Intern - Information Management [temporary]

vor 1 Woche

Geneve, Schweiz United Nations Vollzeit

The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is the UN Secretariat department responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to complex emergencies and natural disasters. OCHA also ensures that there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.

This job opening announcement broadcasts internship opportunities within the Information Management Branch (IMB) in Geneva. The work will be done in direct support to the Global Information Management Functional Team (GIFT).

The internships will be based in Geneva, Switzerland, or virtually, and the interns will be under the general guidance and direct supervision of OCHA-Geneva supervisors. The internship is being offered for a maximum period of six (6) months, beginning at a mutually agreed time.

**Responsibilities**:

- Rolling out systems and training end users in understanding new features and modules through various modes of tools.
- Gathering knowledge in management of business processes via enterprise system.
- Developing materials required for the launch/maintenance of systems in various languages to support the overall process of rollouts.
- Communicating through various channels and designing guidance videos in strengthening the knowledge and awareness of the processes.
- Performing other tasks requested by the supervisor.

Competencies
CREATIVITY: Actively seeks to improve programmes or services; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs; promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas; takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks "outside the box"; takes an interest in new ideas and new ways of doing things; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches.

TEAMWORK: works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

Education
To qualify for an internship with the United Nations Internship Programme, applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
(a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or,
(b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).

Work Experience

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
- For this internship, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
- Knowledge of French is an advantage.

Assessment

Special Notice
skills and expertise. Applicants are asked to please indicate preferences which best match
her/his suitability and do so carefully in order to enhance the value of the internship for both
the intern and the receiving UN department.
Applicants may be requested to undertake the internship remotely in view of constraints
regarding visa issuance, international travel and access to UN premises. Applicants must be
willing and prepared to undertake the internship remotely for a part or the entirety of the
internship.
internship at the United Nations. An applicant who bears to a staff member any other family
relationship may be engaged as an intern, provided that he or she shall not be assigned to the
same work unit of the staff member nor placed under the direct or indirect supervision of the
staff member. For purposes of this advertisement, "child" means (i) the child of a staff
member; (ii) the child of the spouse of a staff member (stepchild); and (iii) the spouse of a
child of a staff member or a staff member's spouse (son
- or daughter-in-law). "Sibling"
includes the child of both or either parent of a staff member and the child.
In line with the United Nations internship programme, the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs-(OCHA) internship provides a framework by which students from
diverse academic backgrounds gain exposure to the work of the United Nations through
assignment to offices within the Secretariat. The Programme endeavours to attract qualified
students, offering them an opportunity to enrich their educational experience through
exposure to the work of the Organization. Equally, it provides the Office with the assistance
of students specialized in various professional fields. The internship is an unpaid and fulltime
opportunity and the intern must adhere to the established official weekly working hours
of the duty station where it is based with one hour for a lunch break. For more information on

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