Trainee to support our Evaluation Department

We are currently looking for a TRAINEE to support our Evaluation Department. An “evaluation” consists of assessing the relevance, results, impact, efficiency and sustainability of a policy or programme. A large proportion of the evaluations conducted by the Department concern donor intervention strategies in the field of development cooperation, in a variety of sectors and countries. The Evaluation Department also continuously develops own methodologies and tools for conducting such evaluations. 

Recent examples of our work include the following:

• Evaluation of EU Microfinance Programme for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries
• Evaluation of EU support to Private Sector Development in Third Countries
• Evaluation of EU Support to Conflict Prevention and Peace Building
• Impact Evaluation of 4 projects of the Belgian Cooperation

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate to the evaluation studies conducted by ADE, in particular for:

        o    Data collection
        o    Quantitative and qualitative research and analysis;

• Active research support on different evaluations;
• Contributing to other ADE activities, including support to proposal writing and general business development (general or more occasional strategic research)

PROFILE
MAIN SKILLS REQUIRED

• Currently studying for a university degree preferably in Economics or Finance
• Outstanding academic records
• Strong analytical skills;
• Strong capabilities in qualitative and quantitative data analysis;
• Strong writing and presentation skills;
• Strong organisational and planning skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams;
• Very good command of the main computer software packages (Word, PPT and Excel).
• An excellent level of written and spoken French and English;

WOULD BE AN ASSET: 

• Experience in evaluation of public policies or research programmes;
• Knowledge and understanding of the functioning of EU institutions and key EU policies, and of development cooperation issues;
• Knowledge of statistical software packages (e.g. SPSS, E-views, Stata) or survey tools;
• Knowledge of another EU language.  

WE OFFER

• A challenging internship, as part of your studies, for 3 to 6 months;
• An opportunity to gain experience within a leading research team in the area of high-level public policies and strategies, notably in the field of international relations and development cooperation;
• An opportunity in an international environment working with colleagues with highly-developed expertise and experience, particularly in evaluations and other types of studies;
• The possibility of developing your skills as a professional consultant and of applying them to a range of different sectors, both in Europe and/or worldwide.

APPLICATIONS
Interested candidates are welcome to send their application (CV and 1-page cover letter) in English todonatienne.desirant@ade.eu.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.