Early Career Programme, Spring 2024 - Centre for The New Economy and Society
Join as a young professional to support the Centre’s data initiatives.
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Overview
Join as a young professional to support the Centre’s data initiatives.
You have:
- An advanced university degree in business analytics, statistics, economic and/or social sciences with a strong quantitative focus.
- Up to 2 years experience in data analysis, visualization, management and/or governance.
- Advanced programming skills in R and Python.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to details.
- Ability to work in teams and manage change effectively.
April – September 2024, Geneva based
The World Economic Forum, committed to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation.
The Forum engages the foremost political, business, and other leaders of society to build coalitions, projects and initiatives – digitally and physically – to address industry, regional and systemic issues.
Why we are recruiting
We believe that talents are an essential and vibrant part of our Organization. Through our Early Career Programme, we welcome young professionals with a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, skills, and experiences. We will welcome applicants interested to engage with Forum’s Constituents, contribute to building expert knowledge and support organizational strategic operations.
List of teams hiring across Forum locations for this cohort:
- Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR)
- Centre for Energy and Materials (CENMAT)
- Centre for Financial and Monetary Systems (CFMS)
- Centre for Health and Healthcare (CHH)
- Centre for Urban Transformation (CUT)
- Centre for Cybersecurity
- Centre for Nature and Climate (CNC)
- Centre for Regional, Trade and Geopolitics (CRTG)
- Centre for The New Economy and Society (CNES)
- Regional Business Engagement, Latin America (BE)
- Global Programming Group (GPG)
- Forum Foundations, The Forum Young Global Leaders (YGL)
- People and Culture (P&C)
Important application guidance
The positions we offer are best suited to recent graduates of a course of study, preferably at master’s level and up to 2 years of cumulated professional experience.
Please review below opening details and apply online by 16 February, 2024
We expect applicants to provide:
- Their updated resume;
- A cover letter indicating the role they wish to be considered for and why.
Conditions and benefits of the Early Careers Programme
- Full-time onsite employment of 6 months with the World Economic Forum Geneva office.
- We will accommodate start dates between 1 April to 30 April 2024.
- Monthly gross compensation of CHF 4’400.- (salary: CHF 4’050- plus health benefits: CHF 350-).
- All required technological equipment (laptop and mobile phone) and accesses.
- Immigration and minimal relocation support.
Role****: IMPACT DESIGN AND COORDINATION, CENTRE FOR THE NEW ECPONOMIC AND SOCIETY
The Centre for the New Economy and Society provides a trusted platform for insight and action designed to build prosperous, innovative and resilient economies that create opportunities for all.
The Centre enables leaders in business, government and civil society to understand, shape and navigate a new social and economic context through insights, action and dialogue on growth, risks, jobs, skills, and equity. The communities engaged with the Centre believe there is a direct line between unlocking individual potential and driving shared and sustained growth in a transforming world.
The Impact Design and Coordination function designs, coordinates and communicates the Centre’s impact, insights and initiatives.
Reason for hiring:
As the Centre for the New Economy and Society embarks on advancing its data and insights works and processes, the ECP will help in scaling up recent data products and innovations piloted for CNES publications.
The role will support the rigorous data integration, governance and analysis required to break data silos across the Centre’s publications and surveys and provide a single source of insight across multiple products of the Centre.
The selected candidate will be responsible for:
- Support the design of new dashboards, data tools and visualizations building on the Centre’s current portfolio of data and insight products
- Support the development of the Centre’s data governance principles and guidelines
- Develop metadata, data glossary and data dictionary and necessary support materials for the Centre’s data infrastructure
- Aligning data structures across various datasets to ensure consistency and scalability
Preferred qualification and experience:
- An advanced university degree in business analytics, statistics, economic and/or social sciences with a strong quantitative focus.
- Up to 2 years experience in data analysis, visualization, management and/or governance
Desired skills:
- Advanced programming (R, python) and data analysis skills
- Project management and change management skills, capacity to work in teams
- Strong organizational skills and attention to details
Why work at the Forum:
The Forum believes that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve the state of the world by building awareness and cooperation, shaping mindsets and agendas, and driving collective action. Join us and become a driver for positive change!
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a project where you used data to drive decisions? | This question assesses your practical experience in applying data analysis to real-world situations. | Share a specific example, focusing on your role in the project and the outcomes achieved. |
| How do you prioritize tasks when managing multiple data projects? | The interviewer is interested in your organizational skills and ability to handle pressure. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What is your experience with data visualization tools? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure accuracy and integrity in data management? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe a time you had to collaborate with different teams or departments. What challenges did you face? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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