(RFP301446) – INTERN- PABRA

INTERN- PABRA

THE ORGANIZATION

The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crisis of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.

The Alliance works with local, national, and multinational partners across Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia, and with public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.

About the position

The Alliance is looking to recruit for an Intern under Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA)  to  Strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL), and data management systems across PABRA programmes by supporting high-quality data collection, management, analysis, visualization, reporting, and digital innovation. The internship will provide practical experience in managing multi-country MEL systems while contributing to evidence generation, adaptive management, organizational learning, and donor reporting.

The internship will support Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Data Management functions across PABRA's regional programmes, including but not limited to:

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management

• Compile, clean, validate, and manage project datasets to ensure data quality and consistency.
  
• Maintain project databases, indicator tracking systems, and data repositories.
  
• Conduct routine data quality assessments and validation exercises.
  
• Prepare analysis-ready datasets to support reporting, learning, and decision-making.
  

Digital Data Systems

• Design, digitize, test, and deploy monitoring and survey tools using KoboToolbox, ODK, ONA, or related digital platforms.
  
• Configure validation rules, skip logic, and quality control mechanisms to improve data integrity.
  
• Support maintenance, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of digital data collection systems
  

Data Analysis, Visualization and Decision Support

• Analyse project monitoring data using Excel, Power BI, R, Stata, Python, or related analytical tools.
  
• Develop dashboards, visualizations, summary tables, charts, and analytical reports.
  
• Support GIS-based mapping and spatial visualization of project interventions where applicable.
  
• Generate evidence products that support programme planning, adaptive management, and strategic decision-making.
  

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting

• Support tracking and reporting of project indicators, milestones, and performance targets.
  
• Contribute to baseline, midline, endline, and special evaluation studies.
  
• Support preparation of quarterly, annual, and donor technical reports.
  
• Document project achievements, lessons learned, best practices, and success stories to strengthen organizational learning.
  

Knowledge Management and Collaboration

• Organize and maintain programme knowledge products and information resources.
  
• Prepare presentations, learning briefs, technical summaries, and communication materials.
  
• Support dissemination of lessons learned,