School Health and Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation Intern - Save the Children

Location:	US - DC - Home Office
Division:	International Programs
Description
Save the Children   Summary School Health and Nutrition (SHN) addresses the critical health and nutrition factors that keep children out of school and reduce their ability to learn effectively when in school.  Many school-age children in developing countries are heavily affected by parasites, such as intestinal worms and malaria, and nutritional deficiencies such as anemia. Healthier children stay in school longer, attend more regularly, learn better and grow into healthier and more productive adults. SHN program activities include deworming, micronutrient (vitamin A and iron) supplementation, malaria treatment, and vision and hearing screenings in schools. The program also works with communities to increase access to safe drinking water, sanitary latrines and hand-washing facilities in schools. Through SHN activities, children acquire knowledge and adopt positive habits that improve their health, nutrition and hygiene and prevent HIV/AIDS.  Effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is essential if comprehensive school health programs.  Many M&E resources exist to assist the M&E of different aspects of school health programs.  Save the Children Country Offices report regularly on their SHN programs.  Additionally, Save the Children and partners have recently completed international guidelines to monitor and evaluation SHN programs around the world.  The School Health and Nutrition  team seeks an intern to support our Monitoring &Evaluation.  The intern will have four main tasks:  Consolidate SHN reporting forms data from Country Offices for FY 2012 and produce summary data and a summary narrative. Source and consolidate Save the Children International Quality Learning Environment (QLE) surveys for FY 2012 Support the SHN team with finalizing the international SHN guidelines on M&E following the pilot test of guidelines (checklists) in four countries (due Feb-April 2013) Review the Save the Children QLE questionnaire in light of the international SHN guidelines pilot and the consolidation of QLE survey data for FY 2012.   Responsibilities Consolidate SHN reporting forms data from Country Offices for FY 2012 and produce summary data and a summary narrative. Clean dataset Identify problems or inconsistencies in the dataset and work with Technical Advisors and Country Offices to find answers Consolidate data from approximately 20 countries into one data set—the SHN portfolio. Produce summary data Write summary narrative Update the SHN reporting form format for 2014   Source and consolidate Save the Children International Quality Learning Environment surveys for FY 2012 Work with Save the Children International M&E staff to consolidate QLE data from Save the Children International’s programs Analyze SHN data within the QLE data Write summary of data analysis. Support the SHN team with finalizing the international SHN guidelines on M&E following the pilot test  of guidelines (checklists) in four countries (due Feb-April 2013) Update the national and school level checklists of the 8 core SHN indicators of FRESH Support the M&E coordinating working group with consolidating the recommended thematic indicators from various thematic experts and support the group in any other way recommended. Review the Save the Children QLE questionnaire in light of the international SHN guidelines pilot and the consolidation of QLE survey data for FY 2012. Review the SHN QLE questionnaires in light of the data from FY 2012 and pilot test of international SHN guidelines to identify common threads Recommend changes if any to the QLE questionnaires Explain the links and relationships between the QLE survey, FRESH M&E guidelines and SHN reporting form.   Requirements Masters in Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, or equivalent Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation Analytical and highly organized Able to work efficiently with minimal supervision Fluency analyzing data in Microsoft Excel Other languages especially French or Spanish would be a bonus. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Must be able to receive credit from their college or institution. (A minimum requirement is a letter from a professor supporting the candidate. This is only needed when an internship is offered.) Please attach resume and cover letter to your application To receive full consideration, applications must be received by March 31st 2013 Classification       Unpaid Intern    Location:  remote or DC          Part-time:  20 hours/week        Dates:  May 27, to December 31, 2013         Save the Children does NOT provide housing or transportation Save the Children Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters. . Apply Online