Procurement Intern

**Background**

UNDP has been working in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development. Together with the Government of India and development partners, we have worked towards eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, strengthening local governance, enhancing community resilience, protecting the environment supporting policy initiatives and institutional reforms, and accelerating sustainable development for all.

With projects and programmes in every state and union territory in India, UNDP works with national and subnationalgovernment, and diverse development actors to deliver people-centric results, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities. As the integrator for collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)within the UN system, we are committed to supporting the Government of India’s national development vision andpriorities and accelerating the achievement of the SDGs for the people and the planet.

UNDP India’s new Country Programme (2023-2027) builds on our prior work and aims to provide an integrated approach to development solutions in three strategic portfolios:

- Strong, accountable and evidence-led institutions for accelerated achievement of the SDGs.
- Enhanced economic opportunities and social protection to reduce inequality, with a focus on the marginalized.Climate-smart solutions, sustainable ecosystems and resilient development for reduced vulnerability.

South-South cooperation, gender equality and social inclusion are promoted across the pillars. The programme is supported by a framework of renewed partnerships and blended finance solutions, strategic innovation and and accelerator labs, and data and digital architecture.

You are invited to join a team of future-smart development professionals to support India in achieving the national and globally agreed goals. As part of the UNDP team, your focus will be to work with diverse stakeholders to findcountry-specific solutions that lead to sustainable development and reach those furthest behind first.

Project Background:
Within UNDP India, the Procurement Unit at Country Office (CO) administers and implements operational strategies in India CO in full compliance with the UNDP policies and guidelines.

The Procurement Intern promotes a client-oriented and consistent approach to rules and regulations in the Unit. The Intern works in close collaboration with the operations, programme and projects’ staff in the Country Office for consistent service delivery

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Under the guidance of the Procurement Team Members and overall supervision of the Head Procurement, the intern will be expected to undertake the following responsibilities:

- **Support Transactional Procurement**:

- Transactional procurement is small value procurement which as per UNDP Policy is within $10,000. The intern is expected to increase the Vendor database for these categories.
- **Creating roster for suppliers (Category Wise)**- The Procurement Unit has an existing roster of vendors, and the intern is expected to review the roster and add potential suppliers under each category. This also includes reviewing past procurement data and analysing the spend.
- **Market Research for high value categories**- This is linked to the roster for suppliers where the intern is expected to conduct secondary market research to increase the supplier base. Market Research Reports for high value categories
- **Support in maintaining the Procurement Tracker**- This tracker is updated by the procurement team. The intern is expected to review all data points and help in preparing a report category wise. This will also include the turnaround time and the bottlenecks
- **Updating of the Individual Consultant tracker regularly**- There is an online portal, and the expectation is to review and update data on the portal.
- **Support in cleaning of Procurement Data**- This includes analysing the data points for procurement and create reports which will enable the procurement unit to draw inferences.
- **Integration of Sustainability in Procurement**:
**Competencies**
- Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pay attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
- Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
- Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
- Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
- Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
- Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
- Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination: Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Applicants from marginalized communities (e.g., gender minor