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The purpose of the USAID Learning Activity (ULA) is to further strengthen USAID/Uganda performance and improve the performance of its implementing partners, with a focus on collaborating, learning and adapting, in order to enhance the impact and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda’s development. The ULA will achieve this through three objectives:

• Collaboration: Strengthened collaboration, both internally and with external stakeholders, enables USAID to better leverage expertise, learning and resources; and deepens local ownership.
• Learning: Systematic learning, through applied research, monitoring and evaluation, informs and improves the relevance, quality and cost- effectiveness of programs and operations
• Performing: Adaptive management of program implementation and meta-level interventions to improve the quality of USAID program outcomes.

ULA’s Internship Program is anchored within the Performance Improvement Pillar’s capacity to deliver results and rooted in USAID’s vision of fostering local capacity, ownership, and sustainability. The Internship Program aims to build capacity by providing the opportunity for recent graduates to utilize innovation and practice to strengthen their skills in improving program results in research, data management, logistics, monitoring and learning, and administration. There is one (1) total open intern position in the Learning department.

The selected intern will receive a modest stipend to facilitate/cover commute, communication and daily expenses.

Period of Performance: 

6 months (May 1, 2023 – November 1, 2023) full-time.

Purpose:

The short-term Monitoring and Evaluation Intern will support ULA to improve systematic learning through monitoring and evaluation that informs and improves the relevance, quality, best practices, cost-effectiveness, and impact of USAID programs.

Responsibilities 

• Support the Learning Team in the conduct of desk research on topics related to USAID’s Development Objectives
• Perform statistical analyses, synthesize key highlights and actions during internal/external meetings
• Design monitoring, evaluation, and learning plans, monitor progress, and evaluate activities
• Contribute to data input and cleaning
• Provide logistical support during fieldwork including conducting surveys, scheduling interviews, and note-taking
• Foster cross-learning discussions and exchanges cross the ULA with special interest in Performance and Learning Pillars
• Take notes during internal meetings and distribute as needed
• Synthesize and document insights and innovations for sharing and scaling-up through desk reviews, learning sessions, training, and experience sharing
• Participate in available ULA learning opportunities including workshops, learning sessions, training, and events
• Utilize USAID guidelines to ensure compliance while drafting reports, work plans, trackers, and other documents
• Execute other tasks to support ULA as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelors in Statistics, Economics, Monitoring & Evaluation, or another relevant field.
• Must have graduated within the previous 24 months. No candidates over 24 months’ post-graduation are eligible for the internship program.
• Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and display initiative.
• Excellent skills in using quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Receptive to feedback and open to learning.
• Proven integrity, problem solving, analytical and interpersonal skills with ability to multi-task.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.
• Demonstrated skills in research, data management, systems management and reporting.
• Excellent skills in planning, organizing, preparing facilitation materials and guides.
• Good analytical, writing, communication and presentation skills