ADE is structured in different departments:

1. Impact: Focuses on project and program evaluations using mixed-methods, with a stronger emphasis on quantitative data analysis.
2. Evaluation: Specializes in strategic and policy evaluations, primarily using analytical and qualitative approaches to inform decision­making.
3. Agriculture and Rural development: works on agriculture, its environmental and climate aspects, on rural development, particularly on the CAP at EU level and in Member States.
4. Humanitarian Action: Focuses on evaluations in the humanitarian sector, including for UN agencies.
5. Economic Governance: Provides technical assistance and undertakes studies, evaluations, and diagnostics related to Public Financial Management and macroeconomic reforms. Supports the design and implementation of budget support operations.

 All these departments/units are looking for interns to join them in April 2025 (flexible) for 5-6 months.

As an intern at ADE, you will actively participate in a variety of evaluation projects. More specifically, you will contribute to:

• Reflection with the team on the most appropriate evaluation design and methodology for each project.
• Preparation of data collection tools, including surveys, interview guides, and focus group discussion templates.
• Quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, including data collection, coding, and analysis using various tools and methodologies.
• Participating in report drafting and contributing to the creation of visualizations for client presentations.
• Support to tendering processes, including support to search of expertise, budge preparation and proposal writing.
• Contributing to other ADE activities, such as project management, and knowledge dissemination.

• Currently studying for a Master’s university degree, preferably in Economics, Political Sciences, or similar. Student status is mandatory
• Outstanding analytical skills
• Solid research and writing skills
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams
• Good command of the main computer software packages (Word, PPT, and Excel)
• Excellent level of written and spoken English; other languages (French, Spanish, Arabic) are a plus.
• Knowledge of public policy evaluation, development cooperation or humanitarian aid.

• Impact department: Experience with impact evaluation methods and strong quantitative data analysis skills, including in statistical software (e.g., STATA, R), survey tools (e.g., KoboToolBox, SurveyCTO), and satellite remote sensing tools (e.g., ArcGIS).
• Evaluation department: Experience in policy analysis and qualitative research methods and familiarity with evaluation frameworks and tools, especially for policy and strategic evaluations.
• Agriculture and Rural development: knowledge of and interest in agricultural policy, environmental, climate and rural development issues, knowledge of the CAP.
• Humanitarian Action: Experience in qualitative data collection and analysis, and basic understanding of the humanitarian system, emergency response and (triple) nexus programming.
• Economic Governance: Knowledge and interest in PFM, macroeconomic reforms, and budget support operations, complemented by strong skills in economic analysis. Interest in business development.