Professional University Intern– Humanitarian AI

GENERAL DATA

Professional practice placement

Honduras

Start Month

June-July 2026

Available Places

2

You will report to:

Digital Technology Programmes Specialist

Unit to which it will belong

GOAL Programme Innovation Lab

PROGRAM/GOAL OVERVIEW

Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian agency, with a team of 2,400 people, dedicated to alleviating the needs of the most vulnerable communities. Currently registered in 14 of the world's most vulnerable countries, GOAL offers a wide range of humanitarian and development programmes, ranging from humanitarian aid in disaster situations to focusing on nutrition, food security and building greater resilience and sustainable livelihoods.

The Programme Innovation Lab is a dynamic and collaborative unit established by GOAL to foster the innovation that emerges from its programmes and promote it within the organisation and the wider humanitarian and development community. The Lab is an open space that facilitates collaboration and partnership between innovation champions within GOAL and key external strategic partners in order to support innovations that can be scaled to overcome humanitarian crises. GOAL’s innovations include but are not limited to programmatic approaches, digital technologies, and various engineering solutions.

The "Programme Innovation Lab" (referred to as the Lab) is led by the Digital Technology Programmes Specialist, and is part of GOAL’s Programme Technical Team (PTT) with team members based in various countries around the world. This specific role is managed through the GOAL Honduras country office alongside key Lab staff also based in Honduras.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

To provide an internship focussed on 1) the systematic review, organisation, and structuring of GOAL’s Technical Guidance documentation; 2) the automation of GMS Document Centre new upload copying, organisation, and structuring - creating a searchable, up-to-date, AI-ready knowledge base on emergency preparedness and response; climate resilience; health; nutrition; WASH; market systems development; and livelihoods programming.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES / FUNCTIONS

Review PTT Share

Point documents

Identify and extract key programmatic documents

Organise documents within the knowledge base according to designed taxonomy

Apply consistent metadata tagging

Structure content for AI-readiness

Ensure documents are properly formatted, accessible, and searchable

Identify and flag gaps in documentation and evidence

Power Automate flow to keep the knowledge base up to date

Work closely with GOAL’s Programme Technical Team to understand Technical Guidance

Provide regular progress updates to the Digital Technology Programmes Specialist

Other responsibilities:

Be prepared to undertake a wide range of other activities related to innovation systems and information management, as required by the Lab.

MINIMUM PROFILE REQUIRED

Professional Studies:

University student completing a professional internship placement in IT, Computer