Intern – Data, Analytics and Statistics Section

Supports UNODC’s Data Analytics and Statistics Section in Vienna with research, collection and statistical work on drugs and crime. The intern reviews data instruments and guidance, analyses time-series trends using databases, prepares inputs for reports and studies, helps organize workshops, and contributes to datasets, estimates and documentation for mandated drug and crime data collections.

• Conduct background research and review data-collection instruments and methodological guidelines
• Analyse time-series trends on drugs and crime using internal and external databases
• Collect information from diverse sources for statistical products and UNODC reports
• Prepare statistical inputs for documents and regional studies
• Assist preparation of international workshops and meetings on drugs and crime data
• Carry out other relevant data and research assignments

• Enrollment in or recent completion of a graduate programme, or final academic year or completion of a first university degree
• Studies in social sciences, criminology, epidemiology, statistics, economics, data science, information technology, mathematics or an equivalent field
• Computer literacy in standard software applications
• Fluency in spoken and written English

• Knowledge of R, Python, Stata or Microsoft Access
• Experience researching crime, drugs or a comparable study area

• Data Collection
• Statistical Analysis
• Research
• Methodological Review
• Data Validation
• Workshop Coordination
• Report Preparation

• Microsoft Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• R
• Python
• Stata
• Microsoft Access

• Internships are unpaid; interns are responsible for travel, visa, accommodation and living costs