Home-Based Data Analysis Internship At UNDP (6 months Contract)

Home-Based Data Analysis Internship At UNDP (6 months Contract)

ORGANIZATION	UNDP
LOCATION	Home Based
CAREER CATEGORY	Data Science
SALARY	Not Specified
TYPE OF CONTRACT	Internship
DURATION	6 Months
DEADLINE	16 April 2024

Home-Based Data Analysis Internship At UNDP (6 months Contract)

Context

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy. In this context, UNDP invests in the Global Policy Network (GPN), a network of field-based and global technical expertise across a wide range of knowledge domains and in support of the signature solutions and organizational capabilities envisioned in the Strategic Plan. 
 
Within the GPN, the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan.  BPPS’s staff provides technical advice to Country Offices, advocates for UNDP corporate messages, represents UNDP at multi-stakeholder fora including public-private dialogues, government, and civil society dialogues, and engages in UN inter-agency coordination in specific thematic areas. 
   
UNDP Nature Hub is  the arrowhead of UNDP’s commitment to a “Nature Pledge” that aims to put nature at the heart of sustainable development. UNDP’s Nature Pledge for 2030 focuses on three systemic shift areas: value shift, economic and finance shift and policy and practice shift;  that are necessary to trigger accelerated and scaled action for achievement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).   

As part of the Nature Hub, the Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems (FACS) team contribute to the Nature Pledge through the transformation of food and agricultural commodity systems into resilient, equitable, inclusive, environmentally, socially and economically sustainable systems. With a global portfolio invested in projects related to Food and Agricultural Commodity Systems and spread over 137 countries, UNDP seeks to promote a new paradigm for food and agricultural commodity systems that is based on diversified, resilient, agroecological systems and value chains which work simultaneously on achieving economic, environmental, social and health outcomes, with smallholders central to the transformation as the engine of economic development. 
 
The UNDP FACS Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team plays a key role in the delivery of the UNDP FACS strategy, through:  
i. Developing innovative, system-informed and participatory MEAL frameworks and tools (i.e., the Signals of Change Framework, and the Causality Assessment for Landscape Interventions), and promoting and supporting their adoption in the context of relevant projects, programmes and portfolios.
 
ii. Providing broader MEAL advice and support to initiatives in the UNDP FACS portfolio (e.g., on learning- focused approaches to monitoring and evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods for outcome monitoring, and the wider development of logical frameworks), including through needs assessment, diagnostics, and co-creation of targeted solutions. 
 
iii. Encouraging sensemaking, learning and knowledge sharing on:  
a. Innovative, system-informed and/or participatory MEAL approaches for portfolios and interventions working with FACS, including through managing a dedicated community of practice, facilitating learning sessions, and compiling/developing and publishing emerging knowledge and insights;
b. How food and agricultural commodity systems change, and how development interventions can support a positive transformation, including through preparing and facilitating reviews at portfolio and initiative/project level.
 
iv. Gathering, processing, and sharing with relevant (internal and external) stakeholders the latest information on progress, achievements, risks, and challenges at portfolio level (this includes information on how gender mainstreaming and social and environmental safeguards are being addressed at all relevant levels), including to support decision-making, learning and communications at portfolio level, and comply with corporate and other reporting requirements.

Task Description

Support in maintaining up-to-date information on progress, achievements, risks and challenges at portfolio level to support decision-making:

• Support gathering, processing and sharing the latest information on progress, achievements, risks and challenges at portfolio level (see FACS impact book).
• Support GCP phase II project management and coordination – incl. through developing and updating a risk monitoring plan, SES management measures, gender action plan and their integration in pillar workplans. 
• Support the follow up of deliverables of the ongoing research project with students at the University of Michigan, aimed at unpacking results from ongoing and past interventions aimed at promoting more sustainable commodity sectors through effective collaborative action. 
• Support the Systems Monitoring Learning and Evaluation initiative funded by the Gates Foundation as needed. 
• Support in the development/implementation of digital tools or dashboard to support data collection. 
• Support in any other reporting requirement. 

Support learning and knowledge sharing on system-informed MEAL approaches: 

• Support the coordination of learning sessions at project/initiative level and support learning reviews at portfolio level as relevant. 
• Support the member’s outreach and coordination of events of the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Community.

Qualifications

Education:

(a) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor level or equivalent) in a relevant study area, such as environmental management, agriculture, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field, or

(b) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) such as environmental management, agriculture, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field, or

(c) Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) in environmental management, agriculture, sustainable development, economics, global development, social or political sciences, international relations, or any other related field and. If selected, must start the internship within one year of graduation.

Experience:

• Experience in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation is an advantage;
• Experience with monitoring and reporting is an advantage;
• Experience with GIS and handling geospatial data is an advantage;
• Experience with developing dashboards in Excel, Power Bi, or other data visualization software is an advantage.
• Experience in programme management support and coordination is an advantage; 
• Experience in the preparation of (virtual) events and workshops is an asset.

IT skills:

• Mastery of MS Office package, especially Microsoft Excel;
• Experience with GIS and handling geospatial data is an advantage;
• Experience with developing dashboards in Excel, Power Bi or other data visualization software is an advantage.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in Spanish is an advantage

How To Apply?

Interested candidates should apply for this opportunity by following the link below:

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