Kenya Youth Empowerment Project
Call for Youth to participate in Cycle 2 of the Private Sector Based Training and Internship Program
For Placement in Nairobi and Mombasa Only
The GoK has appointed the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)
to implement the Component of Private Sector Training and Internship.
The Training and Internship component aims at benefiting
approximately 11,000 youth over the four year period. The project is divided
into eight cycles and the first cycle which was implemented in Nairobi only has
been completed.
The second cycle will be implemented in Nairobi and Mombasa
Counties.
This means that irrespective of where they apply from,
successful candidates will be place in Nairobi and Mombasa ONLY for the entire
internship.
For Nairobi, 1,350 youth will be selected while in Mombasa 600
youth will be selected through automated random selection from the pool of
eligible applicants.
Applicants not selected randomly to participate in the
internship program may reapply in a later cycle.
Selected youth will undergo two weeks of Life Skills
training.
Thereafter, a competitive selection process for internship
opportunities will be conducted by employers through interviews for all those
who will have completed Life Skills training. (For this cycle only, two random
selections will be done in Nairobi; the first one to select 1050 youth and a
second one to select 300 youth.
The 300 youth will benefit from the two weeks Life Skills
Training ONLY and not proceed to the next level of interviews by
employers).
From the interviews, only 900 in Nairobi and 400 in Mombasa out
of the 1050 and 600 respectively will qualify to proceed with the rest of the 6
months internship program.
The successful interns will receive a stipend of Ksh 6,000 per
month as a contribution towards their transport costs and meals.
However, interns will receive this monthly stipend only on the
basis of their full attendance of the internship program.
During the internship program, interns will be placed in one of
the following sectors which are considered to be the growth sectors in Vision
2030: Energy; Finance; Tourism; ICT; Manufacturing and Micro and Small Enterprises
(MSEs).
Half of the entire internship period will be spent in training
while the other half will be spent at the workplace.
KEPSA now invites applications from youth who wish to participate in the second cycle of the KYEP Training and Internship Program.
This invitation is for youth who are ready to be PLACED IN
NAIROBI OR MOMBASA COUNTIES.
Those who will get selected and do not reside in Nairobi or
Mombasa counties are expected to cater for their accommodation costs.
To be eligible, applicants must:
a) Be between 15 and 29 years of age;
b) Have a minimum of 8 years of schooling;
c) Have been out of school for a minimum of one year;
d) Not currently working or schooling;
e) Be of Kenyan nationality;
f) Not have been selected in cycle 1
Youth who meet the above eligibility criteria and are interested
are invited to apply.
Application forms are available in the following ways:
Downloading and filling in a hard copy from the KEPSA website (www.kepsa.or.ke)
or the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MOYAS) website (www.youthaffairs.go.ke)
Accessing and filling in an online application form which is to
be found on the KEPSA (www.kepsa.or.ke) and MOYAS (www.youthaffairs.go.ke)
websites
Collecting and filling in a hard copy of the application form
available from every
District Youth Office in Nairobi and Mombasa counties ONLY
Submission of completed application forms may be done in the
following ways:
Online applications will be electronically submitted at the
click of a button
Scanning and emailing hard copies of the application through
kyep-nrbapplications@kepsa.or.ke for youth who wish to be placed in Nairobi and
kyep-msaapplications@kepsa.or.ke for youth who wish to be placed in Mombasa
Dropping the forms at any District Youth Office in Nairobi or Mombasa
counties
Posting the forms to
KEPSA-KYEP
P. O. Box 3556 – 00100
Nairobi
The deadline for receipt of applications is 25th May 2012.
Please note that only the successful applicants will be
contacted.
No hand delivered forms will be accepted at KEPSA offices or
MOYAS head office