Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Digitization Project Intern
- Organizzazione
- OHCHR - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Sede
- Geneva, Svizzera
- Durata
- 6 mesi
- Indennità
- Non retribuito
- L'offerta scade il
- 30/09/2026
- Area professionale
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Amministrazione/Segreteria/Customer support Organizzazione e gestione delle risorse umane Informatica/ICT Editoria/Scienze documentarie Comunicazione/Giornalismo
Attività
1. Support the implementation of the ARMU digitization project and related digital preservation initiatives. 2. Assist in preparing physical records for digitization through sorting, arrangement, labelling, inventorying, and condition assessment. 3. Assist with scanning and digitization activities following established quality standards and procedures 4. Perform image quality review, completeness checks, and quality assurance of digitized records. 5. Assist in OCR processing and text verification of digitized materials. 6. Organize and manage digital files in accordance with ARMU‘s file naming conventions, folder structures, and version-control procedures. 7. Assist in identifying duplicates, missing documents, metadata inconsistencies, and filing errors. 8. Assists in preparing background documentation, drafting correspondence, reports and presentations. 9. Participates in meetings and seminars as necessary and take notes, draft summary reports, minutes and assessment reports for presentation and monitors follow-up. 10. Support to other activities and projects, with the possibility to propose own ideas and initiatives. 11. Perform other activities and special projects as assigned.
Requisiti principali
- Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher), or be in the final academic year of/or completed a first university degree programme or equivalent.
- Pursuing or have pursued a degree in Human Resource Management or Administration, Information Management, Digital Humanities, Information Technology, Communications, Media Studies, or related fields.
- Be computer literate in standard software applications, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and demonstrate the ability to learn and use digital records management and archival information systems.
- Good understanding of document digitization workflows, including scanning, image quality control, OCR processing, file formats, and digital file management.
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an advantage. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations Secretariat.