Country: United States of America
Closing date: 21 Nov 2014
Background
Social Impact (SI) is an Arlington, VA-based international development consulting firm. We provide a full range of innovative management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies. To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com.
SI is seeking a part-time Intern to provide technical, logistical and administrative support for the firm’s Impact Evaluation Practice. The position is based in Arlington, VA. The Intern will report to one of SI’s IE Deputy Directors.
The impact evaluation team emphasizes methodological rigor, while realizing that each evaluation occurs in a unique operating environment. SI employs mixed-methods approaches, building on the strength of both quantitative and qualitative findings, and a wide range of innovative IE designs, rather than relying on a narrow set of design options. Utilizing the range of IE methodologies, including randomized control trials (RCTs) and a suite of quasi-experimental designs (QEDs), we draw from deep expertise with up-to-date, effective, and innovative methodologies. SI's IEs are characterized by a practical focus on the production of usable policy- and program-relevant information. We provide clients and implementing partners with the ability to make strategic decisions in order to maximize program impact. Pairing IE with cost effectiveness analysis, we are able to provide clients with robust information on the relative strengths of competing policy choices. The impact evaluation intern will be exposed to a variety of stages in the impact evaluation process, and will have the opportunity to contribute to projects from various sectors.
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Conduct background and supporting research for ongoing and upcoming IEs
- Assist with data management, including cleaning and analyzing data
- Assist with electronic data collection preparation and programming
- Copy edit evaluation reports and other documents
- Draft sections of various evaluation documents
- Support marketing, business and proposal development related to new IE and other evaluation-related opportunities
- Organize and schedule events associated with various SI contracts
- Help with various other administrative tasks as is necessary.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree (in progress or recently completed) in International Development, International Relations, Development Economics, or a closely related field
- Coursework in statistics, preferably econometrics
- Experience with academic research in a related field
- Familiarity with statistical software programs, primarily Stata
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills
- Program evaluation experience (preferred)
- Overseas experience and knowledge of a foreign language (preferred)
- Experience working with USAID, MCC, or other donors (preferred)
Length of Internship & Compensation
Duration
This internship is for the Spring 2015 semester with the possibility of extending to the next academic semester depending on performance. A full time intern would be preferred, but we will also consider well-qualified part-time interns. Stipend of $1000 per month for a full-time intern of $500 per month for a part-time intern.
Interested candidates should post their resume, references and other supporting documentation to Devex. Candidates must be local to the Washington, DC metro area. No relocation provided. We will only contact qualified candidates. No phone calls.
How to apply:
To Apply: Please submit a cover letter and CV via DevHire: https://socialimpact.devhire.devex.com/jobs/330219
Visit our website at www.socialimpact.com to get a window into SI.
All candidates must be eligible to work on a stipend basis in the US without any special provisions.
No phone calls or visits please.
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