GlobalGiving is part of FeedbackLabs.org - a new consortium of tech-nonprofits trying to fix the broken the feedback loops in international development. We believe citizens are the "experts" on whether the programs meant to serve them actually work. Your mission - should you accept it - is to design and manage experiments that help us all learn what feedback mechanisms do work, where or why they work, and understand the context in which they could work better.
You are applying to be the first research assistant for FeedbackLabs. We know that giving poor communities a voice is your raison d'etre and that you lie awake at night wondering how data can help people build stronger relationships. You are naturally curious, creative, passionate, and somewhat technically savvy. You've heard of "big data" or python and you want to learn more but you've never had the chance. You're already thinking of ways to convince us that you already know everything, so that we'll read your application, when in fact you don't, but you plan to teach yourself as much as you can before you start work.
No problem. You're halfway there.
This internship is speaking to you. This is your ticket into the future. We'll train you. You will get to work with people who share your passion and want to solve problems that matter. If the complexity of nature astounds you and you've been wondering where to find the people who study the system of the world for nonprofits and aid programs in order to make digital democracy a possibility in our lifetime, this is that place.
Welcome home.
