Deadline: December 19, 2025.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the first global multilateral fund dedicated to supporting education for children and youth (3–18-year-olds) in countries affected by wars, disasters, and protracted crises. It was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by a broad coalition of international aid agencies and public and private donors to usher in faster and more sustainable education responses in crisis settings.

Under the guidance of the Director of ECW and the direct supervision of ECW Monitoring and Evaluation staff, the interns provide technical M&E, reporting, communications and operational support for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating qualitative and quantitative data and analysis, while learning about organizational processes that enable implementation of the ECW workplan.

INTERN RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Support the design and drafting of the Annual Results Report by collecting, quality assuring, analyzing and synthesizing information across ECW programmes, including:

• Performing data quality checks of ECW-supported programme reports and results databases.
• Following up with ECW grantees and program managers on their results reporting when necessary.
• Coding qualitative data to assess the type and extent of changes in outcomes reported by ECW programmes.
• Contributing to drafting sections of the ECW annual results report on ECW strategic objectives and/or education outcomes.

2. Support knowledge synthesis and programme and organizational learning by:

• Conducting background research, literature reviews and mapping and analysis of reports and evaluations in education in emergencies on a global and/or country/crisis level.
• Conducting program reviews or mapping through the ECW’s Availability of Evidence database and country evaluations to identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities for strengthening learning across the portfolio.
• Developing and implementing qualitative data-collection protocols—including semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, and structured conversations—and conducting these interviews and learning conversations with partners to capture insights on programme implementation, results, and good practices.
• Supporting the design and facilitation of learning exchanges, webinars, and cross-country learning sessions to promote knowledge sharing across ECW teams and partners.
• Synthesizing findings into accessible learning products, including learning briefs, blogs, presentations, and other written materials.

3. Strengthen ECW data systems and information management by:

• Supporting the management of databases and/or tracking tools to improve the M&E team’s ability to monitor the sharing and use of relevant knowledge products.
• Contribute to strengthening ECW’s overall information management system, including supporting the rollout and testing of the new IM platform, identifying enhancements, and ensuring alignment with M&E processes, data standards, and user needs.

4. Assisting the M&E team with any other duties.

When feasible, interns will also define a project midway through their internship and work with an individual staff member to implement it during their internship.  

REQUIREMENTS

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Be at least 18 years old at the time of application.
• Be enrolled in a master’s degree programme or have graduated from a bachelor’s or master’s degree within the past three years.
• Have an academic background in any of the following:
  • Education, international humanitarian/development and/or social sciences.
  • Quantitative and or qualitative data analysis skills: data cleaning and management, analysis, impact evaluation, applied statistics (using R, STATA, Excel, Power Query, Kobo).
• Have academic or professional experience in any of the following:
  • Synthesizing information and drafting global level reports in English, preferably in education or education in emergency matters.
  • Analytic skills (solid experience using Excel is required, candidates with experience using R, PowerQuery, and other data management and statistics software are encouraged to apply).
  • Have lived experience in a low-middle income country. 
• Be proficient in English (speaking, writing & reading) up to the highest standard.
• Proficiency in French and/or Spanish is a plus.
• Have no immediate relatives (e.g., father, mother, brother, sister) working in any UNICEF office or in the ECW Secretariat.
• Are not disqualified under the UNICEF Child Safeguarding Personnel Standards (DHR/STANDARDS/2019/001), or as amended.

BENEFITS

Interns will receive a stipend based on their location. USD 1,700 per month in the following offices: New York, Geneva, and Copenhagen; or 70% of the monthly salary of the GS level 3 step 1 in all other the duty stations.

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