UN Global Pulse (UNGP), Kampala (aka Pulse Lab Kampala) is one of the hubs of the Global Pulse network (https://www.unglobalpulse.org) with other hubs in Indonesia, Finland and the United States.

In Kampala,  UNGP operates under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator.  Global Pulse is the Secretary-General’s Innovation Lab. With its vision of responsible and inclusive innovation, the lab supports the UN’s Common Agenda for global cooperation. We are a multidisciplinary team – not wholly tech-centered – which serves the wider UN as it renews its ways of operating in the 21st century.

The goals of the UNGP Network are: i) to generate knowledge, capabilities and approaches that support the transformation of the United Nations into a more agile and resilient ‘next-generation’ institution; ii) to create and accelerate the development of globally accessible approaches which help communities and partners anticipate and address emerging global challenges; and iii) to advocate for the global transformation of policies, practices and culture required to maximize the impact of digital innovation, minimize its risk of harm, and ensure pathways to scale and sustainability.

UNGP in Kampala collaborates with African governments in their efforts around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data governance. For example, UNGP in Kampala is currently working with Uganda’s Ministry of ICT and National Guidance and other stakeholders to ensure Uganda develops a plan to maximize the value of data, including unlocking safe and responsible data sharing within government, government-to-business, business-to-business, and business-to-government. This effort will also see Uganda domesticate the recent  African Union (AU) Data Policy framework at the National level.

 

 

The selected candidate will join a multidisciplinary team and benefit from rich interaction with digital, innovation, strategic foresight, development, data science and behavioural science experts. In addition, the intern will be exposed to various visual representations of data, from simple static charts to interactive dashboards with geographic information systems(GIS) components  and visualisation libraries and software like with D3.js, Crossfilter/dc.js, Leaflet.js, Processing/P5.js, CartoDB or Mapbox  The internship is also an excellent opportunity to learn and work with different data sources to support the SDGs Agenda 2030 and understand how one could utilize data visualization inside large international organizations like the UN system.

Duties and Responsibilities

These responsibilities include, but are not limited to support of the following activities:

  • Support in data exploration through visualizations
  • Assist in generating data visuals for reports and presentations
  • Offer support in the drafting of wireframes for statistic and interactive dashboards
  • Support preparing materials for capacity building and knowledge dissemination by the office with partners
  • Support the technical team in developing the initial visualization prototypes using tools like data wrapper, high charts or tableau.
  • Support preparing materials for capacity building and knowledge dissemination by the office with partners

 

 

The intern is expected to:

  • Have a strong sense of collaborative work, excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Possess keen attention to detail.
  • Have excellent analytical and research skills.
  • Be able to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals and solicit input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise.
  • Be willing to learn from others by placing team agenda before personal agenda;
  • Support and act in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position
  • Be fluent in English and the working language of the duty station
  • Have prior experience in computer programming especially in the python or Julias;
  • Have knowledge of computer programming especially in the python or Julia
  • Have  experience or familiarity of data visualisation tools or libraries like matplotlib, data wrapper, tableau and Power BI

Have good command in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as handling web-based applications

 

Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher) in computer science, Electrical engineering, Mathematics, Statistics.
  • Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in computer science, Electrical engineering, Mathematics, Statistics.
  • Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
  • Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program

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