quality.Despite the progress made through standards and supply-chain initiatives, weaknesses in the underlying enabling environment limit change at a larger scale.
An effective enabling environment consists of elements such as clear public policies, a well-functioning legal framework, clarity regarding land-use planning, effective enforcement mechanisms, accessible credit structures, and effective farmer extension services.
As a result of the absence of these elements, work on commodity sustainability remains less effective than it could be, and costlier and more time-consuming than it should be.
Improving the enabling environments will increase the chances of sector-wide change to sustainable production practices.
UNDP has developed its Strategy for Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems (FACS) to focus its vision and enhance its support to transform FACS.
FACS are often the largest contributor to their economies; food and nutrition is fundamental for citizen health; and FACS have a key role to play in achieving the SDGs.
Yet, FACS are in crisis and need to be radically transformed to become sustainable. UNDP, building on its experience, has for the first time consolidated its FACS support and vision into this Strategy.
A FACS practice has been established within UNDP ́s Nature, Climate and Energy team, which is tasked to support UNDP Country Offices with FACS related challenges in a way that is aligned with UNDP ́s FACS strategy.
UNDP ́s Green Commodities Programme (GCP) is one of UNDP ́s global projects in support of implementing UNDP ́s FACS strategy.
GCP's global targets, objectives and delivery strategies are based on inclusive and sustainable growth and development – combining governments and markets in agriculture through public private partnerships and democratic dialogue processes.
GCP's focus on strengthening the livelihoods of smallholder producers within commodity supply chains and reducing environmental footprints, particularly deforestation, through public private partnerships can be key for UNDP's ambitions to reduce poverty, reduce deforestation and engage the private sector in SDGs.
Through the GCP project, FACS intends to improve the national economic, social and environmental performance of agricultural commodity sectors.GCP works within agricultural commodity production in countries of UNDP operation where the programme can have significant impact on rural livelihoods, mitigate climate change, and maintain the ecosystem services and resilience of landscapes and seascapes.
In November 2021, UNDP launched the Effective Collaborative Action (ECA) guidebook, which gathers key principles and practices for accelerating transformation of food systems.
GCP supports the World Bank with the implementation of the Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program (IP), financed under GEF-7.
The GCP coordinates the Good Growth Partnership coalition, whose support focuses on the FOLUR Global Platform with the objective of contributing to transformational shifts in the use of environmentally sustainable practices and policies for priority global value chains.
In addition, GCP has different sources of funds including from the Government of the Republic of Ireland, to support the FAO and UNDP co-design of a Country Support Facility, as a follow-up action to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.
Duties and ResponsibilitiesMain tasks:
Provide support to the Operations and Management Team in:
Competencies:
Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN's values and ethical standards.
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.
Interest and motivation in working in an international organization.
Mastery of MS Office package and Zoom settings.
Excellent writing and editing skills.
Interest in knowledge management.
Experience in programme management support and coordination is an advantage.
Experience in the preparation of (virtual) events and workshops asset.
Personal Skills:
Requirements and Qualifications
Education:
(a) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor level or equivalent) in a relevant study area, such as Administration, Finance, environmental management, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field.
or
(b) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in Administration, Finance, environmental management, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field.
or
(c) Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) as Administration, Finance, environmental management, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field and, If selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation.
Experience:
Mastery of MS Office package and Zoom settings;
Excellent communication, writing and editing skills;
Experience in operational and programme management support;
Experience suppporting Human Resources unit and/or processes
Experience with basic procurement processes is and advantage
Experience in the preparation of (virtual) events and workshop is an asset.
Language Requirements:
Fluent English and Spanish.
Knowledge of French is an advantage.
Internship Conditions
As of January 1 2020, Interns may be given a stipend according to the UNDP Internship Policies, if is not financially supported by any institution or programme, such as a university, government, foundation or scholarship programme.
Sector:
Servicios sociales y por la comunidad/Sin fines de lucro
Función:
Otros
Porcentaje del trabajo: 80-100%
Tipo de empleo:
Internship