Internship Investigations Section United Nations Development Programme Experience: 0 to 3 Years New York, United States of America Apply By: 04-04-2025

The Investigations Section of the Office of Audit and Investigations (OAI) is seeking to recruit four (4) interns for a period of six months, beginning on 15 May 2025. The Investigations Section of OAI is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of misconduct, such as fraud, corruption, retaliation on whistleblowers, workplace harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority, violation or willful disregard of UNDP regulations, rules, and administrative instructions, which involve UNDP staff and other personnel. The Investigations Section also investigates allegations of fraud and other financial irregularities committed by contractors, implementing partners and other third parties deemed detrimental to UNDP. OAI conducts investigations in accordance with the UNDP Legal Framework for Addressing Non-Compliance with UN Standards of Conduct and the OAI Investigation Guidelines. This is a call for an internship for the period 2025. OAI will select the top four (4) applicants for this internship. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

The interns provide support to the Investigations Section in the conduct of investigations into allegations of various types of wrongdoing. In carrying out this overall function, the interns may be requested to:

• Assist in reviewing cases reported to OAI to determine appropriate referrals;
• Assist in drafting documents and communications with respect to cases under investigation, including investigation plans, witness statements, investigation reports, closure reports and other documents;
• Assist in conducting interviews with subjects, complainants, or witnesses;
• Assist in identifying, collating and analyzing potential evidence, including carrying out open-source research and forensic reviews;
• Assist with editing investigation reports and other documents for quality assurance purposes;
• Undertake other related tasks as required.

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme or higher) in investigations, management, finance, law, international relations, international development, journalism, English language or related fields;
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as a bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in investigations, management, finance, law, international relations,international development, journalism, English language or related fields;
• Be a graduate with a university degree (as defined 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.

Qualifications and experience:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes (word, power point, excel) required;
• Interest and/or experience in dealing with investigations, administrative and/or disciplinary law is desirable;
• Experience in copy-editing and proof reading is desirable; and
• Experience conducting open-source research is desirable.

Working Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required;
• Fluency in Arabic, French or Spanish is highly desirable;

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