Graduate Internship in Research and/or Data Management

About Us

R-DATS Consulting (‘R-DATS’) is a research, evaluation, data collection and statistical services firm. R-DATS uses advanced and innovative research, evaluation, and statistical methods to gather high-quality data and generate strong evidence for impact and improved policy decisions. We support both local and international organizations, businesses, government ministries and agencies, and non-profits. The research, evaluation and data processing activities at R-DATS Consulting are guided by core ethical principles and data privacy standards of our organization, the organization we work for and the country where we are to carry out the assignments.

Sectors of Research Interest:

Health, WASH, Food Security and Nutrition, Education, Peace and Reconciliation, Green Energy, financial Inclusion and Consumer Protection and Humanitarian efforts.

Overall Responsibilities

Support the Implementation of R-DATS project development, research, monitoring, and evaluation activities. This position provides an excellent opportunity to gain extensive hands‐on experience in research, survey, project development and data management.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

The Research and Data Intern will be expected to carry out the following activities:

Support project development and research proposal writing. These may include to:
- Support business opportunity identification and EOI development.
- Support timely and quality research proposal submissions.
- Serve as primary proposal writer, polish technical content into proposals.
- Assist management of bid queries and responses.
- Generate bid submission report and track success ratios.
Assist in conducting research and data collections activities (e.g. baseline, impact evaluation, mid-term reviews). These may include to:
- Assist with drafting data collection tools.
- Support data collection, entry, validation, and cleaning activities.
- Provide support in ensuring that all data quality protocols are followed during data collection and cleaning to ensure the data is of the highest quality.
- Assist in identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks.

- Data collation, basic analysis, visualizations, reporting and dissemination.
Work with R-DATS team to develop reports, collate, and disseminate success stories and lessons learnt and well as research communication materials for publications.
Support in planning on-going day-to-day research activities within the framework of ongoing projects implementation plans.
Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

A BSc or HND degree in statistics, social sciences (i.e. Sociology, Demography, Psychology etc.), public health, public policy, international development, or related fields.
Master’s degree in any of the above fields is desirable (an advantage). Master’s degree students currently finalizing their dissertations are also eligible to apply.
Familiarity or prior experience in business development or proposal management, ideally in corporate sector/INGOS is an advantage.
Experience in conducting/participating in research, data analysis, data visualizations, monitoring and evaluation of programmes is desirable but not compulsory.
Attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset.
Cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Ability to work independently, problem-solve, and enlist support, when needed.
Capacity to use Microsoft office suites required.
Strong quantitative skills and familiarity with data programming, data visualization and statistical software such as Stata, SPSS, R, Tableau, NVIVO, ATLAS Ti, Power BI ODK or SurveyCTO (preferred)
Familiarity with qualitative research process, an added advantage.
Familiarity with large secondary data such as MICS, DHS, NARHS, or sources, an added advantage
Applicants must have completed NYSC.
Applicants must be resident in Abuja or have a place to stay in Abuja upon internship offer.

Kindly Send Your Brief Cover Letter and Recent CV to:

Email: hr@rdatsconsulting.org
Subject Title: Graduate Internship (Research and/or Data Management)
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Deadline: 25th February 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.