9 Exciting Internship Opportunities with United Nations Development Programme IT Management (UNDP ITM) 2025 (Paid) Deadline: 20 October, 2024

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Information Technology Management (ITM) team is accepting applications for their 2025 Internship Program. UNDP is the leading United Nations organization working towards sustainable development and poverty eradication worldwide. The ITM team plays a crucial role in supporting UNDP’s global initiatives through innovative technology solutions.

They are excited to offer internships that provide students with hands-on experience within UNDP. As they strongly believe in nurturing young talents and fostering knowledge exchange, their internship program aims to empower students with practical skills while contributing to meaningful projects that make a positive impact.

Opportunity Desk has partnered with UNDP ITM to help promote these Internships.

As an intern, you will be given tasks and opportunities that have a direct global impact on the development efforts of the international community. The UNDP/ITM internship programme enhances the academic life experience of passionate students as interns and empowers them to become socially responsible, innovative, and environmentally conscious leaders of tomorrow. They bridge the gap between textbook learning and real-life industry experience by taking interns behind the scenes of the world’s leading clean energy and sustainability initiatives while learning to take into consideration the local context. 

Benefits

• In accordance with the UNDP Internship policy, UNDP interns are eligible to receive a monthly stipend, with the rate that varies depending on the duty location. The stipend will be paid monthly, and part-time internship arrangements are prorated accordingly.  

Internship Positions

Energy Internship

• Green Energy Support Engineer

Business Internship

• Business Operations Internship
• Business Development Internship
• Support & Business Intelligence and Systems

IT Internship

• Communication and Collaboration Engineer Internship
• ICT Engineering Internship
• Software Developer Internship
• IoT Operations Support Internship
• Cloud Service Engineering Internship

Eligibility

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.

Application

To apply, click on any of the positions below:

• Green Energy Support Engineer
• Business Operations Internship
• Business Development Internship
• Support & Business Intelligence and Systems
• Communication and Collaboration Engineer Internship
• ICT Engineering Internship
• Software Developer Internship
• IoT Operations Support Internship
• Cloud Service Engineering Internship

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and called for interview following the deadline. If you have any questions, write to itm.internship@undp.org.

For more information, visit UNDP Careers.