Innovation & Analytics Hub - Interns

Job Description

Work Location

• Geneva – remote.

Expected Duration

• 3–6 months.
• Flexible start date.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Join the Innovation and Analytics Hub (the Hub) at OHCHR in Geneva, reporting directly to the High Commissioner.
• The Hub is the UN’s first dedicated center for innovation and analytics in human rights.
• Supports OHCHR’s Centre of Excellence, advancing the Secretary-General’s “Quintet of Change”: Data, Digital, Innovation, Foresight, and Behavioral Science.
• Harnesses advanced data analytics and emerging technologies to:
• • Detect and interpret human rights trends
  • Support early warning and foresight
  • Inform preventive and evidence-based action
  • Develop next-generation digital tools for operational efficiency and impact

Internship Workstreams (assignment to at least one):

Workstream 1: Strategic Coordination and Planning

• Contribute to organizing and facilitating strategic planning meetings, outreach initiatives, and training workshops.
• Assist in creating analytics products, slide decks, and background papers.
• Monitor and analyze strategic initiatives and their implementation.
• Support the organization-wide innovation Community of Practice, communications, and campaign management.
• Support resource mobilization via donor research, contact management, and drafting meeting notes.

Workstream 2: Digital Transformation and AI

• Contribute to planning, design, and execution of digital transformation initiatives.
• Assist in development and deployment of data analytics tools and platforms.
• Support integration of emerging technologies into workflows and systems.
• Provide technical support and training on digital tools and platforms.

Workstream 3: Data & Analytics

• Collect, compile, and verify data from field presences.
• Develop analytical products, dashboards, visualizations, and data-driven insights.
• Contribute to global human rights indicators, including SDG indicators.
• Support dissemination of innovative tools and best practices to field presences.
• Provide support on information and data management to colleagues at HQ and in the field.

Workstream 4: Human Rights Risk Analysis and Early Warning

• Monitor, analyze, and report on emerging human rights risks and protracted crisis situations.
• Prepare specialized human rights reports and documentation, including background materials, daily updates, and enhanced monitoring inputs.
• Conduct daily media and open-source monitoring to identify potential human rights concerns and coordinate internally.
• Support development of human rights risk assessments and early warning analysis.

Qualifications / Special Skills

• Must meet one of the following:
• • Enrolled in or completed a graduate school program (Master’s, Ph.D., or equivalent).
  • Enrolled in or completed the final academic year of a first university degree program (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Relevant fields by workstream:
  • Strategic Coordination and Planning: Political Science, Communication, Business Management, Public Administration, or related fields.
  • Digital Transformation and AI: Computer Science, IT, Data Science, or related fields.
  • Data & Analytics: Data Science, Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, International Development, Geography, or related fields.
  • Human Rights Risk Analysis and Early Warning: International Relations, Law, Political Science, Social Sciences, or related fields.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish).

Additional Information

• Interns are not financially remunerated.
• Costs for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or sponsoring institutions.
• Non-citizens/permanent residents may require appropriate visa and work/employment authorization.
• Successful candidates should clarify visa requirements before accepting the internship.

Deadline : May 1, 2026