Call for Applications! for the Internship Programme 2024 at United Nations Career! Apply Now!
ob Opening ID: 227366
Job Network : Economic, Social and Development
Job Family : Population Affairs
Category and Level : Internship, I-1
Duty Station : NEW YORK
Department/Office : Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Date Posted : Feb 1, 2024
Deadline : Feb 14, 2024
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Work Location
This internship is designed to be full-time and in person but can be adjusted based on the needs of the successful candidate.
Expected duration
Starting date is flexible based on intern availability. Internships have a duration of at least two months and may be extended up to a total of six months.
Duties and Responsibilities
Internships are located in the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Interns may be assigned to the Office of the Director, which includes the Programme Management Unit and the Publications, Outreach and Support Unit; the Population Policies and Development Branch, comprising the Fertility and Population Ageing Section and the Migration and Urbanization Section; or the Population Trends and Analysis Branch, comprising the Demographic Analysis Section, the Population Estimates and Projections Section and the Demographic Data Systems Unit. Under the general guidance of the team manager within the respective section or unit, the intern may provide support in the following areas:
1. Support intergovernmental processes, such as the servicing of the Commission on Population and Development and other intergovernmental and expert-group meetings;
2. Assist with data compilation, analysis and desk research on demographic data from developing and developed countries both from aggregated summary tabulations and microdata upon data availability;
3. Assist in updating and assessing demographic data from a range of data sources (registration, census, survey);
4. Contribute to populate an internal database to disseminate summary empirical demographic data for further public use and research;
5. Identify gaps in existing demographic data on population and vital statistics;
6. Contribute to literature reviews and analyses on population and development topics.
Qualifications/special skills
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. Applicants must be a student in the final year of the first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), Master’s or Ph.D. Programme or equivalent, or have completed a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PH.D. Programme. Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage. Experience with standard software applications, particularly MS Excel Proficiency in R statistical software and SQL server are desirable Familiarity with population and vital statistics data and with demographic estimation methods are desirable.
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