United Nations Trade and Development, Economic intern
- Organizzazione
- UNCTAD - United Nations Trade and Development, Statistics Analysis Unit
- Sede
- Geneva, Svizzera
- Durata
- 6 mesi
- Indennità
- Non retribuito
- L'offerta scade il
- 11/10/2026
- Area professionale
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Economia e finanza Statistica/Data Analysis Scienze politiche e affari internazionali
Attività
• Assist with research and analysis on international trade, trade in services, digital trade, gender, and sustainable development issues. • Support the collection, compilation, validation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for statistical and development projects. • Contribute to the preparation and revision of project documents, analytical reports, policy briefs, presentations, and other technical documentation. • Provide support to the development and implementation of the Trade in Services Statistics Information System (TiSSTAT), including reviewing technical inputs, documentation, and capacity-building materials. • Assist in the preparation of project documents related to development cooperation initiatives, including costing exercises and results-based management frameworks. • Support the organization and coordination of meetings, workshops, webinars, and technical consultations, including preparing agendas, presentations, meeting minutes, and background documentation. • Contribute to communication, outreach, and knowledge-sharing activities related to UNCTAD's statistical and development programmes. • Assist with project coordination, monitoring, reporting, and follow-up of ongoing activities across multiple technical assistance projects. • Assist in drafting correspondence, briefing notes, programme documents, and other administrative or technical materials as required. • Perform any other duties as assigned in support of the implementation of the unit's statistical, methodological, and capacity-building activities.
Requisiti principali
- Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
- (a) be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) relating to economics, political science, international relations, development studies, gender studies or another relevant discipline;
- (b) be enrolled in a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent) in one of the above-mentioned fields; or
- (c) have graduated with a university degree (as defined above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one-year period of graduation.
- Have strong analytical, research, organizational and drafting skills.
- Have knowledge of quantitative data analysis tools (e.g. Excel, SPSS, R, Python, SQL or Power BI) and an interest in international trade, trade in services, gender, statistics and sustainable development.
- English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for this Internship Programme. Knowledge of French is desirable.