Monitoring
and Evaluation Intern at Spark MicroGrants, Rwanda – DEADLINE: 18/06/2014
and Evaluation Intern at Spark MicroGrants, Rwanda – DEADLINE: 18/06/2014
Job Title:
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern
Organization Summary:
Spark MicroGrants
partners with vulnerable communities and helps them to put their own ideas into
action. Spark uses a community-led development model and provides communities
with both a facilitation process and a microgrant.
partners with vulnerable communities and helps them to put their own ideas into
action. Spark uses a community-led development model and provides communities
with both a facilitation process and a microgrant.
Spark
MicroGrants
MicroGrants
believes in turning communities into their own agents of change,
and it does that by having local facilitators engage communities in a process
that enables them to choose, plan and implement their own project.
Job Description:
Spark
MicroGrants is seeking a Monitoring & Evaluations (M&E) Intern to
provide technical assistance, support and coordination for the Spark
MicroGrants M&E systems in Rwanda.
MicroGrants is seeking a Monitoring & Evaluations (M&E) Intern to
provide technical assistance, support and coordination for the Spark
MicroGrants M&E systems in Rwanda.
M&E Intern
responsibilities include:
responsibilities include:
•
Developing and updating resources and tools for
Spark MicroGrants M&E system, including literature reviews, surveys, and
databases;
Developing and updating resources and tools for
Spark MicroGrants M&E system, including literature reviews, surveys, and
databases;
•
Assisting with ongoing M&E efforts for current
programming, including data entry;
Assisting with ongoing M&E efforts for current
programming, including data entry;
•
Performing and supporting regular collection of
M&E data in the field;
Performing and supporting regular collection of
M&E data in the field;
•
Analyzing M&E data to support reporting to
donors;
Analyzing M&E data to support reporting to
donors;
•
Designing and implementing capacity building and
technical support for peers and field staff and partners (training, coaching,
mentoring, etc.) specific to M&E.
Designing and implementing capacity building and
technical support for peers and field staff and partners (training, coaching,
mentoring, etc.) specific to M&E.
Required Qualifications:
•
Applicants must be a graduate, or be about to
finish University in a relevant degree program
Applicants must be a graduate, or be about to
finish University in a relevant degree program
•
Highly analytical mindset, including outstanding
research skills
Highly analytical mindset, including outstanding
research skills
•
Superb oral and written communications skills in
English
Superb oral and written communications skills in
English
•
Advanced critical thinking and logical reasoning,
with the ability to take initiative and work independently
Advanced critical thinking and logical reasoning,
with the ability to take initiative and work independently
•
Flexible and able to work in many different
environments, often under short deadlines
Flexible and able to work in many different
environments, often under short deadlines
•
Demonstrated interest in international development,
public policy, advocacy
Demonstrated interest in international development,
public policy, advocacy
•
Strong quantitative skills
Strong quantitative skills
•
Highly proficient in computer skills, especially
Microsoft Word and Excel
Highly proficient in computer skills, especially
Microsoft Word and Excel
Preferred Qualifications:
•
Coursework and/or hands-on experience with
evaluation methods, including focus groups and survey design and administration
Coursework and/or hands-on experience with
evaluation methods, including focus groups and survey design and administration
•
Advanced skills in statistics and quantitative
reporting
Advanced skills in statistics and quantitative
reporting
•
Software knowledge, including Salesforce and
statistical software such as R, STATA, SAS, SPSS
Software knowledge, including Salesforce and
statistical software such as R, STATA, SAS, SPSS
•
Fluency in Kinyarwanda
Fluency in Kinyarwanda
How To Apply
Application deadline: June
18, 2014
18, 2014
Applying:
Applications can be addressed to the Country Director, and submitted through
the following mean by no later than June 18, 2014: Email: ngaboernest@sparkmicrogrants.org
Applications can be addressed to the Country Director, and submitted through
the following mean by no later than June 18, 2014: Email: ngaboernest@sparkmicrogrants.org