Internship Opportunity: Impact, Learning, Knowledge, and Accountability (Open to Kenyan Nationals Only)- CARE

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights. CARE’s East and Central Africa (ECA) Regional Office is part of CARE International, whose vision is to seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. The Regional Office is responsible for the oversight of CARE’s operations in the region as well as the provision of support to country offices in the region.

CARE USA Core Values Commitment

The Core Values Commitment describes who we are, what we do, and how we do it. It reflects our core values of TRANSFORMATION, INTEGRITY, DIVERSITY, EQUALITY and EXCELLENCE, which serve as a foundation for all what we do. The Core Values Commitment articulates our shared expectations of each other including our board, staff, volunteers, interns, partners and contractors globally.

Role Profile

As a leading development and humanitarian organization, CARE strives to develop a strong knowledge base of effective strategies and approaches, generate evidence of impact, and build strategic partnerships for humanitarian response, long-term development, scale-up, and global advocacy.

The Impact, Learning, Knowledge, and Accountability (ILKA) Team is looking for a dynamic and energetic intern who is eager to learn about CARE and more specifically, advocacy interventions and how to measure them. This position will report to the ILKA Knowledge Management and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Advisor. The intern will work closely with the ILKA team in managing and collecting data on the progress of advocacy interventions, and supporting the planning of workshops and rolling out of documentation.

The successful candidate should be able to embrace positivity, inquisitiveness, adaptability, critical thinking, and teamwork.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Information Management

• Assist in tracking and documenting advocacy wins and outcome-level results at regional and country level.
• Support information collection, verification, and compilation of advocacy wins.

2. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Capacity Development Support

• Support in providing technical support to targeted regional and country teams including training of staff members on M&E concepts, skills, and tools.
• Assist in building capacities for enhancing skills and knowledge for proper and quality data collection and reporting.
• Contribute in designing training materials, communication materials, and knowledge products.
• Participate in virtual internal and external monitoring through assisting in organizing and facilitating various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.

3. Reporting and Documentation

• Support analysis and visualization of both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Maintain the Advocacy MEAL CARE Shares page (Ms. SharePoint) and upload/tag documents appropriately.
• Consolidate and summarize reports from regional and country offices.

Qualifications and Experience

Education:

• University Degree (must have graduated not more than 2 years ago, or is currently a student) in a relevant field with basic knowledge of M&E concepts and related tasks.

Experience:

• Knowledge on writing reports and designing tools for data collection, data analysis, data visualization and production of reports.
• Good interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Basic knowledge on the use of Microsoft Office applications (particularly Ms. SharePoint Sites).

Key Competencies:

• Demonstrates an understanding of the vision, mission, and values of CARE.
• Establishes, builds, and maintains effective working relationships with colleagues.
• Basic understanding of the development and humanitarian context.

Travel: None