Overview

Internship supporting the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) in policy analysis, strategic planning, innovation, and analytics, focusing on information management.

Tasks Summary

• Collate guidance materials on knowledge capture and sharing
• Assist collection and sharing of emerging good practice and lessons
• Facilitate online communities of practice
• Support preparation of senior-level management meetings, conferences, and retreats
• Support preparation of country-level meetings
• Prepare slide decks, background and option papers
• Track and analyze UNSDG decisions and their implementation
• Ensure consistent visual concepts and language
• Assist in preparation of speeches and talking points
• Support analytics on DCO/UNSDG issues
• Assist in development of corporate visualization solutions
• Support development of data models
• Build interactive dashboards and reports
• Perform ad-hoc analysis
• Work with MS Excel, Power BI, Tableau, ThinkCell, SQL Server, ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, Leaflet, Carto, Open Street Map, Python
• Support geo-spatial analysis
• Work with analytical techniques such as sentiment analysis, predictive analysis, social media monitoring
• Maintain key data sets, data models, indices and reports
• Support preparation of analytical slide decks for policymakers
• Support digital solutions lab in experimenting with Generative AI, Automation, Innovation, and low code solutions
• Provide strategic support to the digital solutions lab
• Monitor, identify and analyze global trends
• Coordinate formulation of strategies, programmes and policies
• Support policy process areas: identification, agenda building, development, formulation, adoption, implementation, and evaluation
• Support knowledge management of policy and programme data/information
• Support market intelligence around knowledge management and organizational learning
• Support preparation of meetings, events, talks and visits.

Experience Requirements

No working experience is required.

Qualification Requirements

• Enrolled or recently graduated from a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in public policy, information management, data science, international relations, or a similar/related field of study
• Enrolled in the final academic year or graduated from a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent)
• Applicants must demonstrate their intention to study further or to work in a field relevant to this internship description.

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in English is required.

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of another official United Nations language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.

Contract Duration: 3 - 6 Months

Work Modality: In person, fully remote, or hybrid

Remuneration: The United Nations internship programme does not provide remuneration. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.