Internship focused on World Aquaculture Performance Indicators (WAPI) at Food and Agriculture Organization Of the United Nations

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Branch Head of FIAA and the direct supervision of a technical officer in FIAA, the intern will:

• Provide assistance to the development or finalization of WAPI modules on aquaculture production, fish consumption, fish trade, or other thematic subjects covered in the WAPI prototype;
• Contribute to the development of new WAPI templates, including templates based on subjects and/or data sources of the intern’s own choice;
• Support other activities for improving and/or promoting WAPI, such as seeking funding opportunities for WAPI related activities, designing WAPI dissemination strategies, among others.

Minimum requirements

• Be recent graduates (within 2 years of the most recent graduation) or students in a recognised university or graduate school programme and have completed at the very least two years of undergraduate studies in aquaculture, fisheries, economics or other related fields.
• A working knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of other FAO official languages (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) could be an asset.
• Experience in data processing and analysis.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency in statistical software (e.g. STATA).