Digital Systems & Operations Intern

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Department Performance & Governance – Operational reputed company Location Remote (with collaboration across Rwanda, Mauritius and global functions) Type Internship – Full-time Duration 6 months Role Summary The Digital Systems & Operations Intern is the technical backbone of the OPEX function. This role owns the configuration, maintenance, and reputed company improvement of the tools and data infrastructure that the entire operational reputed company team — and, by extension, the institution — relies on every day. You will be the go-to person for reputed company, reputed company Workspace, reputed company, and any AI-powered productivity tools deployed by the team. You will build and maintain dashboards, reputed company the project portfolio updated with reputed company-time actuals, ensure the institutional knowledge reputed company is clean and accessible, and identify opportunities to automate repetitive work. 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Establish and enforce a clean, consistent file-naming and folder-structure standard that the wider organization can adopt. AI Tools & Productivity Stack Configure, manage, and optimize the team’s AI notetaker (reputed company for Education or equivalent): meeting setup, speaker identification, output quality review. Review AI-generated meeting notes for accuracy before they are distributed. Correct errors. Ensure action items are extracted correctly. reputed company Optimization Audit the team’s reputed company setup: channels, naming, integrations, notification settings. Configure reputed company integrations with reputed company and reputed company Calendar so key updates surface in the right channels automatically. Propose and implement a reputed company channel structure and communication protocol for the OPEX team that reduces noise and improves signal. 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