Internship – Human Development Report Office

• Country: Remote
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-11

Duties and Responsibilities

The intern will be supervised by a senior HDRO staff and work closely with the team on the management of HDRO’s data, knowledge and digital systems and platforms and preparation of the Human Development Reports and related products. In particular, they are expected to deliver the following tasks:

• Provide assistance in managing HDRO digital platforms, including the public website (hdr.undp.org) and Human Climate Horizons.
• Contribute to knowledge management efforts and developing content and supporting events for the human development community of practice.
• Contribute to data management, preparation of datasets for uploads and APIs, and verification and quality assurance.
• Assist in identifying data sources and preparing visualizations.
• Assist in fact-checking and proofreading.
• Perform literature review, research and prepare short research notes.
• Support the development of high-impact communication materials.
• Support other activities as requested, including providing logistical support for various events organized by HDRO, such as consultations, workshops, and side events.

Competencies

• Proven data and knowledge management, ICT, and digital data platforms skills.
• Familiarity with human development concepts, measurements and international development issues is desirable.
• Strong service and team-work orientation, cultural sensitivity and ability to work in a fast-paced multi-national environment.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to learning
• Commitment to UNDP vision, mission and values and knowledge of UN work environment an advantage

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Currently enrolled in a Master’s Program in data science, environment and sustainable science, software engineering, statistics, or related field.

Experience

• Previous experience in data for development or in communication for development.
• Familiarity with the Human Development concept is an asset.
• Experience with and knowledge of data visualizations approaches and techniques, SQL, content management systems, Excel, Stata, R and/or Python is an asset.

Language:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; competency in other UN languages is a strong asset.

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