Research Intern at Seven Star Development, Communication and ICT Consultants Limited

Seven Star Consultants is a multi-faceted company with an unwavering commitment towards excellence and client satisfaction through the delivery of quality inputs and services. We offer a well-rounded range of stand-alone and integrated services across various sectors which can be grouped into four major categories; Development, Communications, ICT, and Project Management. As development consultants, we have provided consultancy services for Governments, international donor agencies, NGOs and private sector clients.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Research Intern

Location: Garki, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Working with the Research Team

• At Seven Star Consultants Limited, the selected candidate is expected to utilize professional skills to support research and development activities. The research intern will work in a team, to fulfil organizational goals and initiatives related to research, data analysis, knowledge management and multi-sectoral human and economic development activities.
• As a research intern with Seven Star Consultants Ltd, the successful candidate will have an opportunity to gain experience and attain skills in multiple facets of research and international development, and other activities related to daily operations and administrative duties in a professional environment:
• The opportunity to work in a highly skilled, diverse and united team of people
• A dynamic environment, that constantly focuses on learning and innovation.
• A company dedicated to ensuring growth and personal development for all its staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in developing accurate and efficient tests to be used in surveys that are to be carried out
• Assist in Developing training schedule and training notes
• Assist in organizing workshops
• Assist in creation of work plans and timeline
• Working with teams to find solutions to risks and issues and reduce risk and work with stakeholders on appropriate solutions as and when required.
• Participate in data collection and analysis
• Support data entry, processing, analysis and validation.
• Represent and make presentations on behalf of the organization from time to time
• Actively participate in client presentations

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, research and statistics, demographic studies, public policy, development studies or any other related field.
• Multilingual speaker desirable, especially in French
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and at least one statistical analysis software, Such as SPSS, Nvivo, R-project.
• Self-starter, good time management, creative, with ability to communicate in a professional manner
• Experience living and working in different cultures
• Must be detail-oriented, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, who will thrive by taking ownership and initiative.

Profile

• Ideal candidates should be passionate about social impact and international development.
• They must possess a minimum of a bachelor’s degree related to Economics, public policy, research and statistics, demographic studies, development studies and relevant professional experience.
• They must be willing to develop their professional skills and contribute to the growth of an organization dedicated to economic and social development.
• Assist the research lead with activities related to the development and implementation of research projects.
• Other functions within the job purview include collecting and processing of field data for the survey components, provide administrative support to the research executive.
• The research intern musthave literature search/survey skills, possess data collection and analysis skills, working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and at least one statistical analysis software, Such as SPSS, Nvivo, R-project.

Skill requirements:

• Ability to provide meaningful observations with core enterprise business.

Application Closing Date
10th August, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their a CV and Cover Letter (not exceeding 2mb in size) to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply at the earliest possible time.