Internship Assignments

• Participate in developing and implementing the Country Programme result based M&E plan to generate regular information related to the progress of the program implementation.
• Participate in designing data collection tools, templates, and assist in regular data collection or generation processes.
• Assist the Senior Officer, DME in providing technical support to project staff on implementing the M&E plan.
• Participate in data collection and analysis to determine progress achieved

Project Information Management

• Assist in tracking the project’s output and outcome level results on the periodic basis in close coordination with the project’s implementing team as well as with Implementing Partners.
• Support data collection, verification and compilation from the field as stipulated in the M&E plan.
• Review and compile monitoring reports, project progress reports, evaluation reports, photographs, case studies video documentaries, PowerPoint presentations, etc.
• Update and maintain the project database.

M&E Development Support

• Assist the M&E to build the capacities of the implementing partners for enhancing skills and knowledge for proper and quality data collection and reporting.
• Contribute to design TOR, training materials, communication materials, and knowledge products related to the program/project and M&E System.
• Support the M&E to ensure that reports from partners/consultants are complete and meet the Search standards and quality requirements.
• Assist in the quality assessments of project design, implementation, and closure based on Search corporate quality assurance standards.

Reporting And Documentation

• Consolidate Country Programme quarterly progress reports and submit them to the supervisor.
• Work with the project team to prepare periodic reports of the project by providing M&E related information.
• Support Programme and Project Managers to ensure that lessons learned from the Country Office evaluations are documented properly in the corporate databases.
• Contribute to developing and managing knowledge products (knowledge management) of the project.

General Responsibility

• Participate in virtual internal and external monitoring through assisting in organizing and facilitating various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.
• Work closely with the project team and relevant stakeholders for monitoring and evaluation of project interventions.
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities related to DM&E as assigned by the supervisor.
• As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Internship Terms

• For the purpose of the internship in Kenya, the intern will be supervised by the Country Media officer, who will be responsible for setting tasks and evaluating the intern’s work.
• The work objectives above will be undertaken by the intern on the basis of 5 working days per week, with any days off agreed in advance with the supervisor.
• The internship will be based in Garissa.
• The period of the internship will last from January 2025 through June 2025.
• The internship may be terminated by either side by informing the other in writing giving 1 months’ notice.
• The prospective intern is required to have a laptop for ease of operations.

Qualifications

• University Degree- Bachelors/Masters in a relevant field with at least sound knowledge in designing, implementing M&E related tasks
• Knowledge on writing reports, and designing tools for data collection, analysis and production of reports
• Good interpersonal, communications, and facilitation skills
• Knowledge of managing databases
• Analytical knowledge including knowledge of Microsoft applications
• Working knowledge of the English and Swahili language along with writing and communication skills