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Under the guidance and direct supervision of the National Coordinator of BIOFIN China and Project Manager of Shandong team. the Intern will provide daily support to IP in Shandong, especially on delivering Biodiversity Finance Policy and Institutional Review (PIR), Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER), Financial Needs Assessment (FNA), Biodiversity Finance Plan (BFP) and Implementation of Biodiversity Finance Solutions, corresponding to the 2018 BIOFIN Workbook. This will involve supporting scoping research into key current issues on the topics and support to development of reports and publications to increase UNDP BIOFIN advocacy and visibility on such issues. Help logistic arrangement of related meetings with partners and help to take meeting minutes as well.

Duties and Responsibilities of BIOFIN Intern

Management support

• Provide support with all financial and administrative requirements of the project, especially those related to project procurement, funding and accounting.
• Assist in ensuring that project is executed in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Facilitate, guide and monitor the work of the national BIOFIN team and GBF project; manage payment schedules.
• Assist in project related activities, including planning for meetings, local and national consultations, trips, translation and other project related activities. Ensure all national and international travel is organised smoothly. Especially, assist in organizing PSC meetings, capacity building and training.
• Taking meeting notes and draft minutes. Document and share records of meetings, decisions, actions, etc.
• Support with the Monitoring and Evaluation of the projects at the national level, including workshop evaluations.
• Draft the progress report and provide fundamental support for the data collection.
• Supporting scoping research into key current issues on the topics and support to development of reports and publications for Shandong team, including PIR, BER, FNA, etc.
• Assist in the formulation of pipeline projects;
• Any other duties assigned by the National Coordinator that have direct relevance to the project.

Financial Oversight

• Manage the project budget, oversee procurement and accounting, together with the UNDP China and the global BIOFIN Team.
• Ensure financial resources are disbursed on time to implementing partners.
• Maintain records of expenditures and collaborate in financial reporting.

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Required Skills and Experience

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in English and environmental science or related fields;
• Intern experience in other organizations/UN agencies preferred; Candidates must meet one of the following educational requirements:
• In the final year of a Bachelor’s programme;
• Or within one year after graduation from a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD programme,
• Or be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program

Language and Skills

• Good communication skills both Chinese and English, excellent communication (both oral and written) and partnership building skills with multi-dimension partners, people skill for solve conflicts and negotiation skills;

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