Research Intern

Terms of Reference

Organization and Project Overview  

Street Child sees a world where all children are safe, in school and learning. We specialise in supporting children and communities in low-resource environments and emergencies: recognising that the complex, compounded challenges that affect them require innovative, integrated interventions. Our interventions are informed by robust, rigorous evidence and results-oriented, optimised to create maximum impact for children at minimum cost. Since 2008, we have assisted over 250 000 children across 14 fragile, conflict and crisis affected counties across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Street Child has a strong, sustained commitment to localisation and works in partnership with 80+ local level actors and organisations, underscored by close consultation and collaboration with local communities.

Street Child is leading the South Asian Assessment Alliance: Communication and Collaborating for Change, a cross-country learning assessment program being implemented in Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Afghanistan funded by Global Partnership of Education. 

Currently in Year Zero, Street Child is looking for motivated individuals with an efficacy of desk-based research to conduct landscape analysis of learning assessments in the region. 

This is a three-month assignment to begin from August to January 2021. A long-term contract is dependent on Year Zero being successful. If successful, this will be a three-year long project. 

Position: Research Intern 

No of Position: One

Reports to: Lead Researcher

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Working Hours: 40 hours a week

The incumbent will work together under the direct supervision of the Lead Researcher. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

The research intern will undertake the following duties and responsibilities.

• Review literature and data relevant to the program with strong emphasis on education research and learning assessments
• Conduct desk reviews of documents 
• Assist in conducting interviews/meetings and preparing transcripts and research notes.
• Drafting research reports, briefing notes, knowledge products and other materials as required; 
• Other duties as required. 

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Completed university education (Preferably master or above)
• Strong writing skill in English 
• Ability to conduct basic desk research 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Nepali 
• Experience in preparing short summary pieces in English 
• Good knowledge on development and research programs. 
• Strong desire to work in children’s learning and Education sector.
• Strong team player

Other Competencies:

Communication and Knowledge Management Skills:

• Good interpersonal, communications, and facilitation skills.
• Consistently creates and shares knowledge products for different audiences.

Interpersonal and Organizational skills:

• Collaborative within the team, consortium and stakeholders.
• Problem solving and flexible.
• Capacity to take initiative and work independently with minimum instructions and as a team member in a diverse workforce.
• Proactive with multitasking abilities.
• Has social skills- builds and maintains relationships within the organization and with stakeholders.
• Adept at collecting, collating and curating data in the form of weekly, quarterly and yearly reports.

Accountability:

• Adhere to Street Child of Nepal’s Code of Conduct, ethics, safeguarding policies and other existing organizational policies at all times.
• Accountable towards the role responsibilities and deliverables, demonstrating high efficiency at work while adhering to the core values of Street Child of Nepal.
• Able to hold the team accountable in delivering planned activities of a high standard.

Creativity and Integrity:

• Adapts to change and is open to new ideas of teaching and learning pedagogies.
• Encourages team to be innovative in working ideologies and processes.
• Is honest and transparent at work with high level of integrity.

Application Procedure:

If you are a self-motivated individual, who also believes in the mission and vision of this organization and meet the above mentioned skills and qualifications please send your updated CV with three (3) references and a cover letter explaining why you believe you qualify for this job at streetchildofnepal@outlook.com not later than 17th August 2020. The subject should clearly mention, “Application for the position of Research Intern.” 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted-please do not contact us directly. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. Canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process will lead to automatic disqualification of the application. 

Street Child of Nepal is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates and candidates from minority community, groups and caste are highly encouraged to apply.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work and all employment offers are subject to satisfactory reference checks.