Internship for Secondary Research and Media Analytics, (26 weeks, Full-time, Remotely), Audience and Market Insights, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

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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, hope

The Audience and Market Insights team is looking for an intern to support in identifying, mapping, and quantifying media conversations. The intern will support secondary research efforts related to better understanding UNICEF’s corporate, foundation, and philanthropy partners. This is an opportunity to gain hands on work experience in secondary research methodologies relating to media conversations and analytics.

How can you make a difference?

MAIN TASKS

As part of the AMI team, the Intern will work on supporting our high value audiences with understanding media trends, performing audits of existing research on key topics, and providing analytics for how UNICEF and other organizations of interest show up in online conversations. Under the guidance of the Market Research Manager, the selected candidate will:

• Month 1:

• Learning and becoming deeply familiar with media crawling tools like TalkWalker.

• Learning and creating search term queries/ taxonomies in Boolean.

• Months 1-6:

• Conducting analysis of media trends based on clear guidance and research briefs.

• Performing audits of existing research on key topics outlined in research briefs.

• Constructing deliverables (e.g Word memos, PPT presentations) to communicate the findings of their analysis.

• Months 3-6:

• Creating playbook for templatized analysis of media trends in support of prospecting efforts.

• Creating framework for secondary research on key fund-raising related topic.

ESTIMATED DURATION OF THE CONTRACT

(26 weeks) – tentatively starting on 4th of March.

REPORTING TO

Market Research Manager, Audience and Market Insights, PFP

WORKPLACE

Home-based (Remotely)

Modality:

​​Fulltime

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or Ph.D. degree programme related to market research and insights, communications, cultural studies, marketing, or in fundraising. Applicants who have graduated within the past two years from these related disciplines will also be considered.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
• Be proficient in English and have excellent communication skills (written and verbal) in English. Fluency in other UN working languages will be an asset.
• 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 Desirable Qualities

• Additional consideration will be given for any past experience of media analysis and analytics, especially familiarity with using TalkWalker.

• Familiarity and previous experience with Boolean search terms a plus.

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.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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.

Remarks: Please mention the earliest date you can start.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

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