Monday, October 12, 2020

The Democracy Project - Internship Opportunity

About Us

       ResearchMethods Made Easy(RSMME)Inc., is a non-profit organization established and dedicated to promoting and building capacity in research and data literacy.

     Our vision is to become a leading organization whose programs and services equip individuals and organizations with cutting edge skills in applied research and data analytics.

    Our mission is built around three major initiatives – the data literacy project; the research literacy project; and the democracy project.

The Democracy Project

Our democracy project is designed to conduct applied research and provide support to three key stakeholders whose roles are critical to the strengthening of democracy in new and emerging democracies. The project targets – the media; female candidates running for elected office and political parties. The four broad goals of The Democracy Project are

·       build media capacity for news reporting dealing with research findings, public opinion surveys and various good governance indices;

·       Build the research and data analytics capacity of political parties for improved policy discourse; and

·       provide research training and support for female candidates running for elected office.

·       conduct applied research and produce actionable information using good governance and democracy indices.

 

Program Intern Role

The Democracy Project first initiative is work on a project called Democracy Narratives. The mail goal of the program is to document the lived experiences of citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa under their respective democratic governments. The project will work primarily with the Afrobarometer Survey – a public opinion survey of citizens in African countries on matters of democracy, economics, governance, etc.  The interns will work directly with the Executive Director and engage in the following key activities-

1.     Conduct and document background research on the countries who take part in the Afrobarometer Survey.

2.     Conduct and summarize key literature on democratization with particular emphasis on the experiences of countries in sub Saharan African.

3.     Assist in the analysis of data from the Afrobarometer Survey.

4.     Assist in the development and creation of material to be used in the compilation of a Democracy Narratives research publication.

5.     Conduct prospect research and build a database of potential donors for funding the democracy project.

What We Are Looking For

1.    1. Political science major
2. Deep interest in democratization (particular preference for students interested in Sub Sahara Africa interest)
3.  Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
4.  Basic knowledge of SPSS (we will provide additional training)
5.  Strong writing skills
6.  Strong research skills
7.  Ability to work independently
8.  Students who can commit to a semester-long internship.
9.  Students who can commit 10-15 hours a week for a spring internship and 20-25hours a week for a summer internship
10Internships are available in the spring and summer semesters

Our Commitment To The Intern

We recognize the importance of paid internships to students. That will be our first preference. However, as a newly established nonprofit, we are not in a position to provide financial compensation to our interns at the moment. We are however fully committed to ensuring a mutually beneficial relationship between our organization and the student intern. We commit to:

  • mentoring and providing the student intern with additional training in research methods and data analytics.
  • providing additional consultation opportunities for the student intern if needed and requested as they work on their individual academic research projects.
  • providing opportunity to develop experience working directly with the board of directors of a nonprofit
  • providing opportunity to develop experience working with the senior management of a nonprofit

Deadline: Continuous/ Rolling

Please submit completed application to john.osae-kwapong@rsmme.org

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