About the Role
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the UN agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Economy Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to promote local capabilities of local governments. This internship is designed to support the branch in managing stakeholder data, cleaning and analyzing datasets, and developing advocacy materials to promote sustainable urban development.
Duties and Responsibilities
Stakeholder Database Management and Updating
- Maintain and regularly update the stakeholder database with new registrations, consultation records, and stakeholder contacts.
Data Cleaning and Consolidation
- Apply agreed data cleaning rules to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity of the dataset.
- Conduct regular data quality checks and validation.
Data Analysis and Reporting Support
- Prepare and maintain analysis-ready datasets for reporting and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Apply appropriate AI Tools to enhance data analysis, automate processes, and improve reporting outputs.
- Support the generation of summary statistics as requested and develop analytical outputs on applications such as Excel, Canva, PowerBI, and SPSS.
Global Advocacy and Campaigns
- Develop compelling advocacy materials, including articles, blog posts, social posts, and newsletters, to effectively communicate key messages on adequate housing and sustainable urban development.
- Collaborate with team members to create visually engaging content to amplify advocacy efforts.
- Support the team on planning, organization and execution of advocacy events, WUF sessions, and campaigns.
- Support logistics and manage communications to ensure seamless execution of events both in-person and virtually.
Coordination of the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan Subprogramme
- Maintain and regularly update the monitoring and reporting database of Subprogramme 4 with inputs from the UN-Habitat Focal Points.
- Support the collaboration networks and database of Focal Points.
- Support the Subprogramme 4 Coordinator in drafting progress reports and related presentations for management and governing bodies.
Qualifications and Special Skills
- Academic Requirements: Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate school programme, the final year of a first university degree (Bachelor's), or have recently graduated with a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD.
- Preferred Fields of Study: Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Information Management, Communications, Public Relations, Business Administration, Urban Studies, or Development Studies.
- Technical Proficiency: Required proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data management and analysis (including formulas, filtering, deduplication, and pivot tables).
- Experience: Experience in data cleaning, consolidation, and managing large datasets is required. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience but must have a relevant field of study.
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrated ability to interact with individuals from different cultural backgrounds and a keen interest in the work of the United Nations.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online via the UN Careers portal. Please visit UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to submit your application. Ensure you provide proof of your academic status (enrollment or graduation certificate) and explain how you meet the Excel proficiency criteria with specific examples of your experience.
