STEM Operations Intern

Job Description

QED is a tech company focused on public health, agriculture, and education in Sub-Saharan Africa. We are looking for a STEM Operations Intern to work with us on practical applications of STEM in African countries such as Malawi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Mozambique, and potentially other countries throughout the Global South.

Key Responsibilities

• Health: Engage with Ministries of Health in Africa, as well as donor organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), U.S. Department of State, UNICEF, to fully understand all current data processing workflows and pains, and governmental requirements for data capture and data analysis. Build data capture and analytical solutions for our clients, using training that QED provides.
• Agriculture: Train AI models to recognize nutrients and adulterants for food safety and agricultural input applications, using proximal sensors such as the ScanSpectrum handheld spectrometer.
• Education: Run creative STEM programs that advance critical thinking, algorithmic thinking, creative problem-solving, and game-theoretic mindsets in children. Design, administer, and run olympiad contests at national-scale in LMICs.

Key Requirements

• Working proficiency (ILR 4/5, or CEFR ≥C1) in speaking, reading, writing, and typing in English. (An official certificate is unnecessary, we’ll just have a conversation.)
• For Francophone countries, at least B2 proficiency in French speaking, reading, writing and typing is expected; C1 or above is preferred.
• For Lusophone countries, at least B2 proficiency in Portuguese speaking, reading, writing and typing is expected; C1 or above is preferred.
• Logical reasoning, number sense, and creative problem solving skills. Ability to express quantitative ideas clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Must be willing to work in the African country of project implementation.
• Culturally adaptive and adventurous!
• At ease using computers and digital systems.
• Willingness and interest in working with people from other cultures.
• Resilience.
• High Emotional Intelligence.