Work LocationPanama City, Panama Expected duration5 TO 6 months Duties and ResponsibilitiesCOORDINATION AND EXECUTIVE SUPPORT • Help collate guidance materials on knowledge capture and sharing • Assist collection and sharing of emerging good practice and lessons for DCO and UNSDG members • Help facilitate various online communities of practice • Support the preparation of senior-level management meetings (including UNSDG and other inter-agency meetings), conferences and retreats • Support the preparation of country-level meetings organized from the global level • Support the preparation of slide decks, background and option papers for meetings • Support the tracking and analysis of UNSDG decisions and their implementation • Help ensure consistent visual concepts and language are used • Assist in the preparation of speeches and talking points. STRATEGIC PLANNING, DATA & ANALYTICS • Support analytics on issues relating to the DCO/UNSDG, including cross-cutting needs, priorities, resources, risks and performance • Assist in the development corporate visualization solutions derived from multiple data sources using state-of the-art tools to enable insight and decision-making at various levels • Support the development of data models, including performance measures, to enable scorecard analysis • Build interactive dashboards and reports, using corporate analytics applications • Perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner • Work with MS Power BI, Tableau or other similar self-service analytics toolsets • Work with relational databases such as SQL Server or other databases • Support geo-spatial analysis and geographic information systems such as ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, Leaflet, Carto or Open Street Map • Work with analytical techniques such as sentiment analysis, predictive analysis or social media monitoring • • Support the analytics teams in maintaining key data sets, data models, indices and reports • Support the preparation of analytical slide decks for policymakers. POLICY ANALYSIS & PROGRAMME FACILITATION • Help monitor, identify and analyze geographic, political and thematic regional trends (across all units of the Policy and Programme branch (eg. human rights, gender equality, climate and environment, inter-agency programming, partnerships) • Support the preparation of analytical reports, papers, talking points and correspondences • Assist in coordinating the formulation of strategies, programmes and policies • Support all areas of the policy process: identification and agenda building, policy development, formulation and adoptions, implementation, and evaluation • Support the knowledge management of policy and programme data/information including community facilitation, good practice capture, knowledge dissemination, and platform management • Support the preparation of analytical reports, papers, talking points and correspondences • Assist in coordinating the formulation of strategies, programmes and policies • Support all areas of the policy process: identification and agenda building, policy development, formulation and adoptions, implementation, and evaluation • Support the knowledge management of policy and programme data/information • Support market intelligence around knowledge management and organizational learning • Support the preparation of meetings, events, talks and visits. ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: • Assists in the preparation and review of financial and human resource proposals/requirements. • Monitors expenditures and compares with approved budget. • Assists managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions. • Assists in preparation of budget performance submissions and finalization of budget performance reports, analysing variances between approved budgets and actual expenditures. • Performs other related administrative duties, as required (e.g., operational travel programme; monitoring accounts and payment to vendors and individual contractors for services; physical space planning, identification of office technology needs and maintenance of equipment, software and systems; asset management; organizing and coordinating seminars, conferences and translations). • Assists with day-to-day administration of contracts between the UN and external contractors for outsourced services. • Audits the contractors' invoices against the goods and services provided by the contractor and approved by the UN. Qualifications/special skillsApplicants to the United Nations internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements: (a) Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher) in a related field of study to the area of internship they are applying; (b) Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor’s level or equivalent) in a related field of study to the area of internship they are applying. Applicants must demonstrate their intention to study further or to work in a field relevant to this internship description. Applicants are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel applications. No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position(s) advertised, fluency in Spanish and English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage. Additional InformationNot available. Intern Specific textInterns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer. No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

Recommended for you