Nuru helps impoverished, rural communities to lift themselves out of extreme poverty in a sustainable way within five years through a holistic community development model.
Nuru International’s Fellows Program is an opportunity for talented and motivated professionals to use their skills to affect real social change by working directly with communities in rural Kenya to end extreme poverty.
Flights, accommodation, travel insurance and a modest living allowance will be provided; as well as a 2-week intensive training at Stanford University prior to leaving, and flights for a 3-week vacation in the middle of the rotation.
To view this information online and to check out the Fellows Program Overview at http://www.nuruinternational.org/takeaction/jobsvolunteer.html.
Agriculture Position Overview:
Nuru International’s Fellows Program is an opportunity for talented and motivated professionals to use their skills to affect real social change by working directly with communities in rural Kenya to end extreme poverty.
Flights, accommodation, travel insurance and a modest living allowance will be provided; as well as a 2-week intensive training at Stanford University prior to leaving, and flights for a 3-week vacation in the middle of the rotation.
To view this information online and to check out the Fellows Program Overview at http://www.nuruinternational.org/takeaction/jobsvolunteer.html.
Agriculture Position Overview:
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Ensure the Agriculture Program is truly sustainable and scalable
- Train and mentor the Nuru Kenya Agriculture Program team
- Empower local leaders in the Agriculture Program to continually take more and more ownership of the program
- Achieve pre-determined seasonal goals
- Oversee commodities trading operations: input issue; regional and village aggregation centers; and market linkages to large external buyers
- Manage program budget efficiently to meet pre-determined goals
- Manage recruiting of new farmers and scale to new communities within the Agriculture Program expansion framework
- Identify the agricultural needs within partner communities
- Develop and implement agricultural interventions to meet the needs of Nuru’s farmers: access to farm inputs; education in agricultural techniques; cash crops; organic fertilizers; and linking farmers’ products with fair markets in order to fight chronic hunger and facilitate income generation in partner communities
- Help to develop new monitoring tools to evaluate impact of the Agriculture Program
- Refine existing program metrics to improve accuracy in its reflection of the community poverty level and operational effectiveness
Specific Skills and Attributes (additional to the General Requirements for the Nuru Fellows Program):
- Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Business or Agriculture, MA preferred
- Preferred 2 – 3 years experience in project management
- Preferred 1 – 2 years of creating and sustaining agricultural solutions for the poor
- Prior experience living and/or working in the Developing World
- Solid quantitative skills and experience with Excel
- High commitment to organization’s mission and theory of change
- Strong work ethic
- Strong leadership and team building experience
- Ability to do crisis management and rapid, innovative problem solving in uncertain environments
In order to be considered for the program you have to submit the application form found online, resume, cover letter and three letters of recommendation to jobs@nuruinternational.org.
Please check our Fellows Program overview for more information.
Closing date: 15 Jun 2011
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