Programme Management Intern
Qualifications of Programme Management Intern:
- Location: Bangkok, Thailand
- Vacancy No: VA/2025/B5006/30554
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services
- Deadline: 21-Aug-2025
Brief details about Programme Management Intern:
About
Information about the organization that has offered the job:
UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner. Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations. With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it. A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners’ needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale.
UNOPS South East Asia Multi-Country Office (EAPMCO)
The South East Asia and Pacific Multi Country Office (EAPMCO) supports, develops and oversees the UNOPS portfolio of projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. EAPMCO was established in January 2023 following the merger of the Thailand Multi-Country Office, which covered 20 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, and the Cambodia Multi-Country Office, which covered 4 countries South East Asia – 3 countries in the Mekong Sub-region (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam) and the Philippines. EAPMCO currently covers 24 countries across North East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. With its head office in Bangkok, the Multi-Country Office comprises nine business units: EAPMCO Thailand, EAPMCO Indonesia, EAPMCO Pacific Operations Cluster, EAPMCO Papua New Guinea, EAPMCO China, EAPMCO Mekong, and EAPMCO Philippines. In 2024, the UNOPS EAPMCO implemented projects worth more than USD 80 million, in the areas of Energy Transition, Digital Transformations, Sustainable Environmental Management, Climate Change, Waste Management, Rule of Law and Access to Justice, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Post Conflict Reintegration, Emergency Relief, Post COVID19 Economic Transformations, and Health, through HR, procurement, construction, contract management, fund and program management services. The Multi Country Office head office in Bangkok provides strategic direction, operational support, delivery oversight and assurance of the excellence of business processes and Mar2019 quality standards across all of the entire Multi Country Office locations. It is also responsible for developing, delivering and managing the portfolio of engagements in the country of the MCO location itself.
Background information – Job Specific
EAPMCO Thailand is a UNOPS business unit under the South East Asia and Pacic Region. It was established to better support, develop and oversee the UNOPS portfolio of projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. The Human Resources Services Team (HRST), was established in 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand and it delivers HR transactional services on behalf of UNOPS’s to major UN clients. Through this service provision stream, HRST enhances the operational capacity of UNOPS to serve partners with large-scale and high volume HR services through need-driven corporate level project services. In support of, and to best serve client’s needs, HRST has developed and utilizes standardized and unified systems and processes born of extensive experience that ensures the highest quality of services and cost-effectiveness for partners. Supplemental to the above HRST also services partners’ on whose behalf it undertakes complete Project Implementation with in-house expertise spanning the whole of the Project Management Lifecycle (LEAD Generation, Costing and Budget Preparation, UNOPS internal systems management, through to Project Closure). With its extensive experience base in Project Management related services, including but not limited to Administration, Financial and Portfolio Management, Partner (client) Engagement and Management, Procurement as well as HR Transactional Services HRST has a strong base upon which to lay the foundation for increasing its overall business acquisition.
Education:
- Minimum first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) in International Affairs, Social Sciences, Human Resources, Business Administration, Project management, Engineering Background or other relevant field is required.
- Must be enrolled in a university programme such as Bachelor’s or Master’s or Ph.D. (or the equivalent) or have graduated from such studies within three (3) years prior to the application date of the internship.
- Some professional experience in the field of international development, project management, administration, engineering or any other relevant field is desirable.
- Prior project management certification is highly desirable.
- Experience in research, analysis, and report writing related to energy transition or the broader climate change topics in the Philippines or wider Southeast Asia is highly desirable.
- Strong computer literacy in Google suite applications or equivalent MS Office standard programs, in particular proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel is required.
- Experience in Google Data Studio is desirable but not required.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and attention to details. Must be tactful, discreet, diplomatic and possess the ability to communicate with individuals at all levels of an organization.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work under pressure and able to manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to work in an international/ multicultural environment.
Language:
- Fluency in written and oral English required.
- Knowledge of another official UNOPS language is an asset