insideout offers in-house introductory courses in the development of monitoring systems within a RESULTS-BASED approach for organisations and government departments. The training offered hasbeen developed and run over a number of years throughout SouthernAfrica.
There is a minimum requirement of 5 delegates for all training.

training: development sector
The training can be tailor-made to suit your organisation’s needs and capacities. We have trained large, established Non-Governmental Organisations, as well as small Community-Based Organisations and even community initiatives in rural areas.  The following courses are offered: 

1.  Introduction to M&E (two or three days)

2.  Research Methods for Monitoring (three days)

3.  Strategic Management and M&E course (two days)

4.  Introduction to Evaluation (one day)

training: public sector
insideout together with the South African Management Development Institute (SAMDI) has developed and piloted a three different M&E training courses for middle and senior managers working in the public sector:

1.  Orientation to M&E (three days)
2.  Basic Introductory Course in M&E (one day)
3.  Public Sector Strategic Management and M&E Course (two days)

whatour participants say about insideout's training
“Excellent, appropriate examples and learning aids were used.”

“The presentation is the best I have ever come across!”

“A good course that really manages to present potentially confusing material in a very clear way.”

“Thank you for the information, my eyes were opened to the importance of M&E.”

mentoring
insideout recognises that capacity building involves more than training and has mentored a number of NGO’s and CBO’s across South Africa and Africa, in developing monitoring systems and tools for their programmes or projects.

what our clients say about insideout's the mentoring M&E support
 “Thank you for visiting us last week to assist us with a much-needed M&E framework. It was greatly appreciated.”

“Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills with us during the training. We found the idea of M&E challenging - it challenged us to think strategically in dealing with planning and what results we want at the end of the day. It was very valuable for us to think about how we will know that that we have achieved our goals!”

“Before the training, our monitoring was terrible - we didn’t have any monitoring in place and certainly did not have any indicators. Now with every step we take we can monitor the quality of our whole programme. Thank you!”

“insideout staff is excellent – you are really specialists in this field. You really opened our eyes.”

internships
insideout offers internship positions for post graduate students in Social Sciences or
Statistics looking for exposure to Monitoring and Evaluation, Research and
Strategic Planning, which vary in length and intensity. A stipend is paid and
negotiated with each candidate based on experience and qualifications.
 
insideout is an equal opportunities employer and does not exclude individuals from
 any specific group from applying.

How to apply

Should you be interested in applying, please email Zena Jacobs at: zena@insideoutresearch.co.za, your CV, as well as a motivational letter outlining your interest in M&E, your interest in the internship at insideout, the skills you would bring to the organisation and the skills you hope to learn while you are at insideout. Please also include the preferred length of the internship as well as your preferred starting and end date.

what past interns say about their internship at insideout
“For me, the most important thing to learn while I was doing my internship at insideout was to become aware of how to use my field of study in a practical environment and non-academic manner. I learnt how to practically implement what I theoretically learnt at university. I've always been impressed by the professional way insideout is working and what makes them – as far as I can estimate – to be one of the  leading companies in their field of work. To be introduced and involved into everything insideout was working on and to see the impact of my work always made me feel like a full member of the insideout team.”

“I really think you’re doing a great job of supervising interns. At least that was the impression I got in the weeks I spent with you. In Germany it’s hard to find an internship in which you get so much responsibility AND such great colleagues. I learnt a lot about evaluation, project- and time management (how to do and how not) and the African way of life (...still miss it here...). If I should imagine my perfect working environment it would look like insideout.  Not too big + diversified things to do + friendly atmosphere + no big bureaucracy = PERFECT!”

“When I first arrived at insideout I pretty much knew less than the basics of what M&E entails. I can honestly say that after I completed my internship I feel much more comfortable with M&E concepts and feel confident to participate in discussions concerning M&E. Because insideout is not too big I got the opportunity to work closely with both the directors and learnt so much from their knowledge and experience in the field. I was exposed to various aspects of doing an actual evaluation as well as M&E training. As an intern I did many logistical and administrative tasks that might seem menial, but I belief that I got a very good understanding of what insideout does and how they do it. As time progressed I was entrusted with more responsibilities and was exposed to more complex aspects of M&E that I would not necessarily have learnt from books. I really enjoyed my time, learnt a lot, hope to continue working for them in the future, and would recommend any intern who wants to learn more about M&E to apply for a position with this company.”