Research Assistant Intern

Our focus areas: Population Dynamics and Demographic Dividend, Health and Well-being, Transformative Education and Skills Development, the Environment and Climate Change, and Governance and Accountability.
AFIDEP seeks to recruit dynamic and competent professionals to develop and grow our work through the following positions. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
AFIDEP seeks a dynamic and experienced post-graduate researcher to join our project entitled HIGH-Res as an intern. The primary purpose of the internship will be to support the implementation of the HIGH-Res programme mid-term evaluation study data collection, analysis and report writing (a three-country study). The successful candidate will be based at AFIDEP’s office in Nairobi in Kenya. The internship will be for a period of three months effective from the start date.
 Qualifications And Experience 

The intern must have a Master’s degree in public health, social sciences, population studies, development studies or equivalent
One to two years of practical experience in project management
Demonstrable experience planning and undertaking field work, qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and report writing
Experience in working and interacting with government including high ranking government officials a plus.
Experience writing policy briefs and other policy products and publishing in journalsa plus

Skills 

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to engage with collaborators from diverse cultures
Excellent communication and writing skills
Qualitative and quantitative research skills
Policy analysis and political economy analysis skills a plus
Ability to work independently with an output-based mind-set

 Duties

Under the supervision of the project M&E lead, the intern will support activities related to study population sampling, data collection, analysis and report writing and dissemination.

AFIDEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process

Apply via :

hr@afidep.org