Apply Now for the Business Development Support Internship at UNDP (USD 1,000 monthly stipend)

Ednah Carrick April 11, 2026

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Closing Date: 26 April 2026

Apply Now for the Business Development Support Internship at UNDP (USD 1,000 monthly stipend)

Background

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Unit of Information and Technology Management (ITM) in Copenhagen is responsible for supporting UNDP Country Offices around the world with ICT and Green Energy and other technical services and solutions under the Smart Facilities initiative. The Unit offers a stimulating and versatile Business Development Support internship in an international environment with contact to various partners from more than 170 countries with the UN and UNDP’s presence.

As a Business Development Support Intern, you will be given tasks and opportunities that have a direct global impact on the development efforts of the international community. The ITM/UNDP 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. UNDP bridges 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.

You will join the Business Development Group, where creativity, collaboration, and curiosity are celebrated. From tackling exciting challenges to working on groundbreaking projects, your days will be filled with opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. Every new challenge is a chance to learn, and we aim at having fun when achieving results and developing new skills.

By being a part of the dynamic unit, you will also gain worldwide connections with other top-talented interns and UN staff from other agencies. The office is located at the UN City in Copenhagen giving you the opportunity to interact with people outside the UNDP ITM Unit.

Duties and Responsibilities

Coordinate with technical teams for marketing support and collaborate with UN Country Offices and other agencies on promotional efforts (banners, ceremonies, visuals, articles) to promote Smart Facilities projects and to inspire a movement.
Facilitate and support on-going projects with project documents and agreements, market research reports, managing and updating project dashboards.
Lead and support the coordination of internal communication between the different teams; organize internal and external workshops; improve processes and communications to ensure the implementation of Smart Facilities projects.
Work directly with green energy engineers, ICT engineers, finance and administrative colleagues and translate technical knowledge into easy-to-understand material.
Support the Chief of Smart Infrastructure analysing operational data, identifying trends, improving workflows, and assisting in process automation coordination in areas such as IoT, AI-driven infrastructure, and sustainability.
Prepare and give presentations about Smart Facilities, Green Energy, IoT, Connectivity and Security products and services.
Develop Smart Facilities services, catalogs, write knowledge management articles and create a strategy to guarantee professional overview of support services provided and ensure continuous improvement.
Identify potential projects on the several procurement websites of the UN system (e.g. Procurement website); identify HQ initiatives and programs related to greening the UN and partners (e.g. Moonshot program); compile application documentations and make sure that ITM meets requirements and deadlines.
Improve templates/working documents/tools/websites/design files/figures used (e.g. Business Case, Presentations) for effective decision-making and working processes.
Support ITM to develop a compelling narrative on implemented Smart Facilities projects (i.e. writing articles, interview stakeholders) and designing community engagement strategy and plan with a focus on capacity building and operation & maintenance.
Develop and maintain external relationships for innovation and business expansion for Smart Facilities.
Overall coordination and executive support to the Chief of Smart Infrastructure.

Required Skills and Experience

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.

Experience in using Adobe Suite and focus on design for professional visual materials and product is a strong advantage.
Practical experience on using PowerBI to develop project budget and enable efficient project documentation is a strong advantage.
Knowledge or experience with Office 365 tools and OneDrive (Dropbox, Google Drive) is a strong advantage.
SharePoint knowledge, preferably SharePoint Online is an advantage
Proficiency in Excel, SQL, or data visualization tools and experience working with gathering, consolidating, and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data from databases and reports is an advantage.
Demonstrated professional or academic experience, especially on market research of technical solutions in UNDP Member States is an advantage.
Fluent in written and spoken English is mandatory. Knowledge of additional UN languages (especially French/Spanish) is a strong advantage.
Experience with circular economy, sustainability, engineering, smart cities is an advantage.