The intern will support the Public Health Section-Nutrition by maintaining the global nutrition database, collaborating on partnership efforts, and improving knowledge management portals. They will also assist in the section’s reporting requirements. The ideal candidate is a recent graduate or current student with at least two years of undergraduate studies in Human Nutrition with experience in nutrition programs, public health and nutrition database management, and knowledge of data visualization techniques. Strong communication skills and an interest in refugee situations are important, along with the ability to work independently and adaptability.
Duties and responsibilities:
The intern will work under the guidance of headquarters Senior Nutrition Officer and other DRS staff to:
Support the the Senior Nutrition Officer with the maintenance of the global nutrition database including the visualization outputs of the refugee nutrition data including the SENS survey data, nutrition information system core indicators and data contribution to global reports internally and externally e.g., nutrition inputs to the Global Report on Food Crisis.
Collaborate with the senior nutrition officer in strengthening various partnership collaboration efforts around nutrition including technical working groups on the Global Action Plan on Wasting initiative, Infant and young child feeding core group, healthy diets working group etc.
Support the Public health section to improve the knowledge management portals including the Community of Practice and SharePoint portal for public health/nutrition and related initiatives.
Support the public health section in reporting requirements including assisting in reviewing and collating country and regional level reports for global indicator analysis.
Any other duties as part of the practical understanding of UNHCR’s Public Health work in general.
Minimum qualifications required:
In order to be considered for an internship, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Be either a recent graduate (having completed their studies within two years of applying) or a current student in a graduate/undergraduate school programme from a university or higher education facility accredited by IAU/UNESCO; and
Have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in Human Nutrition.
Desirable qualifications and skills:
Human Nutrition qualification
Prior experience in nutrition, maternal and Infant and Young Child Feeding/ Nutrition; Management of Acute Malnutrition; Nutrition assessment and surveys; Nutrition information systems; food security, public health programming is very desirable.
Public health/nutrition database and knowledge management
Experience working with computer software such as MSOffice, nutrition assessment analysis (SMART, ENA, Epi-info); Power BI data visualization techniques.
Strong interest in refugee situations and in humanitarian and development issues.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Knowledge of French, Spanish, Arabic or any other UN language is an asset.
Good written and oral communication skills with strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to deal with persons of various cultural and educational backgrounds.
