Intern – Innovation

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights. CARE’s East and Central Africa (ECA) Regional Office is part of CARE International, whose vision is to seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. The Regional Office is responsible for the oversight of CARE’s operations in the region as well as the provision of support to country offices in the region.

CARE USA Core Values Commitment

The Core Values Commitment describes who we are, what we do, and how we do it. It reflects our core values of TRANSFORMATION, INTEGRITY, DIVERSITY, EQUALITY and EXCELLENCE, which serve as a foundation for all what we do. The Core Values Commitment articulates our shared expectations of each other including our board, staff, volunteers, interns, partners and contractors globally.

Role Profile

As a leading development and humanitarian organization, CARE strives to develop a strong knowledge base on effective strategies and approaches, generate evidence of impact, and build strategic partnerships for humanitarian response, long-term development, scale-up, and global advocacy.

The Innovation team is looking for an energetic, dynamic intern eager to learn more about CARE and build capabilities around driving external innovations in CARE offices. The intern will work closely with the Innovation team over the next 3 months to support in project implementation. This will be done by supporting the Innovation Manager and Senior Project Officer in their day to day tasks.

To be successful as an Intern, you should be able to embrace positivity, inquisitiveness, adaptability, critical thinking and teamwork.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Coordination Support for Project Activities for CARE Scaling Network Projects

• Support in providing technical support to project country teams including managing weekly check ins and preparing monthly reports.
• Participate in virtual internal and external monitoring of projects through assisting in organizing and facilitating various events such as meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.

2. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Capacity Development Support

• Contribute to design of training materials, communication materials, and knowledge products for the Innovation team.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential:

• University Degree (must have graduated not more than 2 years ago or is a current student) in a relevant field with basic knowledge of project management concepts and related tasks.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the vision, mission, and values of CARE.
• 0-1 years of professional working experience, preferably in an NGO context.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office Suite e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Good interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Establishes, builds, and maintains effective working relationships with colleagues to facilitate the provision of support.
• Basic understanding of the development and humanitarian context.

Desired:

• Project management experience.