About the role
GHA’s team seeks an intern who can work a minimum of 20 hours per week to support the program’s direct monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) efforts, as well as provide assistance in cleaning and analyzing data from the Community Health Assessments conducted by our implementing partners. The intern will have the opportunity to become exposed to pressing ethical issues in global health, become familiar with working with coalitions and collaborative concepts, and work with a supervisor who is interested in mentoring. The timeframe for the internship is a minimum of 12 weeks (May 18 - August 7, 2026) for 20 hrs per week. Mandatory Schedule: Thurs 10am - 2pm ET; Five Orientation days 10am-2pm ET with the possibility of an extension. The position is remote from anywhere in the world with the option to be hybrid. Click here to listen to what our prior interns have to say.
What you'll do
Program Support
● Provide support to GHA staff in advising regional program teams on monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts. Under the guidance of GHA staff, this may include:
- Reviewing or developing data collection tools, such as sign-in sheets,
pre-/post-tests, or surveys,
- Developing or updating data management tools, including developing
dashboards and data sheets to organize and compile indicator data in
Google Sheets or Tableau
- Assisting in reviewing or cleaning of program performance data,
- Following up with teams on check-in action items.
● Support GHA staff in the development of theory of change frameworks, logical
frameworks and results frameworks both at the proposal development and
project implementation phases.
● Support the visualization and analysis of program data, public opinion or survey
research data.
Database Support
● Work with the relevant program teams to collect and populate the database with realistic,
reliable, and timely historical data.
● Work to continuously check quality of data in the database for
completeness, relevance, timeliness, and other standards in accordance to the
specifications of indicators described in the performance indicators reference sheets
(PIRS).
● Provide timely support to relevant program teams in addressing database issues or
requests to allow smooth maintenance of the database.
● Attend all database training opportunities to understand skills of data entry, including data
quality standards, disaggregation requirements, reporting period, running reports and
maintaining the database with up-to-date data.
● Provide attention to details to achieve thoroughness and accuracy in data entry in the
database.
Qualifications
● Must be currently in an undergraduate or graduate program or be a recent graduate
● Can produce results in a fast-paced work environment within deadlines
● Experience with Excel, Asana, or other project management software
● Interest in monitoring and evaluation, databases, data collection, and management
processes, international development, democracy and governance, or related fields.
● Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation is preferred, but not required
● Familiarity with databases is preferred, but not required
● Familiarity with international development is preferred, but not required
Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, resume, and writing sample when applying. Please include your available days and times. The resume should be no longer than three pages. A research paper is preferred. Applications submitted without a cover letter, resume, and writing sample will not be considered.
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