Statistical Partnerships and External Engagement Intern at Denmark

Added Date: Thursday, 27 February 2025

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Organization: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)
Country: Denmark
City: Copenhagen
Post Level: Intern

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Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)H (no hardship)

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Staff Member / Affiliate TypeInternship

Target Start Date2025-04-01

Deadline for ApplicationsMarch 8, 2025

Terms of ReferenceUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a full-time internship with the Statistics, Data Science and Survey Section of the Global Data Service 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.

Title: Statistical Partnerships and External Engagement Intern
Duty Station: Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 6 months (with a possibility of a 2-month extension)
Contract Type: Internship (Full time)
Start Date: 01 April 2025

Organizational context
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people.
The Statistics, Data Science, and Survey Section (SDSS) located in UNHCR’s Global Data Service (GDS) in Copenhagen oversees the production of global statistics on forcibly displaced and stateless populations. Access to reliable, timely and accurate data is essential to achieve the aims of the Data Transformation Strategy 2020-2025, that is, to position UNHCR as a trusted leader on data and information related to refugees and other populations of concern. The Section develops external products such as the annual Global Trends report, which analyzes the changes in forced displacement and statelessness and deepens public understanding of ongoing crises, and maintains the Refugee Data Finder, which enables humanitarian workers, decision-makers, researchers, and many more to quickly access data and information on affected populations. The Section ensures that quality and coherent data related to forced displacement and statelessness is systematically, responsibly, and efficiently collected, analyzed, and presented by UNHCR and its partners.
Increasingly, UNHCR’s approach to strengthen statistics, data and information systems is based on collaboration and collective efforts with partners and stakeholders, as the optimal way to both ensure the effective use of resources and to achieve outcomes for those affected by forced displacement and statelessness.
At global level, UNHCR is a member of several multi-stakeholder statistical expert groups, ensuring that forcibly displaced people are visible in global statistical recommendations and reporting, through disaggregation of data by forced displacement status and, through the custodian role of a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator. SDSS has taken a leading role in the Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS), both as a steering committee member and host of the secretariat. EGRISS is a multistakeholder group, which was established by the UN Statistical Commission in 2016 to develop recommendations to improve official statistics on forced displacement and statelessness. UNHCR coordinates the activities of the group together with other steering committee members, consisting of organizations from country, regional and international levels. In addition, SDSS is co-leading the work of the EGRISS subgroup on capacity building on forced displacement and statelessness statistics.
The section is a key member of the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move (IDAC), a platform that brings together diverse stakeholders working at the nexus between data and the topics of migration, forced displacement, human mobility, development, and child protection. It is led by a joint Secretariat comprised of UNICEF as Chair, UNHCR, IOM, Eurostat, and OECD. UNHCR is also a member of its capacity building and technical guidance working group.
Through the above-mentioned initiatives, UNHCR works closely with global, regional, and national partners to strengthen capacity on how to collect and compile official statistics on forced displacement and statelessness and to improve the quality and availability of such statistics. Inclusion of forcibly displaced and stateless people into national, regional, and global statistical production and systems is an important prerequisite for making these groups visible in policy making and program development and a key component of the Global Compact on Refugees.
This internship offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders to advance UNHCR’s efforts in building statistical partnerships. These efforts aim to enhance national data on forced displacement and statelessness while contributing to the UN’s broader goal of providing coordinated migration data interventions to Member States. The selected candidate will also gain valuable experience in capacity-building initiatives by supporting the development of tailored training materials for collecting data on forcibly displaced and stateless children. Additionally, the internship provides an excellent opportunity to develop coordination and project management skills. The selected candidate will assist the team in executing projects both within SDSS and across broader fields of engagement.

The position
Working as part of the Statistics, Data Science, and Survey Section, the Statistical Partnerships and External Engagement internship will offer hands-on experience in strengthening statistical relationships between UNHCR and other international organizations, as well as offer opportunities to engage in capacity building work and strategic communication of activities both internally and externally. The Statistical Partnerships and External Engagement intern will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Statistics and Data Analysis Officer based in Copenhagen and work closely with the Associate Statistics and Data Analysis Officer, as well as other colleagues within SDSS.

Duties and responsibilities
• Support the team’s efforts to strengthen UNHCR’s strategic approach to statistical partnerships by engaging in the work of IDAC and EGRISS.
• Support research related to the development and delivery of a bespoke capacity building plan related to improving data on forcibly displaced and stateless children.
• Support research and data analysis to inform drafting a Forced Displacement Survey (FDS) thematic report, coordinating with the FDS team as needed.
• Support the coordination and delivery of UNHCR’s Data Community Hub focused on IDAC, collaborating with various stakeholders (both internal and external) to secure relevant speakers and material for the successful delivery of the session.
• Engage in activities related to UNHCR’s involvement in the International Forum on Migration Statistics.
• Support the organization of relevant meetings, draft meeting minutes, and communicate key outputs to meeting participants.
• Any other tasks, as needed, in support of the team and section.

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 a field relevant or of interest to the work of UNHCR .
• Not have exhausted the maximum cumulative internship period with UNHCR, including any prior internships (8 months for full-time and 12 months for part-time)

Desirable qualifications and skills
• First Required Language is English at B2 level
• A Master’s degree (MA, MSc) in Statistics, Demography, Empirical Sociology, Economics, Social Science, Political Science, International Policy and Development or any other related field.
• Demonstrated ability to develop written material in English (reports, notes from meetings and advocacy material), particularly research papers based on statistical analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with different audiences, both technical and non-technical.
• Experience working with multi-stakeholder projects that required coordination.
• Interest in and understanding of official statistics and operational data, including different data sources (surveys, administrative data, and census) would be an advantage.
• Interest in pursuing a career in humanitarian/development action, forced displacement, migration, or related fields.
• Initiative, sound judgment, excellent interpersonal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work harmoniously with staff members from different national and cultural backgrounds.

Conditions
It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 9:00 am to 17:30 pm, Monday to Friday (40 hours per week). The successful candidate will be assigned to support the team in Copenhagen.
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.
Travel: Unless provided or paid by external sponsoring entities, UNHCR reimburse interns engaged from a location outside of the country of the duty station for the ticket costs of their outward and return travel to/from the duty station by the most economical route available on economy class, irrespective of the duration of the journey. Reimbursement shall be limited to the authorized outward and return travel between the intern’s country of residence and the intern’s duty station, or actual route of travel, whichever is lower.
Before travel is undertaken, the selected intern must obtain authorization in writing from the hiring office. Such authorization must include the approved cost of the ticket.
Internships normally last two to six months with the possibility of extension up to eight months for full-time internships and twelve months for part-time internships.

Obligations
Acquiring and renewing current visas, residence permits including all associated costs, obtaining medical certification and compliance with taxation requirements (if applicable), are the responsibility of the intern.
The selected candidate will need to provide UNHCR with a proof of health insurance coverage applicable to the assigned internship location and a certificate of good health from a qualified medical practitioner certifying their fitness for work and travel. In the event the selected candidate is not able to produce the required certificates, they will not be admitted to the Internship Programme.

If you are a person with a disability and you expect you may face challenges during the recruitment process, you can indicate it in your application form.
There are options to select any health conditions you may have and outline any necessary adjustments related to disabilities during the recruitment phases. Providing this information is optional. It will be treated as strictly confidential and used only for the purpose of finding out how to better assist you during the recruitment process.
Adjustments for candidates with disabilities will be provided as best as possible and as needed upon request.
All candidates will be assessed based on meeting the requirements for each vacancy in relation to experience, skills, and education.
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.