Graduate Student Intern (Southeast Asia)

Graduate Student Internship

Location: Manila, Philippines

Please note that India is not included in the Southeast Asia office hiring process.

About IDinsight

We amplify social impact by partnering with leaders to develop tailored solutions. Our mission is to improve lives with data and evidence. We transform how the world fights poverty.

IDinsight is a global nonprofit that equips leaders with the data, evidence and technology to improve lives at scale. We partner with governments, NGOs, multilaterals, and funders to support decisions at every stage of their impact journey – from bold pilots to nationwide scale-ups. Our teams bring rigorous evidence and practical insights so leaders can make informed decisions that truly change lives. With our partners, we are pioneering the next frontier of social impact, where data and technology accelerate progress for millions. We help leaders overcome the three main barriers to impact:

• Figuring out what works
• Learning and improving
• Reaching and operating at scale

We work in multiple countries across Asia and Africa. Our work spans a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, education, health, governance, sanitation, financial inclusion, and other areas.

We have expertise in a variety of rigorous approaches and methodologies, which we tailor to each client depending on their needs and constraints. To achieve a positive social impact we:

• Support our partners with the full ‘data and evidence’ value chain – from primary data collection to data systems, monitoring evaluation and learning tools, and data science
• Inform funding decisions – toward high-impact initiatives and away from less effective programs or approaches
• Create cutting-edge AI-for-good products that make the delivery of social interventions and learning tools more cost-effective and scalable

Our diverse, growing team of roughly 250 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Learn more about our mission, values, and principles at www.IDinsight.org.

About the Graduate Student Intern role

We seek leaders who are passionate about making a difference, possess exceptional analytical skills, and thrive in an entrepreneurial, developing country setting. The ideal graduate intern would be interested in joining IDinsight in a full-time role following their graduation and would take advantage of the graduate internship to identify a potential long-term role in the organization. Successful graduate interns are highly likely to be considered for roles at IDinsight upon graduation.

To maximize learning for the graduate intern and contribution to IDinsight, the graduate internship will be tailored to the specific interests and skills of the intern rather than committed to certain projects at this time. The graduate internship will likely involve a semi-autonomous project within a larger client engagement, or supporting internal regional strategic priorities, which the intern will be responsible for leading with minimal to moderate support from supervisors. Potential projects will be discussed during the interview process. The graduate intern will receive significant support and mentorship from IDinsight leadership.

The graduate intern will be based in IDinsight's Manila office for a period of 8-12 weeks, or will work remotely with our teammates in Jakarta or Hanoi, depending on their profile and project assignments. The exact project assigned to the graduate intern will be the result of conversations between the intern and his/her IDinsight supervisor to ensure that it is carefully designed to meet the interests and skills of the intern and the needs of the organization. Examples of the types of projects that former graduate interns have carried on include (but are certainly not limited to) the following:

• Developing IDinsight’s evaluation plan for an education impact evaluation.
• Creating data collection tools for a water, sanitation, and health survey.
• Running fieldwork operations for a process evaluation for a health program.
• Analyzing data for the process evaluation of a rural development program.
• Creating a set of monitoring indicators for a large education governmental program.
• Presenting findings from an impact evaluation to IDinsight government clients at the highest level of government.
• Conducting stakeholder mapping in new sectors or countries and initiating partnership development conversations with priority stakeholders.
• Helping structure and set-up a partnership between IDinsight and another organization.
• Contributing to one of IDinsight's learning partnerships (for instance: scoping of a new workstream, supporting existing workstream, etc.)
  

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a graduate degree (Master's or equivalent). We strongly encourage applications from candidates who have secured full funding for their studies, whether through institutional scholarships, fellowships, or external grants
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience in international development, research and evaluation, data analytics, consulting, or program management
• Strong writing and analytical skills, with exposure to (either via professional work experience or academic coursework) the basics of econometrics, data and research analysis tools, and quantitative and qualitative research processes or an ability to quickly understand these topics

• Highly organized, attentive to deadlines, and able to manage a high volume of work with efficiency
• Excellent interpersonal skills, can effectively engage with stakeholders ranging from school children to senior government officials to internal colleagues, and places a high value on being a teamplayer
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter and fast learner; resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges

Nuts & bolts

Location

Graduate interns will preferably work from the Southeast Asia Office's headquarters in Makati City, but we are open to candidates who can work remotely from Jakarta, Indonesia, or Hanoi, Vietnam.

Start dates

Start dates are flexible and will be mutually agreed upon, taking into account both candidate preferences and project timelines.

Duration

The internship period is projected to last for 10-12 weeks.

IDinsight’s commitment to reducing power asymmetries

IDinsight is committed to reducing power asymmetries in the social sector. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion reflects our understanding of the need for the sector to abandon unhealthy practices of the past. We wish to be part of a new generation of international NGOs who are honest about this history and transparent about our role in the present. Our commitment is also aligned with the impact of our work.

We seek a workforce that is inclusive of a variety of perspectives that will help us refine and improve our methods and relationships, and strengthen the services we provide our clients and their communities or constituencies. The following commitments represent our vision for the IDinsight team:

1. IDinsight will have greater representation from the populations with whom we work and clients we serve.
2. IDinsight will have greater representation from the countries in which we work.
3. Across all countries in which we recruit, we will seek greater representation from historically excluded communities.
4. IDinsight will foster an inclusive work culture that empowers a diverse team to do their best work.

IDinsight is committed to non-discrimination in our recruitment, employment practices, and organizational culture, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.