MEL Officer - Intern

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline, preferably development studies, social sciences, economics or statistics (completed prior to internship start date)
  
• Well-organized, reliable, and self-motivated
  
• Helpful and responsive (e.g., when dealing with ad-hoc requests for providing support)
  
• Resourceful, creative, who enjoys problem-solving
  
• Impeccable writing skills with meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills
  
• Curiosity, creativity, and fearlessness in contributing new and bold ideas
  
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
  
• Ability to meet deadlines and effectively multi-task
  
• A willingness to fail fast and forward while respecting and valuing input from a global and diverse team
  
• Ability and willingness to work in a startup culture that may require fluidity in roles from week to week
  
• Intermediate experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Applications
  
• Responsive to manager’s feedback, ability to take direction and execute work independently with minimal oversight in a remote working environment
  
• Passionate about making a positive difference
  

• Support in the production and presentation of the 2025 annual report & impact and lessons learned publication
  
• Support in training delivery of the global MEL framework.
  
• Support following up the data collection for the 2025 report.
  
• Assist with new initiatives in areas of health, education, and the environment in IIRR country offices
  
• Support in the identification/recording of key analytic tools for measuring the impacts of IIRR rural development programs
  
• Support in grant proposals through research and/or writing.
  
• Assist in creating new short-term initiatives on health, climate change adaptation and/or nutrition
  
• Provide research and authorship assistance for publications