The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is one of the five regional UN Commissions, founded in 1948 to contribute to the region’s economic and social development.
Its mission includes designing, monitoring, and evaluating public policies, providing advisory services, expertise, and training to Governments, and supporting regional and international cooperation and coordination.
Internship is in the Statistics Division, Santiago, lasting 6 months depending on office needs. Candidates may be selected on an “as-needed” basis.
Under the supervision or guidance of the Director of the Division, the intern will work on research regarding the relevance of official statistics for democracy.
Tasks include:
Conduct a diagnostic of the state of SDG data APIs for countries in the region.
Propose best practices to improve dissemination of SDG data in the region through APIs.
Generate a set of ETL tools for automated extraction of SDG data from countries with public APIs.
Qualifications/Special Skills
Applicants must meet one of the following criteria:
Enrolled in, or completed, a graduate program (second university degree or higher).
Enrolled in, or completed, the final year of a first university degree (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).
Field of study should be closely related to the internship.
Must be a student in the final year of a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. program, or have completed one of these programs.
Desirable skills include:
Knowledge of APIs for statistical or open government data (design, consumption, documentation).
Knowledge of ETL processes, data integration, and automation tools.
Familiarity with SDG indicators, data standards, and statistical dissemination practices.
Understanding of open data principles, interoperability frameworks, and metadata standards (e.g., SDMX, JSON, CSV, XML).
Knowledge of Python or JavaScript, and of databases and SQL.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat.
Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship.
Knowledge of an additional UN official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) is an advantage.
Intern Specific Text
Interns are not financially remunerated by the UN.
Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or sponsoring institutions.
Non-citizen interns may need to obtain appropriate visas and work/employment authorization.
Successful candidates should verify specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.
Deadline : Sep 22, 2025
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