UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country's children face, responding to needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.
The purpose of the internship is to support the Social Policy section, particularly the Public Finance Management team, in developing and populating an internal online dashboard on child wellbeing and social sector financing. The intern will help compile, clean, organize and visualize data from national surveys and budget documents, ensuring that the dashboard is user-friendly, updateable and useful for UNICEF programme planning, advocacy and engagement with government and partners. Duty station: Lusaka. Duration: 4 months, full-time.
Requirements:
- Recently graduated within the last two years with either a Master's or Bachelor's degree in data analytics, statistics, economics, public finance, public policy, demography, research methods, data science, information systems or a related field.
- Strong academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institution records.
- Proficiency in English; knowledge of a local language is an added advantage.
- Strong communication, research and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated experience working in Microsoft Excel and with data visualization tools such as Power BI is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, including the ability to check data consistency and document sources clearly.
- No immediate relatives (father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office, and no other relatives in the line of authority to which the intern will report.
Desirable: relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
UNICEF's core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability underpin everything we do. Required competencies include building and maintaining partnerships, demonstrating self-awareness and ethical awareness, drive to achieve results for impact, innovating and embracing change, managing ambiguity and complexity, thinking and acting strategically, and working collaboratively with others.
Deadline: 28 Aug 2026 South Africa Standard Time
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the UNICEF careers portal (Job no: 595216) before the deadline of 28 Aug 2026, 11:55 PM South Africa Standard Time. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection and hiring processes.
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