Emplois au PNUD - 40165- Intern for Human Development Report Office

Intern for Human Development Report Office

Lieu :

New York, ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

Type de contrat :

Internship

Date de commencement :

30-Sep-2013

Date limite de candidature :

18-Sep-13 (Minuit New York, États-Unis)

Niveau du poste :

Intern

Durée du contrat initial

Three months

Langues requises :

Anglais

Durée prévue de la mission :

Three months

Le PNUD s’engage à recruter un personnel divers en termes de genre, de nationalité et de culture. Nous encourageons de même les personnes issues des minorités ethniques, des communautés autochtones ou handicapées à postuler. Toutes les candidatures seront traitées dans la plus stricte confidentialité. Le PNUD ne tolère pas l’exploitation et / ou les atteintes sexuelles, ni aucune forme de harcèlement, y compris le harcèlement sexuel, et / ou toutes formes de discrimination. Tous/tes les candidats/tes selectectionnes /ées devront ainsi se soumettre à de rigoureuses vérifications relatives aux références fournies ainsi qu’à leurs antécédents.

Historique

The mission of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is to advance human development. The goal is to contribute towards the expansion of opportunities, choice and freedom. HDRO works towards this goal by promoting innovative new ideas, advocating practical policy changes, and constructively challenging policies and approaches that constrain human development. HDRO works with others to achieve change through writing and research, data analysis and presentation, support to national and regional analysis and outreach and advocacy work.

The objective of this internship is to provide participants with the opportunity to learn about Human Development Reports – global, regional, national, sub-national - their various themes and development issues and how to raise the quality of these reports; to be knowledgeable about current international development issues; to master skills in basic analysis and research work; to be exposed to a large database of reports and related information.

Devoirs et responsabilités

The intern would work closely with the research team as research assistant for the Human Development Report. In particular, it is expected to deliver the following tasks:

Review literature and prepare summaries with main findings in human development topics, as requested;
Provide assistance for quantitative and qualitative background research done within research team for the Human Development Report 2014;
Support communication and administrative tasks of the research team;
Prepare talking points and PowerPoint presentations for meetings with external collaborators of the Report, as well as brainstorm meetings and;
Support other activities as requested.

Compétences

Core Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism.

Qualifications et expériences requises

Required Skills and Experience:

Currently enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. Program in economics, social sciences, or statistics;
Familiar with the Human Development Reports and measures;
Excellent knowledge of and experience with Stata and Excel.

Language:

Fluent in English.

Note:

All UN internships are not remunerated and interns need to obtain their own visa.