Internship (6 months): Data Analyst, Polio Eradication Programme, New York, UNICEF

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Health

UNICEF is a core partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which aims to complete the eradication and containment of all wild, vaccine-related and Sabin polioviruses, such that no child suffers from paralytic poliomyelitis ever again. To date, global incidence of polio has decreased by 99.9% since GPEI’s inception and an estimated 16 million people today are walking who would otherwise have been paralyzed by the disease, and more than 1.5 million people are alive, whose lives would otherwise have been lost. Now the task remains to tackle polio in its last few strongholds and to get rid of the final 0.1% of polio cases. To fulfill our commitment to vaccinating more than 400 million children each year, UNICEF and partners engage in resource mobilization, partnership, and advocacy activities to ensure adequate support for our global polio eradication efforts.

How can you make a difference?

The Data Analyst will be part of the Resource Mobilization, Finance and Communications workstream within the Polio Unit. S/he will report to the Resource Mobilization Manager; and will regularly collaborate with internal partners to contribute to the team’s efforts to raise funds; and promote awareness, understanding and support for the Polio Programme at the global level.

The intern will contribute to the planning, implementation and monitoring of UNICEF’s polio resource mobilization efforts globally, in line with GPEI’s resource mobilization strategy. S/he will be responsible for consolidating, analysing and interpreting resource mobilization and budgeting data; developing resource mobilization planning and monitoring tools; creating relevant reporting dashboards; and training Polio Team members on how to use the new tools.

Key tasks and responsibilities include the following:

Financial Data Consolidation and Analysis

• Conduct a user needs analysis, i.e. understand existing tools, processes and deadlines to manage and report on fundraising and budgeting data. Develop new tools and processes where gaps exists.
• Develop a dynamic platform in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access or other relevant spreadsheets to consolidate, analyze and interpret all internal resource mobilization and budgeting data.
• Support team members to clean-up and ensure fundraising data and other relevant information is up-to-date on the various existing platforms

Planning, Monitoring and Reporting of Resource Mobilization Performance

• Assist in improving revenue forecasting, monitoring and reporting as informed by budget allocation, utilization and reprogramming decisions
• Develop a user-friendly pipeline in Miscrosoft Excel or other spreadsheets to plan and monitor strategic fundraising activities
• Identify relevant Key Performance Indicators and create relevant reports, dashboards and charts in PowerBI, Tableau, Microsoft Powerpoint or other software

Capacity Building

• Lead webinars and other relevant trainings for users related to applications, data interpretation and analysis, reporting dashboards and cubes.
• Develop Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), to govern user behavior to ensure up-to-date monitoring and reporting of fundraising data
• Identify and pursue other enablers to ensure long-term use of the new tools and processes in place

Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will…

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Be proficient in at least one of UNICEF's working languages: English, French or Spanish. Fluency in the working language of the office you are applying to is required.
• Demonstrable proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Power BI, or other BI tools
• Excellent understanding of business analysis, budgeting, financial management, and managerial accounting
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g. father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office; and have no other relatives in the line of authority that the intern will report to.​​​​​​​
• Additional consideration will be given for any past experience.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are... (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3)Drive to achieve results for impact (4)Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6)Thinks and acts strategically (7)Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

Remarks:

For Internships paid by UNICEF Hiring Office, the monthly stipend will be USD 1,700 per month in the following offices: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen.

• Interns must fund their travel and living expenses. A one-time lump of up to USD 1,000 may be granted when funding is available to cover travel and visa costs.
• Interns must have proof of medical insurance covering their time at the duty station.
• Interns are personally responsible for obtaining any required visa, covering the entire period of their internship. If necessary, UNICEF will support the process by providing relevant documents such as the proof of internship.
• For internships in the US, the candidate needs to be eligible for a G4 Visa, Curricular Practical Training (CPT), be a Green Card holder or US Citizen.
• Interns may take up to 2.5 days per month off work for any reason, including for medical reasons. The quota is cumulative over the duration of the internship. The stipend will be reduced for any absence beyond this quota.
• The duration of an internship is normally between six and twenty-six weeks. The internship can be on a full-time or a part-time basis. The duration of a part-time internship cannot exceed the equivalent of twenty-six weeks on a full-time basis. Due to its training nature, only 50% of the duration of paid internships is considered work experience, when relevant for the position they are applying for.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.