The Research & Learning Intern at BRAC

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in compiling reference materials and drafting simple literature reviews on topics related to BRAC International’s work (e.g., youth empowerment, early childhood development, livelihoods).
• Assist in organizing and participating in meetings and calls with internal teams and external partners.
• Assist in preparing agendas, taking meeting minutes, and documenting follow-up actions.
• Assist in preparing materials for training, webinars, or workshops.
• Support the testing of research tools, including surveys and interview guides.
• Support the cleaning and organization of quantitative or qualitative data.
• Transcribe qualitative data (e.g., interview and focus group recordings) verbatim, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
• Assist with basic data analysis and help produce simple tables, charts, or summaries for internal use.
• Contribute to internal or external knowledge products such as blogs, reports, or slide decks.
• Support with formatting, proofreading, and organizing study protocols, reports, and other documents.
• Help maintain shared files and knowledge management systems.

Safeguarding responsibilities: 

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Academic Qualifications: 

• Recent graduate or current final-year student in international development, public policy, data sciences, or a related field.
• Master’s degree (completed or in progress) is an advantage, but not required.

Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Good prioritization and analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and coordination skills.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new tools and platforms.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions accurately.
• Ability to exercise discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Interest in the development sector and openness to working in a multicultural environment.