Internship
Announcement
Mercy
Corps is a leading global relief and development agency saving and improving
lives in the world’s toughest places.
In
more than 40 countries, we partner with local people to put bold ideas into
action, help them overcome adversity and build stronger communities.
We
help communities survive and move beyond emergencies. When natural disasters
strike, economies collapse or conflict flares, Mercy Corps is there.
Mercy
Corps is looking for committed and dynamic individual to take up the following
position.
Position: Data Intern
Location: Turkana County
Mercy Corps implements high-quality, analytical development work in very difficult places. We have been operating in Kenya since 2008 and are presently implementing development programs across the Central, Rift Valley, North Western and Northern Eastern regions of Kenya.
We are
currently in the second year of implementation of a 3-year Nike Foundation
funded GIRL program, focused on improving livelihoods in Turkana and West Pokot
(Kenya) and Karamoja (Uganda) regions.
The
GIRL Program (Girls Improving Resilience with Livestock) aims to empower
pastoralist adolescent girls to improve their livelihoods and personal agency,
as well as increase the food security and resilience of their households and
communities.
Mercy
Corps seeks to hire the services of an intern to support data entry, field
monitoring missions and program activities as assigned.
A
brief description of the program, purpose of the internship, scope of work,
required qualifications and other relevant information is presented as follows.
GIRL
aims to empower 12,000 pastoralist girls, ages 12 to 19, to improve their
livelihoods and personal agency, as well as increase the food security and
adaptive capacity of their households and the resilience of their communities.
Purpose
of Internship
The
Intern’s main objective is to enter data collected during the GIRL Program’s
enrolment activities, mentors and girls reports, and monitoring of Girl groups
as assigned.
Supervised
by the GIRL Program Manager, he/she will be responsible for collecting,
entering and cleaning data, preliminary preparation of data to allow analysis
for monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Responsibilities:
The
Intern will support the team through the following activities:
- Responsible
for updating program databases;
- Update
the following program databases: Mentors and Girl enrolment, mentors
reports, livestock distribution, post training and post distribution
surveys, group attendance and savings, asset monitoring;
- Participate
in daily debriefs, discuss challenges and any data entry issues;
- Fully
participate in Girls training activities;
- Conduct
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian
mission;
- Other
duties as assigned.
Learning
Objectives
At the
completion of this internship, the intern will:
- Have
refined skills in data collection, cleaning, labelling and entry into
excel data bases
- Be
able to create excel data bases and do simple data analysis
- Understand
adolescent girls programming with ability to monitor activities
Deliverables: The Intern is expected to deliver complete, accurate, legible
and cleaned databases.
Eligibility:
- A
recent graduate or a student in the final year of study undertaking a
Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration, Statistics, Economics or
related field from a recognized University or a combination of education
and professional background with intermediate academic qualifications in
the fields of livestock, rural development and community development
focused on marginalized communities;
- Basic
knowledge on Monitoring and Evaluation
- Experience
conducting research and analysis from primary and secondary data sources
- Strong
computer skills (Excel and Word)
- Previous
database creation, data entry and data base maintenance experience
- Familiarity
with the area of assignment including the livestock system, sound
contextual knowledge
- Fluency
in speaking local Turkana language is required
- Good
interpersonal communication skills
How to
Apply
Interested
candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should
submit a cover letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three references
(including a University Lecturer) to ke-hrkenya@mercycorps.org on or before
25th September, 2016 by 4.00pm.
The
email subject line must clearly show the job title and location they are
applying for.
Please
do not attach any certificates.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.