This internship is for a minimum 3 and a maximum of 6 months at the United Nations premise in New York, USA. The internship is designed to be flexible, i.e., in-person, remote or hybrid. Full-time: 35 hours per week. Part-time: 20 hours per week. The duration and modality can be adjusted on request of the successful candidate. We seek motivated interns to support the work of the United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC). The UNOCC is a multi-party entity reporting to the Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Policy in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), and on peacekeeping matters to the USG for Peace Operations in the Department of Peace Operations. The UNOCC supports UN senior leadership decision-making through the delivery of situational awareness, cross-pillar analytics, preventive engagement, and crisis and risk management. Interns report to full-time professional staff in the UNOCC Data Team and support pipeline and data warehouse workstream. Related tasks include: - - Build, test, troubleshoot and maintain Python data pipelines. - Write Python scripts to gather data from UN internal and external sources (e.g., web scraping, APIs, database connections) and harmonize disparate datasets into a common, unified schema (e.g., Pandas, Numpy, SQLalchemy). - Clean and transform raw data (e.g., JSON, CSV, EXCEL, PDF) into tabular, aggregated formats. - Setup automatic synchronization between data sources and the UNOCC data warehouse using Azure Containers and Azure Functions. - Make up-to-date, quality-checked and reliable data easier available for UNOCC analysis processes (e.g., PowerBI dashboards, or think-cell data templates in Excel and PowerPoint connected to data warehouse). - Collaborate with analysts to understand data needs and fix and improve existing pipelines. - Investigate and identify novel data sources that can inform crisis analytics and decision-making.

Qualifications/special skills

Applicants must meet one of the following requirements: (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent). The field of study must be closely related to the type of internship. This includes studies in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience. However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme. Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage Good knowledge of one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, R, Java, C#) is required Good knowledge of one or more database technologies (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL) is required Understanding of ETL pipeline development: Extract (e.g., web scraping, APIs, database connections, files), Transform (e.g., Python, Pandas, Numpy, PySpark), Load (e.g., SQL, Cloud Storage Account, Search Index) is an advantage Experience with business intelligence and dashboarding tools (e.g., Power BI, think-cell, PowerQuery, Tableau) is an advantage Basic understanding of version control tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Git) is an advantage Experience in cloud services and tools in Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud is an advantage Experience in server and system setup, configuration and maintenance (e.g., server, virtual machine, networks, rights & permissions) is an advantage Ability to contribute to system design and engineering approaches (e.g., use cases, diagrams, requirements) is an advantage

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.

Additional Information

The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance and geographical diversity in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. The United Nations does not financially remunerate interns. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. For internships in the United States of America, interns who are not United States citizens, permanent residents, or not currently in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa status will be required to obtain a G-4 visa. If already in the United States of America on another non-immigrant visa status other than G-4, interns will be responsible for ensuring that they have a valid visa and, if required, employment authorization, allowing them to undertake the internship. For internships outside the United States, interns who are not citizens of the country, permanent residents, or not currently in the country's nonimmigrant visa status will be required to obtain a valid visa and work permit, allowing them to undertake the internship. The United Nations must ensure all applicants for an internship, regardless of citizenship or national origin, are authorized to work from the country where the internship will be undertaken either remotely, hybrid or on the UN-premise duty station. Before resuming an internship, the applicant must submit proof of visa and/or work authorization. Applicants who have previously served six months, in total, as an intern in one or more UN Common Systems cannot be engaged as an intern. Applicants who are children, siblings, and sons or daughters-in-law (including stepchildren, half-siblings, or stepsiblings) of an active staff member in a UN Common System cannot be engaged as an intern. In your Motivational Statement, please indicate when you would like to start your internship. Please note that the start and end dates are flexible. A complete online application is required. The Motivational Statement must also include: • Title of degree you are currently pursuing. • Graduation Date (When will you be graduating/have graduated from the programme?) • Explain why you are the best candidate for this specific internship • Explain your interest in the United Nations Internship Programme In your online Personal History Profile, be sure to include all past work experiences, IT skills, and three references.

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.

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