Summary
Date Posted: Friday, November 24 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
About ICRW:
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) advances rights and opportunities for women and girls to ensure a more gender-equal world. For 45 years, ICRW has been the world’s leading non-profit building evidence and promoting solutions for how to improve the lives of women, girls and other marginalized people.

Our research and advocacy programs focus on economic opportunity, women's health, gender norms, positive youth development, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, and equitable workplaces. Our partners and clients include community-based and non-governmental organizations; bilateral and multilateral agencies; foundations, philanthropists and corporations; governments; and academic and financial institutions.

Overview:
ICRW is seeking an intern for a period of three months. The intern will be stationed at any of the ICRW Africa offices in Kenya or Uganda. He/ She will build knowledge about ICRW’s topic areas of interest and gain increased understanding of academic and programmatic research evidence on these issues. The intern will be required to join team meetings, plan and attend events and contribute to projects that align with the team’s interests.

The intern will work closely with researchers in the ICRW Africa program to support implementation project activities. The intern will also be required to support any other relevant work as may be assigned.

ICRW shall pay a modest monthly stipend to the intern for the period of internship.

Education:
The ideal candidate will be a graduate with a university degree in Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Gender Studies, or related fields. The incumbent should have knowledge and skills in basic research and demonstrate interest in deepening knowledge in gender mainstreaming work.

Preferred knowledge, skills and qualifications:
• High commitment and openness to learning and undertaking gender research and work.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to be flexible and adapt quickly to changing work demands and priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, as well as written and verbal communication skills.
• University graduate willing to commit time to the internship for at least 3 continuous months.

Responsibilities:
The Intern will support ICRW Project Implementation as follows:
• Provide technical support in development of research proposals/ protocols, study tools etc.
• Support in conducting literature searches/ reviews.
• Provide technical support for quality implementation of research activities as shall be assigned.
• Support in field data collection (qualitative and quantitative) and management.
• Data transcription, entry, cleaning, coding, and analysis.
• Support project documentation and learning (technical writing of study findings, learning information and publications; knowledge management).
• Provide administrative assistance to projects (e.g., planning for project meetings, webinars, taking minutes, etc.)
• Assist in other tasks within ICRW Africa portfolio as needed.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV and cover letter to adminkenya@icrw.org by November 30, 2023.

Additional Information:
ICRW has zero tolerance on sexual exploitation and abuse. All consultancy offers are conditional upon the signing of our code of conduct, Safeguarding Policy with a particular focus on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Child Safeguarding.

Due to the large volume of responses we receive, ICRW is not able to provide candidacy status on an individual basis. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.


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