TERMS OF REFERENCE

MONITOR, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING INTERN

BACKGROUND

 Three decades after ASEAN was established, ASEAN Leaders recognised that: there remained inadequate shared prosperity, ASEAN awareness and contact among the people of ASEAN. It was of this concern that ASEAN Leaders established the ASEAN Foundation during ASEAN's 30th Anniversary.

ASEAN Foundation works in five thematic areas: education, arts and culture, media development, community building and environment. We provide support in the form of scholarships, fellowships, internships, exchanges, and training through various programmes.

The core programmes contributed to the tremendous impact of supporting ASEAN's community-building efforts by promoting greater awareness of the ASEAN identity, human resource development, people-to-people interaction, and close collaboration among the business sector, civil society, academia, and other stakeholders in ASEAN.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

ASEAN Foundation’s Internship Programme is designed to provide College and University enrolled or recently graduated students with a meaningful experience within the ASEAN Foundation works. The students can gain a valuable organisation learning experience through a finite task determined by each department. Tasks vary for each intern assignment depending on the department’s needs will provide the intern with both a meaningful and relevant work experience. Internships are a minimum of two – six months commitment. A mentor will be assigned to each intern to help guide them through their experience. Interns will be asked to write a report to their mentor and Heads of department outlining their internship experience.

TASKS OF THE INTERN

Several potential tasks related to Interns are envisioned to provide work experience. The duties may include the following work streams:

• Assist the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer (MEL Officer) in providing data on developing the document.
• Assist the MEL Officer to conduct in conducting Assessment for Guideline development
• Assist the project team with the project implementation process
• Participate in the ASEAN Foundation event
• Perform data collection, analysis, and reporting related to the ASEAN Foundation project beneficiary’s data.
• Input the data of the monthly situation report to a master database
• Assist MEL Officer in building PowerPoint presentations and present insights from monthly update results given analyses to the leadership team.
• Perform data collection related to the Data Partner/ stakeholders of every project/ vendor of the ASEAN Foundation
• Update the beneficiaries and partners/stakeholders/vendors in a database.
• Verify outdated data and make any necessary changes to records.

The job function listed is not exhaustive and shall also include any responsibilities as assigned by the Heads of Department or mentors from time to time.

CRITERIA OF WORK FOR INTERNS

Assignments are routine and repetitious in nature. Work performed within narrowly defined parameters. Follows established procedures and guidelines. Typically receives the instructions on all work. Work is generally checked and monitored on a routine basis. It may require some limited judgement in resolving problems. Contacts are primarily with a direct mentor.

TIME FRAME

At least 12 weeks

Starting date: January 2025

REMUNERATION

The internship is voluntary and unpaid.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Final year or recent graduate (at least within one year after graduation)
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office 365, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural team environment
• An understanding of international and/or development issues
• Demonstrate commitment to the ASEAN Foundation mission, vision, and values
• Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability