Call for Research Interns (professional internship)

1. About the Economic Policy Research Network

The Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN Rwanda) is a membership-based Research Institution established in 2018 to contribute to the evidence-based economic policymaking by providing high-quality research, building capacity and creating networking opportunities. EPRN Rwanda has a legal personality as an NGO (registered through RGB; Reg. No. 403/RGB/NGO/LP/11/2018) but also has an affiliated business firm called EPRN Consult Co Ltd (registered through RDB; Registration Company Code No.107900371) to conduct commissioned assignments.

EPRN’s offices are at the University of Rwanda, Gikondo Campus and our website is: www.eprnrwanda.org. The main activities of EPRN are as follows:

• EPRN provides capacity building sessions in areas of Impact Assessment, Strategic Leadership and Governance, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Planning and Evaluation, Projects Management, Resource Mobilization, and Statistical Software like STATA, Advanced Excel, SPSS, Python, R, etc.
• EPRN organizes high level policy dialogues which involve policy makers, researchers, academia, CSOs and media to brainstorm on relevant topics and come up with recommendations to the concerned actors.
• EPRN also conducts Baseline, Mid-term and Endline surveys; and other type of research work.

2. About this internship opportunity

EPRN is currently recruiting “Two Research Interns” to learn and contribute on developing research proposals and gain hands-on skills on conducting applied research. Key responsibilities to the interns will be the following:

• Participate in routine research work of EPRN (data collection, analysis and report writing)
• Contribute on research proposals writing
• Support the organization in organizing research dissemination events (conferences, workshops and policy dialogues)

3. Required qualification and experience

 The candidate should have the following as a minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in any relevant field with proven 3 years work experience or Masters’ degree in any relevant field with proven 1-year work experience
• Fluency in English and French is required (written and spoken)
• Having some level of previous experience in research or proposal writing is an added value
• Communication skills are required

Interested candidates are requested to send their application letter, updated CV and copy of the highest degree by not later than Monday, August 19^th 2024 through [email protected] and copy [email protected] OR bring hard copies at EPRN office located at Gikondo, Kigali Monday, August 19^th 2024. Only pre-selected candidates for the test will be contacted.

For potential further information, do not hesitate to call us through 0788357648 or write through [email protected] .

Done at Kigali on 02/08/2024.