Internship in Monitoring and Evaluation

The Evaluation Unit (EVAL) is responsible for the implementation and coordination of evaluation policy, practices and oversight of selected evaluation activities funded by regular budget and donor agencies of the ILO. The unit reports directly to the Director General.

Internships with EVAL provide an opportunity for selected graduate students who are pursuing a course of study or work in one of the social sciences, economics, or public administration to increase their understanding of the work of the Office and the application of ILO principles, programmes and strategies. More specifically it will be an opportunity for interns to enhance their writing, research, analytical and data processing skills by gaining practical work experience though direct involvement in one of the following activities:

Monitoring and reporting of evaluation activities and outcomes in the ILO
Desk review for strategy and thematic evaluations (national employment policy; implementing international labour standards through sectoral approaches/ Better Work; Decent Work Country Programme of support to India);
Review of approaches to improve constituent institutional capacities, and development of capacity building in evaluation;
Evaluation knowledge management products and services (database, newsletter, web-enabled knowledge platforms, etc. );
Improving ILO capacities and quality control for impact evaluation, through the development of tools and guidelines, training, and the development and maintenance of process for tracking elements and progress.

Required Qualifications

Education
Area of studies: Social sciences, economics, or public administration

Applicant should currently follow a course of study (last year of Master degree or above), or have completed studies within 12 months prior to this application.

Experience

Experience in conducting research and academic course work in research methods; Documentable experience in analysing socio-economic data; Experience in the developing and management of databases; Specific knowledge of evaluation and evaluation methods.

Command of Microsoft Excel; familiarity with SPSS and data analysis desired; Work experience in international development, preferably at country level, would be an asset

Languages

You should have working knowledge (both oral and written) of at least one of the ILO's official languages (English, French or Spanish).

Competencies

Adaptable to an international, multicultural and multilingual environment, good communication skills and be able to work in a team.

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