About Jeeva Consult
Jeeva Consult International is a private consultancy firm that was incorporated in Uganda in 2009. The firm is multidisciplinary/multi-sectoral in nature with superior expertise and advantage that delivers high quality outputs, in time, and within available budget. We work with a wide range of clients who include; International Non-Governmental Organisations, Uganda NGOs, Education Institutions, Donors, Policy Makers as well as Government Departments.

We offer professional services in areas of monitoring and evaluation, project planning and management, policy design and analysis, strategic planning and development, training and capacity building, systems analysis and design, market & social research, developing of M&E Frameworks /systems, capacity development and strengthening to mention but a few.

Over the past thirteen (13) years, we have implemented consultancy projects for different clients in Uganda, South Sudan and Somalia specifically in; education (learning outcomes measurement), water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), agriculture / livelihoods, health (SRHR, Mental health, MNCH), governance and human rights, Gender based violence, gender and women development, youth livelihood development, renewable energy and climate change adaptation, food security and resilience, child labour, among others. We have implemented over 50+ consultancy assignments in East Africa. See our website www.jeevaconsult.com for more details. We currently have eleven (11) full-time staff with a compliment of over 50 part-time field staff, over 20 Associate Consultants/Professionals and working with three (3) collaborating partners. Currently, the company is present with operations in Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.

About the Graduate Trainees Programme and Position
Graduate recruitment programmes are becoming increasingly popular across a variety of industries. To thrive in the competitive market, Jeeva Consult needs to move with the times by identifying and providing a golden opportunity to the younger graduates to bring a positive energy into the company as well as providing fresh and innovative approaches to work.

At the helm of its business expansion and growth, Jeeva requires a committed and competent team of persons dedicated to its business objectives. The company has recently expanded its reach in the East African region hence the need to grow its human resource capacity to be able to deliver to its clients.

The company is taking on an initiative through which it will recruit and nurture a team of young graduates who have interest in applied research to later graduate as competent and knowledgeable researchers. The young graduate trainees will be supported, coached and trained in technical and financial proposal writing, business development, data analysis and report writing and consultancy business development. The graduate trainees will be provided with a platform to apply the theory and put it into practice hence develop their research skills.

Jeeva is seeking to recruit fresh graduates from university with a ready to grow mindset, self-motivated, passionate and innovative to join the Graduate Trainee Recruits. The Trainees will work for an initial period of 6 months under the direct supervision of the Research Officer (RO).

Purpose
The positions are aimed at bringing on board a team of young and fresh graduates to learn and also apply their theory-based training from university into practice. This will provide the fresh graduates with the depth understanding of action/applied research, enable them conduct comprehensive literature and document review, learn about preparing both technical and financial proposals, support in preparing and submitting tenders and bids, understand in details research methodologies, and have an active role in doing data analysis and report writing among others activities.

Roles and Responsibilities
Graduate Trainees – Research
Under the supervision of the Research Officer, the Graduate Trainee attached to the research and business development department will support on the following roles;
• Support the research team to carry out appropriate research and literature review.
• Support the research team to prepare both technical and financial proposals, tenders, bids among others.
• Support in identifying calls for proposals, Expression of Interest, RfPs, etc.
• Support the process of report drafting and required attachments
• Participating in meetings, training, and team-building events
• Participate in client-meetings, validation workshops, and trainings
• Perform any other supportive roles which may be assigned from time to time.
• Support in design of data collection tools
• Support in programming of tools on mobile platforms
• Support in training of data collector or enumerators
• Support in compiling qualitative data by editing, coding and analyzing
• Support in quantitative data analysis
• Support in report drafting and finalisation
• Perform any other supportive roles which may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications
• Fresh graduates who recently graduated this year 2024 or are awaiting graduation before end of this year 2024
• Should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, SWASA, Development Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Arts, Human Rights, Education, or relevant academic discipline
• Should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, demography, population studies, biostatistics or relevant academic discipline
• Should have atleast developed and completed an Academic Research Dissertation or Project during their study programme. Must indicate the topic and a photocopy of the approved/signed abstract/executive summary of their dissertation in any related field. The abstract must be signed by the academic supervisor.
• Should have a verified academic transcript attached to their application
• Should present a letter of recommendation from their head of department and dissertation supervisors.

Desirable
• Should not be above 25 years (attach a copy of national ID)
• Should have good communication skills
• Should be a good team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Should be open and ready to learning new things and concepts
• Should be good computer literate with practical skills in Microsoft office i.e. MS Word and MS Excel, MS Publisher.
• Attach a photocopy of University ID
• Knowledge in data analysis software like STATA, SPSS, Nvivo, Atlast.ti etc., will be an added advantage

Compensation
The successful Graduate Trainee’s will be provided with Meals while at office, transport while on official work and a small allowance to meet basic needs.

• Interested graduates should submit their applications, (cover letter), updated CV and all the above stated documents. Applications should be addressed to the Human Resource Officer (HRO), Jeeva Consult International Ltd and ONLY sent by email (All documents as attachments in one single PDF document) to [email protected] with a subject line; “APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE TRAINEE – ADMIN & PROC” Application deadline: 8th November 2024 at 5:00pm EAT. NB: Applications which do not conform to the above specifications will automatically be disqualified. Any application sent past the deadline date and time will automatically be rejected. Please note that due to high volume of applications, ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted