Internship : Data & Analytics Section, DRP, NYHQ, Requisition #511854

UNICEF is looking for an intern to assist the Data and Analytics section with regards to data compilation and analysis, research and data visualization. The intern will primarily support with the areas of adolescent wellbeing and harmful traditional practices, with the potential for some work in other areas of child protection. As effective programming must be grounded in robust data and evidence to demonstrate results, the research and analysis generated through this internship will help broaden the evidence base on the issues of child marriage, female genital mutilation, and all domains of adolescent wellbeing to inform programme and policy interventions. This work will be in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives in the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, which includes indicators in these areas in its results framework.

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UNICEF is looking for an intern to assist the Data and Analytics section with regards to data compilation and analysis, research and data visualization. The intern will primarily support with the areas of adolescent wellbeing and harmful traditional practices, with the potential for some work in other areas of child protection. As effective programming must be grounded in robust data and evidence to demonstrate results, the research and analysis generated through this internship will help broaden the evidence base on the issues of child marriage, female genital mutilation, and all domains of adolescent wellbeing to inform programme and policy interventions. This work will be in support of UNICEF's mission and objectives in the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, which includes indicators in these areas in its results framework.

UNICEF has a critical role in monitoring the situation of children and women in the world and for reporting on progress toward internationally set goals, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Data and Analytics (D&A) section of UNICEF headquarters in New York is responsible for all activities related to data collection, analysis and dissemination at the global level. The selected intern will primarily collaborate and interact with UNICEF staff in the Data Analysis Unit of D&A. The primary activities undertaken by the Data Analysis Unit within D&A include compiling data, methodological development, global monitoring and reporting, analyzing data for evidence-based policy and programming and capacity-building. UNICEF maintains a series of global databases for tracking the situation of children and women globally that are updated annually through a process that draws on a wealth of data maintained by UNICEF’s network of country offices. UNICEF’s work in the area of data analysis highlights trends and emphasizes patterns found within the data and suggests how these data can be used strategically to inform programmatic efforts. The results of UNICEF’s data analysis work appear in its flagship publications as well as data-driven thematic reports. UNICEF also plays an active – and often lead – role in a number of inter-agency monitoring groups on specific topics. Together with its inter-agency partners, UNICEF helps devise new methodologies, indicators and monitoring tools, build statistical capacity at the country level, develop joint estimates, and harmonize monitoring work across partners.

Over the past decade, efforts have grown to systematically take the evidence into consideration when identifying key child protection issues for developing programmes of prevention and response. In the context of the increased focus on this areas within the organization and among partners and the international community, there is a growing demand to improve the relevance, quality, availability and use of data and data analyses in these areas and to undertake the necessary methodological work to either develop new tools to measure indicators included in the SDG monitoring framework or to improve those that already exist, particularly in some areas of child protection.

How can you make a difference?

The intern is expected to provide operational and technical assistance from amongst the following representative activities.

• Support the development of a data visualization dashboard on child protection, through data compilation and cleaning, review of prototypes and designs, and fact-checking of final product.
• Contribute to a publication launching the Adolescent Country Tracker, through data compilation, data analysis and interpretation, and logistics of publication production.
• Support the re-development of the adolescent content of the UNICEF Data website, including advising on the structure of content, and supporting sector focal points in re-working narrative and charts to be adolescent-specific.
• Contribute to an analysis on intra-household opinions towards female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C), and the relationship between the opinions of parents and FGM/C status of their daughters.
• Support new analysis on child marriage in conflict-affected settings.
• Support with data compilation, data analysis, and data visualization in other areas of child protection, including in particular the launch of a new website on child marriage.

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

• Enrolment in an undergraduate (Bachelor’s), Master’s, graduate or Ph.D. degree programme or have graduated within the past two years with study in a relevant field, such as demography, social sciences, statistics, or international health and development;
• Excellent academic performance, as demonstrated by academic records;
• Strong skills in data analysis, interpretation of findings, and presentation of results;
• Excellent project management, time management and communication skills;
• Previous experience working with data from household surveys is desirable;
• Familiarity with UNICEF mandate and the Sustainable Development Goals preferred;
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Location:
The internship will be based in the NY headquarters office

Duration:
This will be a part time / full time internship, the duration will be for 3-6 months, with an ideal start date of 1st June and an opportunity to extend to 6 months if desirable to the section.

Salary/Payment:
In accordance with UNICEF’s guidelines, interns will be paid a stipend of US $1,500 per month for full-time work; part-time internship will be paid accordingly. There is no expectancy of employment at the end of the internship. UNICEF is not responsible for obtaining any necessary visas. If relocating to New York, the intern may receive up to a $1000 lump-sum as contribution towards travel costs.

Insurance:
UNICEF will not be responsible for costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the intern’s service, whether on or off UNICEF premises. Therefore, the selected candidate must provide proof of enrolment in a health/accident plan prior to start his/her work.

Living Conditions and Working Environment:
The intern will work at UNICEF House, New York.  S/he will work with the Data & Analytics Section and report to the supervisor of this internship.  S/he is not expected to travel out of this duty station during the assignment. A flexible workspace will be provided. The intern will be expected to participate in Section's meetings, as well as other UNICEF meetings of interest to the student, including the seminar series for UNICEF interns. Guidance will be provided on a regular basis.

Deadline:
The deadline for applications will be 20 April 2018, upon review the applications and schedule a short phone interview with the shortlisted candidates. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If accepted, the intern will be required to provide a copy of health insurance coverage and to fill out the relevant UNICEF forms on conditions regarding service as an intern.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.