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Title: PPH Data Analyst Intern
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 01/07/2024 to 31/12/2024 (with possibility of extension)

Organizational Context

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship with the Private Partnerships and Philanthropy Section of the Private Sector Partnerships Service under the Division of External Relations at UNHCR Copenhagen.

Established in December 1950, UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for asylum seekers, refugees, returnees, internally displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. UNHCR currently operates in over 130 countries, using its long expertise to protect and care for millions of people.

The internship will be within UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships Service (PSP), which sits within the Department of External Relations (DER). The Private Sector Partnerships Services (PSP) operates from Copenhagen, the extended arm of UNHCR’s Headquarters, with global coverage through Regional Managers, National PSP Offices and National Partners. The role of Private Sector Partnerships is to raise funds from the private sector, including corporations, foundations, high net worth individuals, and individual donors.

PSP’s Private Partnerships and Philanthropy (PPH) Section, under PSP, develops and strengthens long-term partnerships with corporations, foundations, and private philanthropists (“PPH donors”). The primary role of PPH colleagues is to seek various forms of support from such donors: securing funding for UNHCR programs and projects is considered priority, but the work also includes leveraging the capacities of these relationships beyond funding, to build long-lasting holistic partnerships bringing various forms of support to UNHCR and to persons of concern, such as advocacy, visibility, expertise, innovation, and public engagement.

The Position

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Strategic Planning and Coordination Officer, the incumbent will be provided with close guidance and technical supervision. Performance planning and reviews as well as learning and development discussions will be elements of supervision. With the support of a comprehensive induction process, the intern will rapidly become a productive member of the team and will become familiar with the Private Partnership and Philanthropy dynamics in UNHCR . The Intern will be joining the Strategic Planning and Coordination unit. The multifunctional team reports directly to the Chief of the PPH section and covers 4 areas:
1. PPH Strategic Planning and resource allocation
2. Coordination of UHCR attendance to High-level events
3. Data Analysis on PPH partnerships
4. Unit’s finance and budget
5. Digital infrastructure and capacity building solutions

The intern will work closely with the Assistant Data Analytics Officer (PPH) whose scope is to maximize fundraising and partnerships efforts of PPH colleagues globally by delivering the relevant quantitative and qualitative data, research and insights required to plan effectively for partnerships and philanthropy, to ensure PPH colleagues can tap into opportunities most likely to generate growth, and to establish, cultivate, steward, and retain strategic, multimillion dollar relationships with private sector entities. Since the Strategic Planning and Coordination unit collaborates with multiple teams at the HQ, regional, and county level, the intern will be exposed to PPH operational and financial data, PPH fundraising business models, and liaising with a variety of internal stakeholders to support cross-cutting data and digital infrastructure improvements projects. The intern will have first-hand involvement in conducting bespoke research or analysis and put analysis into PowerPoints, improving PPH’s partnership data quality, reviewing current tools and solutions, implementing change management efforts around PPH analytics, and other activities that ultimately will have a positive direct impact on the network of PPH fundraisers in accomplish PSP’s goals and UNHCR’s mission and vision.

Duties and responsibilities

Data, Tools, and Analysis
• Support the data analyst on initiatives related to data quality by validating data, suggesting improvements, documenting, and sharing knowledge of PSP system architecture and databases.
• Assist the data analyst on reviewing internal analytics tools and on enhancing the use of PSP tools for PPH donors’ fundraising practices (GCP, Donor 360)
• Contribute as needed on the development of PPH analytics and business intelligence solutions as well as theoretical frameworks to capture the PPH fundraising business dynamics.
• Perform analyses of available internal financial and operational data to not only identify patterns and trends on PPH partnerships, but also to catalogue and assess areas of data improvements for making analysis more insightful. The incumbent will be exposed to the business requirements for analysis and provide critical inputs on projects to bridge the gaps between the requirements and the as-is.
• Research and analyse reports and literature around private sector engagement as needed
• Input in qualitative and quantitative analysis on private sector engagements and develop PowerPoint slide decks to share the findings and insights

Capacity Building, Cross-functional coordination, and Communication
• Support on change management efforts and projects enhancing PPH data and digital infrastructure.
• In collaboration with the data analyst promote the roll-out of analytics and business intelligence solutions and other capacity building initiatives around PPH data.
• Provide inputs as requested on miscellaneous items regarding finance and events.

Eligibility

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 a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR.

NOTE: An individual whose father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister is a staff member of UNHCR, including a Temporary Appointment holder or a member of the Affiliate Workforce, is not eligible for an internship.

Minimum qualifications required

• Have strong analytical and critical thinking skills to solve complex problems as well as good attention to details.
• Have advanced experience using the Microsoft Office suite (Primarily Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Have excellent communication skills with strong interpersonal skills, be a keen team-player, be organised and able to take initiative.
• Ability to work independently managing own deadlines and show a genuine desire to learn, develop, and adapt.

Desirable qualifications and skills

• University degree in Business Administration, Political Science/International Relations, Finance, or another related discipline.
• Experience with coding in Google Big Query and Microsoft PowerBI.
• Be able to break down concepts in a structured manner and communicate to a diverse set of audience.
• Be able to multi-task and to priorities workload.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Fluency in any other UN language is considered a plus.

Location and Conditions

The successful candidate will be based with the PPH team at UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Depending on the circumstances, there is a possibility for the successful candidate to perform certain duties remotely and/or from at home.

The internship is for six months, with the possibility of extension to eight months, and the expected start date is 1 July 2024. This is a full-time role with working hours starting from 8.30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday (40 hours per week) with the possibility of working part-time at 50% for the first three months of the internship.

Shortlisted candidates might be required to sit for a written test. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. No late applications will be accepted.

For non-EU candidates, D-visa needs to be obtained prior to traveling to Denmark which could takes up to 8 weeks. The office will provide assistance on visa-related issues.

Allowance: Interns who do not receive financial support from an outside party will receive an allowance to partially help to cover the cost of food, local transportation and living expenses.

Unless provided or paid by their sponsoring entities, UNHCR reimburses interns’ travel costs to/from the duty station.

The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing or training).

We welcome applications from candidates with a refugee or stateless background.