Intern Public Information

Overview of position

Under the overall supervision & management of the Program Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation & Communications) & the direct supervision of the National Information Management Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation), the Monitoring & Evaluation & Communications Intern will be responsible for assisting the monitoring & evaluation team within community stabilization program as well as providing support in communication & visibility related aspects.

Role objectives

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Assist in the documentation of accurate & concise success stories / Human Interest Stories (HIS) & ensure that lessons learned from project evaluations are appropriately recorded & shared with the program teams on time.
• Assist in the coordination of third party vendors at project sites & production of communication materials for online & offline products, including photography of project deliverables, short videos, documentation & project visibility items.
• Assist in conducting monitoring & evaluation assessments including, baseline, mid term & endline surveys by supporting Casual Enumerators in the field for data collection through household surveys, Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) & Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) & HIS in timely manner.
• Interface with Enumerators & Enumerator Team Leaders to ensure effective communication during the data collection.
• Assist in continuously monitoring project implementation progress, outcomes, best practices, challenges, lessons learned & collecting relevant information for report writing.
• Maintain proper records for monitoring & evaluation equipment including but not limited to smart phones for data collection & their accessories, cameras & other electronic devices for monitoring & documentation.
• Assist in trainings & orientation sessions for Casual Enumerators to ensure adherence to our clients code of conduct, child safeguarding & protection policies.
• Provide administrative assistance to the monitoring & evaluation team during the identification & hiring of Casual Enumerators by compiling the required human resource documents from different locations.
• Assist processing payments for Casual Enumerators, undertake duty travels as needed & perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Training components & learning elements:

• The Intern will gain on site experience in working in an international multicultural environment, within the United Nations (UN) system.
• The Intern will gain a better understanding of our clients work, as an inter governmental organization in the field of migration & sustainable development, including cooperation with the government partners.
• The Intern will acquire technical knowledge in monitoring & evaluation, development of diverse communications products, environmental & community stabilization based programming.
• The Intern will have the possibility to interact with the multi stakeholder constituents as well as with the internal & external partners involved in organization & implementation of capacity building communications & knowledge sharing activities.

Project reporting

• This role will work under the overall supervision & management of the Program Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation & Communications) & the direct supervision of the National Information Management Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation).

Key competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, business administration or any other appropriate field, communications, international relations, law or a related field from an accredited academic institution.
• Demonstrated proficiency & knowledge of digital data collection & analysis.
• Experience or internship for an International Non Governmental Organisation (INGO) or a UN agency.
• Excellent & demonstrable analytical, communication & writing skills.
• Familiar with international humanitarian organizations, non governmental or governmental institutions / organizations in a multi cultural setting.
• Experience in operational activities both in humanitarian & development sector.
• Work experience in the region is an advantage.
• General knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Office such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, etc.
• Digital literacy & demonstrated knowledge of information technology in Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign, Illustrator & Photoshop is an advantage.
• Knowledge in the usage of MS Office software packages (Word, Excel, etc.) & knowledge of spreadsheet & data analysis.
• Fluency in English & Somali is required (oral & written) & working knowledge of any other language is an advantage.

Team management

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.
• The highest educational certificate of the selected candidate will be sent for verification.