Learning & Data Collection Assistant (Unpaid Internship)
AFDC Global | 6 Months | June- November, 2026
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Fresh out of university? Passionate about development, research, or consulting? Want your first real experience, not coffee runs, but actual fieldwork, data, and policy? AFDC Global is looking for motivated early-career young person, based in any of of these countries: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu. If you’re based in one of these countries, speak the local language, and are hungry to build a real career in international development — this one’s for you.
What’s the Opportunity?
You’ll work directly with AFDC Director Sachi Satapathy on a live, multi-country project, supporting data collection, community engagement, report writing, and field coordination. This is the kind of hands-on experience that takes most people years to access. You get it in Month 1.
Duration: 6 Months
Type: Unpaid (Learning & Development)
Mode: Remote + In-Country Fieldwork
Reports to: Sachi Satapathy, Director, AFDC Global
What You’ll Actually Do
- Co-facilitate Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with teachers, youth, parents, and community leaders
- Support survey rollout and data collection across schools and communities
- Help with participant mobilization — reaching diverse groups including girls, rural communities, and marginalized populations
- Assist with policy document collection and desk research on education and digital learning
- Translate and contextualize research tools into local language
- Support data entry, transcription, and basic qualitative coding
- Attend regular virtual meetings with the AFDC team and contribute country updates
- Be part of building evidence that influences real policy
What You’ll Walk Away With
This isn’t just a line on your CV. In 6 months, you will have:
- Run real FGDs and interviews in the field
- Contributed to a multi-country mixed-methods study project
- Gained direct mentorship from an international development director
- Built skills in ethical research, stakeholder engagement, and data analysis, partnership coordination, global exposure
- A formal AFDC Certificate of Internship and a strong reference
- A real understanding of what development consulting looks like from the inside
You’re the Right Person If…
- You recently completed (or are about to complete) a degree in social sciences, education, public policy, development studies, public health, sociology, anthropology, statistics, or something related
- You have some exposure to data collection — from your thesis, a class project, or volunteering
- You live in Bangladesh, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, or Vanuatu (this is non-negotiable, only in-country candidates will be considered)
- You’re fluent in your local language and comfortable working English language
- You’re organized, curious, and self-driven, you don’t wait to be told what to do
- You care about education, youth, equity, and how technology shapes the future
- You want to eventually work in development consulting, evaluation, or research — and you know you need experience to get there
This internship is fully unpaid. AFDC Global is a lean, impact-driven organization. What we offer instead is something harder to find: direct access, real responsibility, and mentorship that accelerates your career. Past AFDC interns have gone on to roles in international organizations, NGOs, and consulting firms.
How to apply
Email: office@afdcglobal.org with CC to afdcdirector@gmail.com
Subject line: Application – Learning & Data Collection Assistant – [Your Country]
Include:
- Your CV/Resume (max 2 pages)
- A Motivation Letter (max 1 page) telling us:
- Where you’re based
- Your background and any data collection experience
- Why you want a career in international development
- Why this opportunity excites you
Application Deadline: 8 June, 2026
AFDC Global strongly encourages applications from women, persons with disabilities, and candidates from underrepresented and marginalised communities. To Know more about AFDC 🌐 afdcglobal.org | 🐦 https://x.com/DevelopmentAf