Overview
This internship opportunity is with the Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) to assist the Operational Resilience Section (ORS) in generating and communicating data-driven analyses and insights to support decision-making processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the transition to more automated, sustainable and robust data pipelines in the Microsoft Azure cloud environment;
- Assist in the management, setup, and configuration of cloud services operated by UNDSS;
- Assist in automating survey to reporting workflow using cloud-based systems and serverless tools;
- Support the development and customization of web application projects with a focus on data-driven and geospatial functionality;
- Help monitor and troubleshoot unexpected issues in data harvesting systems and scripts (e. g., Azure Functions, MQuery, Python Scripts, Azure Data Factory);
- Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Required Experience
No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
Qualifications
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); and graduated within one year or,
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent) or have graduated within one year.
- The field of study must be one of the following or closely related to: Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Management, Geographic Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Operations Research, Data Visualization or Information Design, Economics;
- Be computer literate in standard software applications.
- Have a demonstrated keen interest in the work of the United Nations and have a personal commitment to the ideals of the Charter; and
- Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which include willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
- Be computer literate in standard software applications, including MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Proficiency in written and verbal communication, including the ability to prepare reports and presentations.
