Internship with Rikolto Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Team

About Rikolto

Sustainable income for farmers and nutritious, affordable food for all: that is what Rikolto works for. Rikolto is an international network organisation with more than 50 years’ experience in partnering with farmer organisations and food chain stakeholders across Africa, Asia, Europe and LatinAmerica.

Rikolto has a global team driven by over 216 people worldwide of 20 different nationalities, based in 5 offices across the world. We work around three global programmes: Sustainable Rice for All, Sustainable Cocoa and Coffee, and Good Food for Cities.

The five regions within Rikolto's network structure are supported by a Global Support Team. This team performs key advisory roles and provides shared services such as finance, monitoring & evaluation, people & organisation, communications and fundraising for the organisation. Within this team, we are now looking for reinforcement in the area of monitoring, evaluation & learning.

At the core of our approach lies a strong commitment to monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). This enables us to generate evidence, foster accountability, and drive continuous improvement across all our programmes. The Global Support Team in charge of MEL has recently developed the Rikolto MEL Insights Platform, an online system designed to capture, store, analyse and visualise MEL data across Rikolto programmes globally. The platform features interfaces for data entry and interactive dashboards.

About the internship

The intern will work with the Global Support Team to roll out and encourage the adoption of Rikolto’s newly developed MEL Insights Platform. The internship aims to:

• facilitate the smooth onboarding of colleagues from different teams with the MEL Insights Platform;
• Make it easier to enter data onto the platform by setting up data entry templates and input structures.
• Support staff in entering data and using the platform's visualisation features.
• Provide ongoing technical support to ensure effective data entry and use of visualisation dashboards.

Your tasks

As an intern, you will work closely with the Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team and be responsible for the following tasks:

Becoming familiar with the MEL Insights Platform:

• Reviewing and understanding the platform’s manual and technical documentation
• Participating in internal briefings or walkthrough sessions with the MEL team.

Data entry, configuration and support:

• Set up data entry templates and input structures in the platform.

Capacity building support:

• Assist the Global Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) team in organising and delivering training sessions for data entry staff in various country programmes.
• Support the preparation of training materials, guides, and demonstration videos as required.
• Support the facilitation of training for programme staff on how to navigate and use the platform’s dashboards and visualisation tools.
• Respond to questions and follow up on staff learning needs.

Ongoing technical assistance:

• Provide continuous support to country teams on troubleshooting issues with data entry or dashboard usage.
• Document frequently asked questions and common user challenges to improve support materials.

FAQ document:

• Develop a document containing answers to frequently asked questions on data entry and dashboard usage.

We offer 

• ‍Contract type: internship contract, starting on 1^st of August 2025 and ending the 15^th of December 2025. 
• ‍Duration: 4.5. months‍
• Supervision: Member of the Global Support Team‍
• Location: Remote with regular online check-ins or acombination of remote and working from one of Rikolto country programme offices.
• Workload: Full time in the first 2 months but open forpart-time in the remaining months depending on the intern’s availability.‍
• Remuneration: This is an unpaid internship. However, a modest stipend will be provided to cover essential expenses such as local transportation, internet and meals where necessary.‍
• Working Language: English (French/Spanish is a plus)

Your profile 

• Currently studying, or having completed, a degree or master's programme in Information Technology, Agricultural Economics, or any other relevant discipline.
• Strong analytical and visualisation skills
• Ability to provide coaching or technical support to diverse teams.
• Experience of working in multicultural or international settings would be an advantage.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in French and/or Spanish would be an added bonus.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send their CV (in English) to prima.interpares@rikolto.org and james.wumenu@rikolto.org. The deadline for applications is 9 July 2025.