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World Wildlife Fund - Climate Adaptation Intern

Posted: 03 Mar 2020 05:39 AM PST

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's leading conservation organization, seeks a Climate Adaptation Intern to support WWF Climate Crowd, a crowdsourcing initiative that convenes and supports a network of partners to gather data on how climate change is impacting people and nature, and supports on-the-ground projects that help rural communities adapt while reducing pressure on biodiversity.

Responsibilities will include:
1) conducting qualitative data analysis of Climate Crowd interviews;
2) reviewing scientific literature to complement results of data analysis;
3) compiling two-page summary reports highlighting the primary impacts on livelihoods, coping responses, and impacts to biodiversity;
4) assisting with various communications including content for newsletters, web stories, etc.

Other responsibilities will be assigned on an as-needed basis.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum of 20 hours per week
Knowledge of climate change, international development and/or ecology
Excellent research, writing and analytical skills
Attention to detail is a must
Proficient in Excel
Basic knowledge of data analysis techniques
Knowledge of Spanish a plus, but not required
Compensation:
Unpaid. For all unpaid internships, applicants must be enrolled in school and be able to obtain academic course credit from their university.

How to apply:

Please submit a resume & cover letter through our Careers page. If you are applying to more than one internship at WWF, please be sure to use the "add more cover letters" button when creating your profile. Otherwise, you may inadvertantly delete an existing cover letter. Please specify in the file name which internship each cover letter is for.

http://www.worldwildlife.org/about/careers , IN-20032

Read the full internship description in Careers4Terps by searching the ID number: 200430

Application deadline: March 25

Summer Internship - Performance and Evaluation Assistant

Posted: 03 Mar 2020 05:36 AM PST

The Performance and Evaluation Assistant is three-month internship from June through August offered at the Urban Teachers National Team. The ideal candidate is collaborative, motivated, curious, and interested in learning more about how to use program data to inform decision making at a growing national nonprofit. Candidates should be comfortable using a variety of data tools to answer questions. With the support of the Performance and Evaluation (P&E) Team at Urban Teachers National, your work will be project based and involve the responsibilities detailed below.

Target Start Date: June 2020
Location: Baltimore, MD (must be able to travel to our office in southwest Baltimore at least three days per week, including Thursdays)
Duration: about 3 months (~8hr/day 5 days/week).

Responsibilities

Complete the following projects over the course of the internship and deliver updates and/or presentations to key internal stakeholders:
Codebook creation to help the P&E and Technology Teams better understand the breadth of the data we collect and which variables we should use in our analyses.
Source publicly available data necessary for contextualize program data at the district and school level for each of our sites; analyze this data, and present to key internal stakeholders such as Site Teams and the Development Team.
Download, clean, and merge data from multiple sources to analyze trends and report out on findings.
Audit and clean program data on a regular basis.
Survey creation and analysis on an ad-hoc basis in response to organizational needs.
Data collection on an ad-hoc basis (such as focus group, interview facilitation, or note taking).
Participate in regular check-ins with supervisor and attend weekly P&E Team meetings.
Other duties to support the P&E team as assigned.

Qualifications

Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in a related field that includes courses or a focus on data analysis, using data to inform decisions, statistics, and/or research methods such as education, political science, public policy, public health, public administration, psychology, sociology, statistics, economics, nonprofit management, etc.
Experience with Google and Microsoft Office suites, particularly Gmail, Google calendar, Google forms, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize projects to meet deadlines.
Keen attention to detail.
Ability to collaborate effectively.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Familiarity with Salesforce, R, and a data visualization platform such as Tableau or PowerBI a plus, but not required.
Experience working with children a plus, but not required.

Applications due March 31.

To view this position, log into Careers4Terps and search the ID number: 200017

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