🌿 Exciting Internship Opportunity with BIOFIN at UNDP! 🌍
Are you passionate about biodiversity conservation and finance? The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) at UNDP is looking for an intern to support innovative finance solutions for biodiversity management.
As an intern, you’ll work alongside the BIOFIN team to assist with research, reports, meetings, and administrative support, gaining valuable hands-on experience in biodiversity finance.
About UNDP
As the lead United Nations agency on international development, UNDP works in 170 countries and territories to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. UNDP helps countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnerships and institutional capabilities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Its work is centred around six core development areas, known as UNDP signature solutions: poverty and inequality, governance, resilience, environment, energy and gender equality.
Background and context of the Internship Position
The Biodiversity Finance Initiative – BIOFIN – is a global programme that developed, piloted, and is continuously improving a methodology to measure existing biodiversity expenditure levels, assess future financial needs, and design comprehensive plans to use finance tools and solutions that increase financing, reduce harmful expenditure, and improve financial effectiveness and efficiency of biodiversity management over 41 countries. BIOFIN’s first phase (2012-2018) enabled full assessments and initial implementation of finance plan elements in target countries. Significant enhancement and scaling up of finance solutions is required in all countries to address the biodiversity finance challenge. BIOFIN’s second phase enables countries to complete the design and implementation of priority finance solutions and will allow new countries to undertake the assessments as well as create and implement their biodiversity finance plan. At the central level, knowledge management platforms will be expanded and additional guidance produced for most valuable finance solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of reports and financial plans (PIR, BER, FNA, BFP)
- Provide administrative and logistical support for meetings and events
- Help with financial tracking, procurement, and compliance
- Contribute to scoping research on biodiversity finance solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, economics, or a related field
- Fluent in English and Chinese (both written and spoken)
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work in a collaborative, multi-stakeholder environment
This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to global biodiversity finance strategies and support impactful projects at the intersection of environment and policy!
Apply Now! submit your CV, motivation letter, and school transcript in one PDF. Don’t miss out on this impactful experience!
🌿 Help shape the future of biodiversity finance! 🌿
Location: Beijing, China
Duration: 6 months
Application Deadline: April 13, 2025
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