Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Intern

Job Description

About the Role

We are looking for five young professionals to support our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team for 3-6 months. As an intern, you will contribute to impactful projects, including yield driver analysis and farmers’ time-use assessments, aimed at enhancing One Acre Fund’s ability to serve farmers and improve agricultural productivity and incomes. You will work as a part of our dynamic MEL team and will directly report to the MEL Leads.

Responsibilities

• Perform statistical data analysis, visualize results, and compile actionable reports.
• Conduct comprehensive literature reviews and organize findings into actionable insights.
• Convert existing Stata data cleaning and analysis scripts to R, ensuring they align with MEL teams’ workflows.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Proficiency in data analysis and cleaning using R or Stata with experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods.
• English, both written and verbal, for documentation and presenting complex data.

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

Remote

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off

Contract Duration

3 Months

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda.

Application Deadline

24 April 2025. Please note that we hire on a rolling basis which means that applications are reviewed and processed on a continuous basis until a hire is made.

About the Organization

One Acre Fund is a start-up initiative in Kenya which works with persistently hungry farm families. Instead of giving handouts to families, One Acre invests in farm families to generate a permanent gain in farm income. Our "investment bundle" includes education, financing, inputs, and export market access. Our program is designed to be usable by the extreme poor, and generates a permanent, 100%+ gain in farm income. We have been operating since January 2006, and we currently serve 30,000 farm families (120,000 children). Our target is to change the lives of 50,000 families (200,000 children) within the next year, scaling at a 50-100% growth rate thereafter. One Acre Fund is one of the most externally-validated social start-ups of 2006, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green, Draper Richards and Skoll Foundations, and first place wins at the Stanford and Yale social venture competitions. Website: www.oneacrefund.org