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The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We are currently seeking to fill six intern positions in our Business Innovation and Change Unit (BIU) of the Innovation and Knowledge Management Division (INK), based in Rome, Italy.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BIU, INK
Over the past years the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has responded to an unprecedented level of emergencies, while maintaining ongoing operations. This increased demand stretches the organization which means WFP has to find new approaches and ways of working to ensure we are channelling every available resource to the people we serve.
The Business Innovation and Change Unit (BIU) was established in 2015 to manage change and to promote innovation as part of WFP’s Innovation and Knowledge Management division:
BIU acts as the “management consulting arm” of WFP BIU is composed of staff with top-tier management consulting backgrounds (e.g. Bain, BCG, McKinsey, …) as well as UN experience
BIU execute projects on behalf of Executive Directors, Assistant Secretary Generals, and Directors across the UN system, and have become a trusted advisor to WFP and other UN System Organisations (e.g. UN Women, UNFPA, Business Innovation Group). BIU focus is on end-to-end solutions, including problem assessment, strategy development, advanced data analysis, operational model design, change plan and implementation monitoring.
Title of Post: Intern, Business Innovation and Change Supervisor: INK Manager Unit: BIU Country: Italy Duty Station: Remote for HQ Rome Duration of internship: 6 Months Expected Start Date: start date of contract will be identified and communicated by hiring manager once candidate is selected
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direct supervision of the INK Manager, the candidate will perform the following duties:
Support the assigned workstream/project with data analysis and preparation of presentations Helping the team create key documents for executive management
Currently enrolled with at least two years undergraduate studies completed, or recently graduated (within the past six months);
This vacancy is archived.