Overview
The Information Management Intern will provide support on Information Management activities linked with organizing a DataThon, aiming to utilize big datasets of refugee-related data to produce actionable insights and evidence-based narratives.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist the IM Unit in planning a DataThon utilizing refugee-related data
- Assist in identifying partners for the event and support the communication with them
- Design the participant materials
- Draft various information products and materials for promoting the event
- Assist with the logistical and administrative preparations
- Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor
Required Experience
- Previous work experience, including volunteering, working with vulnerable populations and in particular with refugees is considered an asset
- Previous engagement with extracurricular projects, student organization, fundraising or NGOs.
Qualifications
- Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO;
- Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR
- Not have exhausted the maximum cumulative internship period with UNHCR, including any prior internships (8 months for full-time and 12 months for part-time)
