The SG Centre of Expertise in Appraisal and Evaluation was established in 2024 to ensure that we learn which SG’s policies and interventions work and if they offer value for money. The intern will lead on a project(s) in relation to advancing the SG’s approach to evaluation. Examples of these projects include: carrying out an SG staff Appraisal and Evaluation Skills survey, improving the Centre's quantitative and qualitative data on evaluations underway across the SG, and using data from the Evaluation Registry (a UK Government-led database of all Government evaluations, which opened to the public in 2025). We will also be developing case studies on appraisal and evaluation for training analysts and policy makers in appraisal and evaluation skills. 
 
The intern will be involved in one or more of these projects (to be decided) and it would therefore be helpful (although not essential) that the intern has experience of working with both qualitative and quantitative data, and an interest in evaluation. The intern will be based within Central Analysis Division and lined managed by a social researcher, but will be expected to work across the Centre, including with economists, and also with other analytical service divisions. The Centre also liaises regularly with the UK Government’s Evaluation Task Force and other governments.