Intern - Policy Development and Evaluation

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Intern - Policy Development & Evaluation

Sectors: Government, NGO, Government Linked Companies; Academic Research Institutions

Location: Based in Singapore

Coverage: Singapore

About Kantar Public

We are a leading evidence and advisory business for governments, multilateral organisations, and the private sector. With our roots in the world’s oldest and best-known social research businesses, we have been partnering with clients across the globe to answer the next generation of public policy challenges for almost ninety years.

From advising governments on gender equality in the workplace, to providing the measure of national inflation, transforming the citizen experience of public services, or improving access to education in lower income countries - our consultants work across the breadth of public policy to build the quality of the public realm.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support quantitative and qualitative research, including in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participant observations and surveys
- Conduct reviews of academic literature, as well as trends and social media scans
- Support the team’s work in impact evaluation, including liaising with stakeholders, donors and beneficiaries to collect and report relevant data
- Play an active role in planning and organising workshops / capability building sessions with both clients and study participants
- Assist with preparation of reports, proposals and presentations

Key Requirements:

- Preferably degree in Economics, Psychology, Sociology or other related social science discipline
- Preferably with prior experience in applied social research
- Preferably with knowledge of impact measurement (programme outcome frameworks, logic models / theories of change) and/or impact evaluation designs would be an advantage
- Interest in public sector issues and desire to make a positive social impact
- Ambidextrous thinker who is comfortable with data but also able to think laterally and creatively
- A natural problem-solver who is self-motivated and has a passion for learning
- A collaborative team player who is also unafraid to articulate his or her points-of-view
- Organised, meticulous, deadline driven and able to multi-task
- Works well under pressure, with the patience and perseverance to see through long timelines
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
- Preferably bilingual (English and Mandarin/Malay/Tamil)
- Currently resides in Singapore
- Fresh graduates are welcome
- Able to start immediately

What we offer

It is an exciting time to join Kantar Public, as we are on the journey to become a standalone business. This new direction, combined with our ambitious growth plans, will offer many exciting career opportunities to both current and new members of staff.

The diversity of our projects will give you a chance to develop both professionally and personally. We appreciate the positive atmosphere of collaboration that we have built, where cooperation, flexibility, and mobility are encouraged, and where you will be asked to follow your interests and the learning opportunities that come with them.

We are committed to flexible working practice.

Location

Singapore, Scotts RoadSingapore

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.