INFORMATION SUR LE STAGE / INTERNSHIP - ICAD-CISD
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INFORMATION SUR LE STAGE / INTERNSHIP - ICAD-CISD
INFORMATION SUR LE STAGE / INTERNSHIP POSITION INFORMATION Titre du stage / Internship Position Title: MONITORING & EVALUATION DATABASE INTERN Pays / Country: Lesotho Ville / City: Leribe Secteur prioritaire / Sector: Securing the future of children and youth Description du stage / Position Description: Project Description: Help Lesotho is seeking a keen, talented database intern to help implement a new program measurement and evaluation database in rural Lesotho. Help Lesotho is mid-size international development charity that works exclusively in Lesotho (southern Africa). Our programs help 10,000 vulnerable children, youth and grandmothers annually develop resilience and strategies to move beyond the trauma they experience due to HIV/AIDS, gender inequity and poverty. Our programs are changing lives daily as children and youth gain knowledge and share what they learn with others. In order to effectively measure and communicate our impact, quantitative and qualitative data is collected using multiple modalities and instruments. To date we have not had a centralized database that is easy enough to harvest, aggregate and report in detail both annually and longitudinally. This project will build the technical capacity of the organization and local staff and oversee the implementation of a new database. The intern will work closely with program staff both at the office and in the field and in consultation with the staff in Canada to ensure the accuracy of data, staff capacity and usage of the new database. Help Lesotho’s partners such as UNFPA, USAID, EU, MSH, World Food Program, Skillshare, Canadian High Commission to southern Africa, etc. all require rigorous data management, accountability and impact evaluation. Measuring impact is a key component to gaining funds from donors of all kinds. Help Lesotho intends to operationalize its new Measurement & Evaluation (M&E) database to: measure and report on the impact of its life-transformative programs for program improvement and accountability in a timely fashion; increase overall efficiency; Provide real-time data for program improvement and decision making; track beneficiaries and programs so we best understand the progress and best practices; standardize input and minimize human error; and increase ability to access and maintain funding and meet donor expectations. Position Description: The intern will travel to Lesotho for 8-10 months (the first 6 months as an IYIP intern, the remaining months as a Help Lesotho intern) to manage the initial data entry, implementation and staff training on the database. The intern will live at Help Lesotho’s Seotlong Centre in Hlotse with occasional travel to more rural locations to support staff in program delivery while also having meaningful interactions with the Basotho people. The intern will: Familiarize him/herself with Help Lesotho’s M&E requirements; Correspond with Help Lesotho’s database developer consultants; Gather data and enter historical data in the database; Train local staff on database protocol and best-practices; Assist staff as they input data from their programs; Act as quality controller throughout the process; Build M&E reports based on requested data; and Act as a professional team member of the Lesotho office. Qualifications: Thorough understanding of the methodologies and practical elements of program-based monitoring and evaluation gained through education and/or experience; Technical capacity to understand, use and manage a cloud-based database (and to devote the required time to learn Help Lesotho’s new system); Strong computer skills (Microsoft platform and experience with databases is preferred); Experience living in rural settings and working with disadvantaged populations; Previous travel or experience in a developing country; Desire to teach and train people a database protocol related to data collection and entry; and Experience inputting data, managing duplicate records, and building reports; and Ability to be self-sufficient, confident, and happy while spending long periods of time alone (work days are always very busy, however evenings and weekends can be very quiet!) Eligibility Criteria: To be eligible for the International Youth Internship Program, you must: be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident be a post-secondary graduate—graduate of a degree or diploma program from a university, college, post-secondary school of technology, post-secondary institute or a CEGEP (collège d'enseignement général et professionnel) be between the ages of 19 and 30 have not previously participated in an internship within DFATD's IYIP initiative be legally entitled to work in Canada Application Deadline: October 31, 2015 Please send CV and cover letter to : Kate Lambert, Senior Project Officer [email protected] Date de début du stage / Start Date of Internship: January 2016 Date de fin du stage / End Date of Internship: July 2016 Organisation d’accueil / Host Organization: Host Organization: Help Lesotho Canadian Partner: Help Lesotho Détails au sujet de l’organisation d’accueil / Host Organization Details: Help Lesotho is mid-size international development charity that works exclusively in Lesotho (southern Africa). Our programs help 10,000 vulnerable children, youth and grandmothers annually develop resilience and strategies to move beyond the trauma they experience due to HIV/AIDS, gender inequity and poverty