The intern would be an integrated member of the BIOFIN global team. The main responsibility of the intern will be to support the global team in their technical, management and communication activities, through the following tasks:

BIOFIN

• Research, collect, analyse and present the work BIOFIN has been doing in its 41 core countries;
• Review international best practices to identify case studies of nature-based finance solutions that can serve as examples for BIOFIN work;
• Assist the BIOFIN finance sources database with new entries and develop guidance materials on financing solutions for BIOFIN teams in different countries;
• Contribute developing knowledge products on cross country analysis, financing solutions for biodiversity conservation;
• Synthesize and summarize research outcomes and lessons learned into formats tailored to BIOFIN thematic activities;
• Support the organization of events, webinars, meetings, regional calls; assist maintaining the documentation of meetings;
• Assist in boosting BIOFIN presence in social media; provide assistance as required in the maintenance of the BIOFIN media accounts including Website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc;
• Support developing BIOFIN knowledge products (eg: blogs, articles etc);
• Monitor, analyse and synthesize the developments, press clippings and reports of BIOFIN, and maintain a database of BIOFIN news coverage and update it regularly;
• Attend meetings when required and taking meeting minutes;
• Support other/ad hoc activities as seen relevant and needed.

BES-Net

• Contribute to developing web stories and other communication products based on the progress of the activities in the BES-Net target countries;
• Support the planning and the organization of virtual workshops, meetings and webinars, including the documentation of events;
• Assist in developing monthly newsletters (i.e. BES-Net Monthly Blast) by compiling relevant content;
• Support the development of the partner/expert of the month articles in coordination with respective BES-Net partner organizations and experts;
• Undertake research, data collection and analysis on the key BES themes, as required; and

Assist in identifying the collaboration opportunities between BIOFIN and BES-Net and liaising with the BIOFIN team on relevant issues.