Job Information
Save The Children Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning Intern (IP) in Fairfield, Town of, Connecticut
Description
Summary
Save the Children’s global health programs are dedicated to ensuring that the world’s most vulnerable mothers and children have a healthy start, with access to and use of high impact, evidence-based services and adopting healthy behaviors. In collaboration with host countries and leading global development organizations, the Department of Global Health (DGH) addresses the unique and complex causes of maternal, newborn, and childhood illness, death, and malnutrition, to ensure that children in resource-poor and emergency situations not only survive—but thrive.
The scope of work will focus on monitoring and evaluation and research support for the DGH Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Team with focus on the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership award. The intern will work with the team to compile, analyze, document, and disseminate data and information from programming, while supporting data use and capacity-building.
What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact)
Support the DGH MERL team with data analysis, document summaries, operational guidance, and technical writing related to data use and adaptive management for the USAID funded MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Project.
Assist in the creation of protocols, tools, and other materials for submission to IRBs, including work with country teams for adapting these tools to country contexts as required.
Draft reports, blogs, and briefs as needed to highlight the research and technical learnings from the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership Project.
Required Qualifications
Must be an actively enrolled Associate, Bachelor, Master or other post high school education program, or have graduated within 6 months of program start date
Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
Professional proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals and teams
Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team
Able to handle confidential and proprietary information appropriately and with discretion
Demonstrated commitment to fostering an environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
What’s In It for You
Structured learning and development program
Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
Highly collaborative and innovative teams
Networking program with managers across the organization
Flexible schedule
A family friendly work environment
The knowledge that the work you are supporting is changing the lives of children all around the world
Classification: Intern / Fellow
Compensation: $17 / hour
Hours: 24 hours per week
Dates: January 27, 2025 – April 18, 2025
About Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.
Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.
Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)