http://www.ippfwhr.org/en/node/546
IPPF/WHR is one of the six regional offices that are part of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. IPPF/WHR provides technical, financial, and programmatic support to its 41 member associations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights throughout the region by addressing five key programmatic areas—Adolescents, HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Advocacy, and Access. Throughout our work, we seek to advance a positive approach to sexuality that promotes the right of all people to a healthy, pleasurable and respectful sexual life.
The IPPF/WHR six-member evaluation unit fosters an organizational culture that integrates monitoring and evaluation into all of our programs and projects. These practices inspire self-reflection, making the improvement of our programs a continuous process. IPPF/WHR facilitates this process through technical assistance to Member Associations in development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation plans, through creation of monitoring and evaluation tools, and through analyzing data to assess trends at the Member Associations.
We are currently interviewing for a part-time (approximately 25 hours/week) intern position beginning in mid-January through May 2009 (with the potential to extend) to support the cleaning and analysis of data related to Member Association clinical services, and programming addressing unwanted pregnancy and access to abortion services.
Description of Duties (all tasks are conducted in both English and Spanish):
Safe Abortion – Data Entry and Cleaning:
These tasks will be the primary function of the intern from mid-January to mid-February.
· Data cleaning and data entry process for 13 Member Associations (MAs):
o Review MA data reports in excel for inconsistencies in the numbers (formula errors, addition errors, errors in percentages, and/or other logical inconsistencies)
o Draft emails with questions about data errors, inconsistencies, project implementation questions, and additional questions about MA narrative responses
o Review revised numerical data to ensure quality and make revisions in data reports as necessary, based on MA responses
o Assist in entering all final data into an excel database and into donor reporting tables
· Support safe abortion team Evaluation Coordinators as needed
Regional Service Statistics:
These tasks will be the primary function of the intern from mid-February to mid-May.
· Data cleaning for service statistics data for 20-25 IPPF Member Associations (MAs)
o Review data reports and use data cleaning checklist to note inconsistencies
o Draft email with questions about data errors or inconsistencies
o Review responses (follow up with country to ensure response)
o Update data as necessary in the online system
o Review revised data using checklist to assess trends in service provision
o Draft email with questions about trends and why they occurred
o Revise data as necessary based on response, to finalize data
o Coordinate with administrative assistant to ensure that necessary reports are printed and ready; occasional generating and printing of reports when administrative assistant is not available
· Data entry for 3 to 5 MAs (ranges from 2 to 4 hours per MA)
· Data interpretation and writing up data summary and trends reports from above data
Other Evaluation Support:
· Graphing data, preparing slides
· Preparing and adapting reporting formats
· Other evaluation support as needed
Location: IPPF/WHR office in downtown Manhattan
Requirements:
· Advanced written and spoken English and Spanish required.
· High attention to detail.
· Comfort and proficiency with numbers.
· Proficiency with spreadsheets and Excel; experience with pivot tables desirable.
· Experience with SPSS or data analysis programs desirable.
· Ability to juggle multiple tasks and manage time efficiently.
· Master’s degree or in pursuit of master’s degree in public health, public administration or sociology preferred.
Please email cover letter and resume to:
Shelly Makleff
Evaluation Coordinator
smakleff@ippfwhr.org
