Project Development Intern by Innovations for Poverty Action

• Developing robust sector literature reviews and notes through desk research and stakeholder interviews.
• Scoping new research topics, including possible field work and stakeholder meetings
• Developing technical narratives and budgets for grant proposals.
• Supporting the administrative and organizational functions of the project development team, including entering records into Salesforce, tracking the status of proposals, finding new funding opportunities, researching donors, taking notes at meetings, developing new tools/systems for a more efficient workflow.
• Working with data sets, preparing and running codes for data cleaning and/or management using STATA when necessary.

• Prefer candidates who are currently pursuing or completing a Master's Degree in Economics, International development, Public policy, or other related fields; will consider strong candidates in their final year undergraduate programs with previous experience in project development and data management
• Experience with STATA or other statistical software is a plus
• Takes initiative, resourceful, and detail-oriented, with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to cross-check one's own work and respond to critical feedback
• Consistently make decisions that resolve programming related problems;
• Organized, thorough, and have great attention to detail
• Eager to learn, and gain experience in a fast-paced organization
• Familiar with randomized controlled trials

• In the body of the email, kindly indicate if you will be available for the entire duration of this internship. Most importantly, confirm if your university is willing to fund this internship or otherwise as this internship is unpaid and requires sponsorship

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