A new internship opportunity
This is an invitation for master’s students pursuing their degrees at university to join the Young Innovators Program (YIP) of the Zovighian Partnership for our Fall-Winter 2024 intake. Two positions are available for dynamic, energetic, very creative, expressive, and organized students with a strong academic track record and demonstrated high integrity who care about delivering high impact in socio-economic projects. The bootcamp will run from Monday, November 11 to Friday, February 28on hybrid working mode, with the option to extend.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in conducting literature reviews and documenting key findings
• Participate in international benchmarking / mapping and documenting key findings
• Support research fieldwork and data collection sessions with engagement with project beneficiaries / research participants, including shadowing and / or conducting phone interviews and focus group discussions
• Support research fieldwork with documentation of intake / outtake data with project beneficiaries / research participants
• Transcribe qualitative fieldwork sessions (focus group discussions and / or interviews)
• Document live and listening notes for every fieldwork day / data collection session, as required
• Honor data security and data management protocols
• Attend training sessions to meet all fieldwork pre-requisites
• Collaborate closely with research and data visualization team members to ensure the timely and high quality completion of deliverables

Key skills

• Good understanding of scientific methods in research
• Exposure to community-centered and participatory research, and ethical community engagement
• Proactive, independent, and dependable
• High integrity
• Meticulous and strong attention to detail and organization
• Warm personality conducive to strong rapport-building with project beneficiaries
• Passionate about a wide spectrum of philanthropic and social issues
• Proven strong fluency in English in speaking, reading and writing
• Proven strong fluency in Arabic in speaking, reading and writing
  

Key obligations

• Conduct all activities with strong work ethic, trustworthiness and deep integrity
• Conduct all work-related activities in a confidential, proprietary and time sensitive manner
• Be a committed team player with high energy and strong compassion 
• Adhere to strict governance rules
• Be deeply culturally and socially sensitive and alert in all client and team contexts
  

Eligibility

Current master’s students with academic excellence (of honors / distinction and above only) in a rigorous, analytical social sciences discipline (e.g., political sciences, international affairs, Middle East studies, sociology, development-oriented economics, English literature, history, or media or other related / applicable majors).

Application requirements

Please note that applicants who do not submit the below requirements will not be considered in the recruiting process.

• CV with clear mention of GPA
• Cover letter customized to the role
  

To apply

Email us at careers@zovighianpartnership.com your application (please note the application requirements)

About the Zovighian Partnership

Established by father and daughter in 2013, the Zovighian Partnership (ZP) is a family business enabling public and private philanthropy and impact through community-centered research, strategy, policy innovation, and governance.

Over the last ten years, our team of researchers, data scientists, and data visualizers have been delivering high quality homegrown data to help leaders make smart, safe, and ethical decisions to drive transformative impact in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Clients commission us for research that is based on inclusive participation and self-determination to deliver meaningful and ethical data that can help unlock the potential of families and communities to thrive.

We have worked with clients and stakeholders, such as the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Municipal Rural Affairs and Housing, Saudi Ministry of Culture, Saudi General Sports Authority, Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs, Governorate of Makkah, and the United Nations family, such as International Labor Organization (ILO). Our projects focus on socio-economic and socio-cultural development, community empowerment, poverty alleviation, developmental housing, industry development in sports and local design, combatting human trafficking, funding and donor management, human and women’s rights, and refugee and internally displaced persons protections.

We are investing in research contributions to global literature to address regional data gaps and provide more accessible data for regional and global researchers and policy makers.