Internship – Project Assistant

ABOUT EXIGO – Exigo Research & Communications is an independent and non-partisan consulting firm headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Our team of local and international experts include monitoring and evaluation specialists, social researchers, technical experts and media experts with on the ground experience and access to hard to reach and marginalised communities around the world. Exigo provides Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and research services for humanitarian and development actors, to inform their programming and inform decision-makers through evidence based research by documenting lessons learned from past experiences, and informing future interventions and policy.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Project Officer in the coordination of ongoing projects
• Transcription of interviews from Arabic to English, English to Arabic
• Support with translations of data collection tools from English to Arabic
• Quality check of transcriptions and translations
• Conduct qualitative interviews as needed
• Support the research team in the coding of qualitative data
• Support in the preparation of research findings
• Participate in relevant workshops, meetings, and/or trainings
• Provide additional support as needed
• Participate in team meetings.

Report to: Project Officer, Research Programme Manager

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Degree in a relevant field of study
• Fluent in Arabic and English
• Experience working in the humanitarian and development contexts
• Experience in and knowledge of the context in the MENA region
• Willingness to learn and open to new ways of working
• Good organisational and effective time management skills

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Strong team player with good interpersonal skills
• Fast learner, able to adapt to change quickly
• Thoroughness in work and detail-oriented
• Comfortable in cross cultural communication with people from different backgrounds.