Work Location

Hybrid

Expected duration

6 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The internship will directly support efforts towards evidence-based and contextualized situational awareness that informs decisions in humanitarian and development action. These efforts also seek to ensure that OCHA and the humanitarian system benefit from streamlined data and analysis from development actors to inform a rapid, effective, and principled response. This intern will support the multi-disciplinary GIFT team in: • Creating a structured approach to Situational Awareness. This work will define the role situational awareness plays for OCHA, given its coordination mandate in a changing humanitarian landscape, identifying good field practices from within and outside of the organization, establishing suggested best practices, and elaborating options for OCHA to operationalize them. • Reviewing our approach to information management, assessments, and analysis in support of enhanced situational awareness. This work will outline what role information management, assessments, and analysis should play in support of enhanced situational awareness, given OCHA’s coordination mandate in a changing humanitarian landscape. This work will involve organizational and negotiating skills as well as innovative thinking around connectivity, data collection, Geographical Information Systems, and the formation of partnerships.

Qualifications/special skills

The intern will benefit from an academic focus on Political Science / International Affairs / History / Anthropology / Sociology majors with strong analytical / research / editing skills. Expertise in qualitative research methods and analysis is desirable. Key characteristics include: Ability to review, structure qualitative information into specific categories, and summarizing information into analytical reports. Persistence, self-motivation, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication skills and ability to work under pressure are assets for this assignment.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.

Additional Information

Not available.

Intern Specific text

Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.