Innovations for Poverty Action
Job title:
Graduate Intern
Company
Innovations for Poverty Action
Job description
(IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that creates and shares evidence, while equipping decision-makers to use evidence to reduce poverty. With a long-term presence in 22 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, IPA leads the field of development in cutting-edge research quality, innovation, and impact. IPA has 20 country offices and six sector teams/initiatives that focus on research and policy in areas such as education, financial inclusion, intimate partner violence, and human trafficking.
The (HTRI) is a five-year U.S. Department of State-funded project, implemented by IPA, that brings together implementing organizations, policymakers, and researchers to build the body of evidence on interventions to reduce human trafficking and protect victims and survivors of trafficking. HTRI runs a competitive research fund that provides early stage and full research funding for teams of researchers and implementing organizations that are interested in conducting impact evaluations (randomized control trials) of interventions to combat human trafficking.
Position Summary
IPA seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented graduate intern to provide support to the HTRI team in two areas:
HTRI research, writing, and grants management support. The graduate intern will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience in an organization undertaking rigorous, cutting-edge research on human trafficking and other related issues. The intern will support the development of human trafficking research knowledge products coming out of HTRI-funded research projects, such as project summaries, evidence briefs, and presentations. The intern will also contribute to products that seek to improve research methods and ethical practices in conducting human trafficking research. Finally, the intern will support HTRI’s Competitive Fund, which is currently supporting/signing awards with 16 ) in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Human rights and social justice program development. The graduate intern will support the HTRI Program Director in conducting outreach to researchers and stakeholders, examining current and prospective research projects, and identifying research gaps that can be addressed by new IPA-led research and policy work that goes beyond human trafficking to examine complementary areas such as child labor, forced labor/labor rights, LGBTQI+ rights, and social justice.
The graduate intern will report to the HTRI Senior Program Associate and will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the HTRI Director, U.S. Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United Nations agencies, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and IPA country offices. Learning opportunities in this position are flexible depending on the candidate’s skills, interests, education, and previous experience, and will likely include attending relevant conferences and seminars and IPA training on research methods and ethics. The expected time commitment is 10-20 hours/week, depending on availability.
Responsibilities
– HTRI research, writing, and editing: The intern will support the HTRI team in the development of knowledge products and reports, including evidence overviews on the “ 4Ps” for combating human trafficking, ethical guidelines for human trafficking research, blog posts, literature reviews, project summaries, PowerPoint Presentations, reports to donors, and updates to HTRI’s Research and Learning Agenda.
– HTRI Competitive Fund support: The intern will support HTRI staff in the oversight of research subawards. Tasks include collaborating on the development of a new internal system to track active grants; updating and maintaining HTRI’ s mailing lists with past and current grantees; laying the groundwork for HTRI’ s future competitive fund rounds, such as by developing relevant documents or identifying best practices from other Sector Programs and Initiatives at IPA; and other tasks as assigned. The intern will also support HTRI’ s efforts to link organizations and researchers interested in applying to HTRI’ s future competitive funding rounds, and the development and upkeep of communications matrixes tracking partner stakeholders and potential research partners (university programs, academic networks, potential implementing organizations and researchers).
– Human rights and social justice program development: The intern will support the HTRI Program Director in conducting activities that will help inform IPA’ s efforts to expand our research and policy work into complementary areas, such as child labor, forced labor, LGBTQI+ rights, and social justice. Activities include a literature review of key impact evaluations in this space; stakeholder mapping of thought leaders and donors; concept paper(s) outlining key gaps and opportunities along with IPA’ s current capabilities and relevant studies; and other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
– Currently pursuing or recently completed a graduate degree in economics, public policy, political science, international development, or other relevant social science discipline
– Demonstrated prior experience or interest in human trafficking, human rights, or other related areas
– Strong organizational and time management skills
– Exceptional verbal and written communication
– Strong interpersonal skills, cross-cultural skills, and self-awareness
– Proactive, resourceful, and detail-oriented, with the ability to cross-check one’s own work.
Preferred
– Experience studying or working internationally
– Fluency in another language (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi)
– Familiarity with impact evaluations and randomized control trials, and/or experience in quantitative and qualitative research.
Compensation:
This is a paid internship. We value your contributions and offer a competitive pay rate of $17.00/hour for your dedicated work.
Commitment
10-20 hours/week during the 2024 spring semester (January-May 2024)
Reports to
HTRI Senior Program Associate
Deadline to Apply
January 8th, 2024
Desired Start Date
February 5th (Flexible)
Location
In-person in IPA’s DC or NY office, or remote in a US state where IPA is registered (AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, MA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA, WV.)
Application Instructions
Please submit a cover letter (required) and CV in IPA’s application portal: (insert link). The expected start date is on/around February 5, 2024.
to apply now.
About IPA
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor. In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence of which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to a tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.
IPA’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)
As an organization, IPA is dedicated to improving the lives of the world’s most vulnerable populations through evidence and policy. We also recognize how important it is for our staff to reflect the diversity of the places where we work and the communities we work with. As such, IPA is committed to hiring from a diverse pool of candidates, from a range of backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives. We know that this makes our work stronger and more responsive to the challenges faced by those we work with and for and we encourage people from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Click to learn more about IPA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Innovations for Poverty Action is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. IPA will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact us at [email protected] or via phone at 1-202-386-6200. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work to be performed by the specified position. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to [email protected]. Please note that only qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring manager.
Expected salary
$17 per hour
Location
USA
Job date
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:19:57 GMT
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