Research Fellow

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Are you a self-directed, cause-driven individual with strong research and communication skills? Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a women's rights organisation? Are you looking for a challenging work experience? If you answered yes to these questions, then apply to be a volunteer Research Fellow with MEWC!

Make Every Woman Count is seeking Research Fellows who are motivated and passionate about advocating for women's rights and who have the drive and skills to conduct desk research and produce informative and empowering social media content, blog posts, policy briefs, and other advocacy and communications materials.

The fellowship provides an opportunity to be involved in advocacy work, research, policy brief and report writing and analysis, monitoring, administrative work, website and social media content production, and significant involvement in our advocacy projects such as our women's political participation monitoring project.

MEWC is an African women's organisation that serves as a (primarily online) platform to inform, conduct advocacy through evidence-based research, ​and provide training to women’s organisations and young activists to strengthen women’s leadership capacities to influence policy- and decision-making.

Research Fellow Duties

Specific fellowship duties include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct research on MEWC projects
• Updating the website
  
• Create professional posts for our social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn
  
• Participate in outreach and promotion campaigns on social media, including the creation of social media graphics and other communications products
• Build MEWC's online network by participating in social media conversations, collaborating with other organizations, and soliciting individuals to participate in MEWC's campaigns
• Contribute to the MEWC blog by researching and writing evidence-based articles
  
• Assist with the preparation and publication of MEWC reports, policy briefs, etc
  
• Monitor elections in Africa and produce reports highlighting women's participation as part of MEWC's Political Participation Monitoring (PPM) project
  
• The Research Fellow will also be encouraged to take part in other projects being pursued and implemented within the organization. They will be a very important addition to all of the project teams.

Qualifications

• Highly motivated and passionate undergraduate or recent graduate with a strong interest or background in women's issues with the ability to keep tight deadlines and commitments;
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Excellent English writing, editing, and proofreading skills (French writing skills an asset)
  
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently as part of a globally-distributed remote team
  
• Superior attention to detail and ability to anticipate needs and provide solutions
• Excellent ability to work with all levels of staff and collaborate with individuals from diverse backgrounds
  
• Good problem-solving and interpersonal skills; and the a bility to learn, adapt and thrive in changing technical environment
• Direct experience working with Social Media Channels (Blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)
• Computer proficiency in Windows environment (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Familiarity with Content Management Systems (CMS), Graphic design software (Canva, Visme, Photoshop), and remote collaboration tools (Slack, Asana) would be an asset.
  

• Ability to commit at least two full days (16 hours) per week

Application Details

This internship is unpaid and home-based (which makes it quite flexible as you can work from anywhere in the world).

The internship requires a commitment of a minimum of 16 hours per week, or at least two full days a week, for 3 - 6 months.

If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV and a Cover Letter. Please send the cover letter as an attachment, not as part of the email. In the cover letter, please detail why you want to volunteer with MEWC, your objectives for this Research Fellowship, and your career goals.

Please submit applications to info@m ewc.org

Application Deadline: 9th September, 2022