Apply For an Internship! The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) is looking for a Data Science Intern (Geneva or homebased)
Location: Flexible (Geneva, Switzerland or home-based)
Start date: ASAP
Application deadline: 01/10/2024
Background
The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2018. Its mission is to enhance access to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the globe, thus responding to a gap long identified by survivors. GSF acts to provide interim reparative measures in situations where states or other parties are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities. GSF advocates for duty bearers as well as the international community to develop reparations programmes. It also guides states and civil society by providing expertise and technical support for designing reparations programmes. GSF’s survivor-centric approach is the cornerstone of its work
Enabling GSF data-driven decision-making
At GSF, from our early start, we have been keen to structure, collect and store our data in a
way that enables us to monitor our activity, demonstrate the fulfilment of our strategy, our
impact and to meet GDPR obligations. Meanwhile, with our considerable “start-up” growth in
the last years, and in line with the 2024-2030 strategy, GSF needs to establish the right basis
to enable data-driven decision making to continue in the future by:
- Establishing a Master Data Management (MDM) methodology
- The implementation of an Information Management System (IMS) to manage and track
the Contact Management System (CMS), fundraising pipeline, incoming grants,
outgoing grants, & programmes/projects. - Developing a global reporting solution to strengthening GSF financial analysis and
cross referencing with programme management, programme output and outcome
information.
Intern’s responsibilities
The intern will be responsible for leading the development of the MDM methodology,
coordination of the data management and development of the reporting solution. The intern
will be also supporting, as required, the implementation of the IMS and the establishment of
the global victim registry.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following activities:
GSF master data management methodology
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and objectives.
- Communicating findings and recommendations to stakeholders and team members effectively (including training of them on data management).
Document data collection, analysis, and model development processes.
- Draft GSF MDM methodology, supporting its adoption and implementation.
- GSF data management and reporting solution:
- Collect and compiling data from various sources
- Evaluate and refining current models and reporting solutions (Excel and Power-BI)
- Design GSF data management and reporting solution and propose its adoption to
- management.
- Implement GSF data management and reporting solution using various BI tools to
- create insightful representations of data trends and patterns.
- Others:
Support the implementation of the IMS and the establishment of the global victim
registry with data and technical related support and/or advice.
Support the Head of Programme Finance with any data management related tasks as
required.
Education:
To qualify for this internship, applicants must be currently enrolled in a university programme
(final year of a Master’s degree or equivalent) relevant to this role such as Data Science
(preferred), Computer Science, Telecommunications or related area.
Experience:
- Strong understanding of Master Data Management and its application to small and medium organisations.
- Familiarity in the data & analytics area, including proven courses completed in and significant exposure to:
- Data Visualisation including tools such as Tableau or Power BI
- Python or Java development and SQL
- Cloud platforms such as AWS, Data Bricks, Azure or Google cloud services and
- Hands-on experience or project with data cleaning, visualisation, and reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to
technical and nontechnical team members and clients. - Ability to work in a multicultural team and adapt to diverse environments.
Languages:
- Fluency in English is required (verbal and written);
- Fluency in French would be an asset.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org with “Data
Scientist Intern Application” as email subject, by Tuesday 1 October 2024. Please note that
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
