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Project/Team: USAID/Nigeria MEL Support Activity
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Duration: 12 months
Number of Vacancies: 2
Background:
Navanti has an exciting opportunity for interns to join our USAID/Nigeria Monitoring, Learning, and Evaluation Support Activity (MELSA) team in Abuja, Nigeria. MELSA provides a broad range of specialized technical assistance, training, data gathering and analysis, field-based monitoring, evaluations and assessments, facilitation of organizational learning and adaptation initiatives, and short-term technical assistance. We work with five technical areas: Economic Development and Growth (EGE), Education (EDU), HIV, AIDs and Tuberculosis (HAT), Health, Population, Nutrition (HPN), and Peace and Democratic Governance (PDG).
Role Purpose:
- MELSA would like to offer graduates a practical learning opportunity to gain real world experience through an internship.
- The practical experience interns will gain is expected to add to the theoretical knowledge gained during their studies.
- The opportunity is aimed at increasing interns’ employable skills as they learn from and contribute to the workplace for the duration of the internship.
- The internship will give interns experience in a variety of fields and roles and so may help to shape their future career interests.
- Interns will contribute to the work that MELSA does to monitor, evaluate, and learn from USAID/Nigeria’s development activities.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support our MEL Specialists with field-based monitoring (FBM) and Data Quality Assessments (DQA).
- Learn about and work on large scale evaluations or USAID activities – from planning stages to final reporting.
- Help with the planning and facilitation of learning events for USAID and Implementing Partners.
Job Qualifications and Skills:
- Applicants should have a degree with background in any of the following areas: Health, Agriculture, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Nutrition, Education and Governance or any related field.
- Be a recent graduate that has completed NYSC.
- Have strong written and oral communication skills in English.
- Be computer literate with proficiency in the use of MS Word, MS Outlook, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Have an interest in monitoring, evaluation and learning of development projects.
- Must be based in Abuja.
Benefits:
- Interns will be joining a great team, with highly qualified and motivated members who will be interesting and fun to work with.
- Monthly stipend.
- Monthly call and data airtime allowance for MELSA-related communications.
Application Process:
Please include a cover letter telling us about yourself and why you would like to be considered for the internship.
The letter should:
- Be addressed to MELSA HR.
- Give your contact details - email and phone number.
- Say what degree you studied.
- Tell us about yourself and why you would like to join us: What skills do you bring? What do you want to learn?
- Be not more than one page.
