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The MCC Student Volunteer Internship Program is recruiting for its Summer 2015 session. Internships are provided for students with a desire to work in the international development field and/or public sector and assignments are designed to complement the intern's educational pursuits while meeting the expressed needs of the agency and individual MCC departments.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPACT OPERATIONS: This Summer there are internship opportunities with the regional divisions focused on Europe, Asia, Pacific and Latin America, Agriculture and Land, the Social and Gender Assessment, Financial Services, and Sector Ops Teams
FRONT OFFICE INTERN: Assist the DCO Front Office, responsible for compact reporting and data, with data entry, research and analysis, knowledge management, and Compact development. Projects may include: Assisting with data entry of financial and compact related data; Supporting the development of analytical reports to assist DCO with assessing country performance; Assisting with knowledge management processes.
SECTOR OPS INTERN: Areas of work would include: Work with DVP and MDon ways to improve the efficiency of contract support operations for the entiredepartment; Learn from DCOContract Support different mechanisms required to support DCO's work and make recommendationsfor how to introduce efficiency by streamlining contract vehicles; Conduct literaturereviews on topics related to Sector Ops work.
PROCUREMENT INTERN: Areas of work would include: Set up ProcurementMonitoring and tracking indicators; Review other donors'website on their tracking indicators; Review our data onwhat we can do; Identify gaps andmeasures to fill the gaps; Develop indicatorsthat can be publically shared.
EHCD INTERN: Areas of work would include: Help organize HCDcapstone events with IREX and CHARGE; Conduct research on WEAIsurvey methodology (women empowerment in ag index – food/nutrition); Review studies thatdemonstrate the benefit of stakeholder engagement; Review latestresearch on impact of behavior change related to nutrition and WASH programming; Research recent studieson testing, teacher evaluations, O&M (El Salvador 2)
FIT/HCD INTERN: Assist the Finance and International Trade (FIT) and the Human and Community Development (HCD) Practice Units to Develop list of potential private sector partners, investors/collaborators for outreach by MCC and MCAs within HCD projects; Review existing partnership to identify best practices and lessons learned from collaborative work between private sector and HCD sector (donors, education institutions, other public sector actors) entities; Support FIT and HCD Practice Units on tasks related to human capital investments and implementation HCD Private Sector Strategy.
WATER INTERN: The MCC Water Sector Initiatives seeks interns to help advance the learning agenda within the Infrastructure-Environment-Private Sector Group. The broad research areas include: Facility Modeling - using mathematical models to optimize the location of facilities (public water points, libraries, clinics, schools, and other public facilities); Pro-poor Utility Tariff Design; System Dynamic Modeling; Cost analysis and benchmarking.
ESA INTERN: Assist with program analysis and knowledge management on MCC related investments, best practices and lessons learned. Examples of projects that an intern might carry out include Assisting with research and data analyses in the areas of project design and framework monitoring; documenting best practices on environment and social assessment methods including International Finance Corporation Performance Standards; Supporting socio-economic and environmental impact assessments related compact development and implementation.
SGA INTERN: Work with Social and Gender Assessment staff on the integration of social inclusion and gender in economic development projects, primarily in the energy/power sector, water and sanitation, etc.; Conduct literature reviews on gender and social inclusion and its relevance to economic growth and poverty reduction; Assist with developing approaches to integration of gender and social inclusion in project logics; Assist with organizing conferences on gender mainstreaming or gender/social inclusion and energy
For all above positions graduate students in good academic standing with a demonstrated interest and background in the issues identified are preferred. Experience working in a developing country is preferred. However well qualified undergraduate students will be considered.
Qualifications:
Students must meet the following requirements to qualify:
· Must be currently enrolled at least half-time in an accredited degree/diploma program (unless higher level program is specified)
· Must be in good academic standing
Must be in good academic standing
Must be a US Citizen
Apply:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/396088600
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