Overview
This internship within the Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) focuses on supporting digital transformation through IT projects and services, administrative tasks, documentation preparation, and data analytics.
Tasks Summary
- Assist the Information and Communication Technology teams on various IT projects and services
- Provide administrative and substantive support to meetings and conferences, preparation of background documents and presentations, meeting minutes, handling logistics
- Prepare documentation - mainly training materials, operational reports, manuals, and user specifications
- Support data analytics or data policy
- Work with Microsoft Outlook and other desk-top applications, specifically Microsoft SharePoint Hub
- Work with MS Power BI, Tableau, MS Dynamics or other similar self-service analytics toolsets
- Assist in other IT functions as necessary
- Assist Business Relationship Managers in maintaining relationships with OICT partners and understanding their needs, challenges, and priorities
- Collaborate with OICT's client entities to understand processes, identify pain-points, and support in the development of ICT plans using potential technology solutions
- Log demands and client requests for new ICT capabilities or changes to existing ICT services
- Coordinate with client users, vendors, and teams within the UN system on Information Technology services
- Assist in the development corporate visualization solutions derived from multiple data sources using state-of-the-art tools to enable insight and decision-making at various levels
- Support the development of data models, including performance measures, to enable scorecard analysis
- Build interactive dashboards and reports, using corporate analytics applications
- Perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner
- Work with relational databases such as SQL Server or other databases
- Work with analytical techniques such as sentiment analysis, predictive analysis or social media monitoring
- Help analyze performance across functional areas, including human resources, supply chain, healthcare, uniformed support, planning and operational support, HQ facility and administrative support
- Support work on priority projects such as specific innovation initiatives including managing a SharePoint/Teams hub dedicated to the ongoing pilot project for the Operationalization of Telemedicine Capability for UN Peacekeeping Missions
- Support design, drafting and implementation of strategic priorities such as departmental wide performance framework, client relationship models, etc.
- Communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and clients, both orally and in writing, to support project objectives.
Experience Requirements
No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme.
Qualification Requirements
- Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher)
- Be enrolled in the FINAL academic year of a university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent)
- Have graduated with a university degree as defined in (1) and (2)
- Preferably in the areas of International Affairs, Information Policy or Law, Information and Data Strategy, Social Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems / Technology, Economics, Machine Learning, Data Visualization and Analytics, Web Analytics, Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface Design, Human-computer Interaction, Digital Marketing or a relevant degree programme in a graduate school (second university degree or higher)
- Or if pursuing their studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages, have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of above-mentioned degrees.
