United People Global (UPG) is recruiting an Events Intern to support our growing community as part of contributing to our mission to make the world a better place. This work is at the heart of our community and it involves interacting with and serving our mission and our community.
While this position is not paid, this internship will provide the intern with new and valuable, real-world work experience, and will offer an opportunity to learn from an organisation with global reach and opportunity to create an impact. The UPG Internship is focused on professional learning and growth with a goal to help new professionals get started in their careers and help existing professionals get stronger. The role comes with the following benefits:
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Professional growth: add experiences and exposure to your CV that strengthen your professional profile in your chosen domain
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Network: strengthen your professional and personal networks: be part of an international network and a community that spans across world regions.
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Purpose: there is the possibility to lead or to participate in activities that are meaningful to you.
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Remote working
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Possibility to do the role Part time or Full time
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Flexible working hours
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A diverse range of professional and functional experiences
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Additional benefits are shared with the successful candidate
Position Description
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Assist with day-to-day operations and event planning
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Assist with managing relationships with external stakeholders,coordinating directly with suppliers and other stakeholders during planning and execution
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Assist with ensuring the visibility of the events of the Community. This includes work related to social media.
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Help to produce documents related to events organised by the Community: presentations, briefing notes, memos, reports. Monitor relevant activities both online and offline
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Assist with maintaining information systems related to event management
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Assist with tracking event key performance areas and identify items to work on for future events
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This role also includes opportunities to design and to execute innovative and other specific ideas to strengthen event management and development for the work of the organisation
Qualifications / Skills:
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Verbal communication
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Organisation
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Scheduling
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Professionalism
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Customer focus
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Confidentiality
Location: The role is remote.
Dates: The duration is 6 months for this role.
Commitment Hours: Between 10 Hours and 40 Hours weekly.
Remuneration: This is an unpaid internship position.
Application deadline: Application is on a rolling basis until the position is filled.