Research & Evaluation Internship

About the Role

This internship focuses on driving culture change by shifting social norms that limit women and girls from reaching their full potential. The program aims to engage adolescents and young people aged 11-25 to foster an entire generation of change-makers.

Key Responsibilities

• Research & Evaluation Support:
• Undertake literature reviews for research and evaluation studies, including secondary source analysis and conceptual framework development.
• Support data collection planning and execution, and perform quantitative/qualitative data analysis.
• Assist in disseminating findings from select studies.
• Tools, Frameworks, and Methodology Development:
• Document frameworks used in Breakthrough programs.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and strategic decks for stakeholders.
• Create toolkits for partners, educators, or community organizations.
• Document impactful program initiatives and lessons learned.
• Design workshop or training modules for youth engagement and awareness building.
• Thought Leadership and Knowledge Products:
• Produce research briefs/scoping papers on emerging gender issues.
• Write thought leadership pieces contributing to sector conversations.
• Analyze global gender justice campaign operations.
• Organizational Strategy and Consulting Assignment:
• Conduct strategic landscape analysis, identifying policies, reforms, and stakeholders in gender-transformative education.
• Analyze opportunities for program expansion into new areas or geographies.
• Map stakeholders, networks, and influencers relevant to Breakthrough’s mission.
• Prepare strategic briefing documents and strategy updates.
• Gender Transformative Education System:
• Develop a virtual platform for learning.
• Create thought leadership pieces.
• Draft pitch documents and PowerPoint presentations.
• Develop a compendium of short stories of change.
• Develop a concept note bank.
• Narrative, Media, and Campaign Strategy:
• Analyze gender issue representation in digital media and public discourse.
• Conduct research for first drafts of documents on assigned gender topics.
• Support the development of campaign narratives and audience strategies.
• Conceptualize and produce content, including short-form social media.
• Assist with in-office or field-based shoots, in-app editing, and platform management.
• Provide design support as assigned.
• Corporate and Institutional Engagement:
• Develop corporate engagement strategies, mapping aligned companies and collaboration opportunities.
• Analyze corporate CSR priorities related to gender justice and social norms change.
• Develop pitch decks and partnership proposals for corporate partners.
• Design employee engagement frameworks for corporate initiatives.
• Map potential institutional collaborations with universities, foundations, and networks.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Skills in undertaking literature review, data collection, and analysis (quantitative and qualitative).
• Ability to document frameworks, prepare reports and presentations.
• Experience in content creation and storytelling, particularly for social media.
• Familiarity with corporate engagement and CSR landscape analysis.
• Skills in research, analysis, and strategic planning.
• Proficiency in relevant digital media analysis tools.
• Design support capabilities.

Qualifications

• None explicitly stated, but the role implies an interest in gender justice, social norms change, and working with youth.