Background Information: The International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction is an international training, development and research institute
with more than 50 years of grassroots experience working in sustainable and
people-centered development in Africa and Asia.
To achieve its mission and
objectives, IIRR focuses on four thematic areas namely: Food Security and
Sustainable Wealth Creation; Education for Pastoralists and Other Marginalized
Communities; Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation; and Applied
Learning
IIRR’s mandate of reducing poverty
through innovations and community empowerment is guided by the IIRR credo,
which provides the principles and the philosophy.
We are seeking to strengthen our
program activities by recruitingInterns.
IIRR plans to engage the services of interns to support its key programs within the Africa Regional Center and Kenya County Office in Nairobi as below:
1. Marketing
and Applied learning program
2. Monitoring
& Evaluation program
3. Education
program
4. Community
Managed Disaster Risk Reduction program
5. Water,
sanitation and Hygiene
Here below are some of the basic
requirements for interns
we will be looking for;
1. Marketing & capacity building
program
·
A degree in development management,
education, sociology or other related discipline; master’s degree preferred.
·
At least five (5) years of
field-based experience working with agencies on capacity development, training
or organizational development, preferably within a rural development framework.
·
Excellent written and oral
communication skills in English; knowledge of one or more Asian languages a
plus.
·
Strong analytical skills.
·
Demonstrated ability in conceptual
and operational skills suited to rural development programs and projects.
·
Knowledge or experience in action
research methodologies.
·
Familiarity with methods, tools and
techniques in participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation.
·
Team player and ability to work
productively with teams.
·
Ability to work effectively in a
multidisciplinary and multicultural work environment.
·
Computer proficient.
2. Education program
·
A degree in Education
·
Good understanding and ability to
develop training curriculum
·
Good knowledge of schools inspection
·
Good understanding of how to improve
education outcomes
·
Ability to multi-task and handle
challenging tasks
·
Willingness to work with pastoralist
communities in Northern Kenya
3. Monitoring and evaluation
·
Degree in development related
subjects, preferably economics or sociology
·
Skills in programming
·
Ability to design monitoring and
evaluation system
·
Good knowledge of programme cycle
management and development
·
Good communication and analytical
skills
·
Computer skills, especially
statistical analysis using SPSS, MS Access, STATA, Excel among others
·
Good abilities to facilitate
training’s
4. Climate change & Community
Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
·
Relevant degree or qualification on
natural resources, environment or climate change related field
·
High level communication skills and
ability to influence stakeholders
·
Ability to analyze and use climate
related information to support policy influence or development
·
Ability to work with individually and
in a team
·
Training facilitation
·
Good abilities to facilitate
training’s
5. Water, sanitation and hygiene
(WASH)
·
University degree in environmental,
water and sanitation engineering, or related degree
·
Good abilities in project management
·
Good conceptual skills of integration
of WASH in other program areas
·
Ability to multi-task and handle
challenging tasks
·
Perfect communication skills
·
Strong interpersonal relationships
and abilities to establish and maintain effective working relationships
·
Ability to live and work in remote
areas
Mode of Application: Interested candidates are to apply to below
email with an up to date CV and cover letter.
The subject line of your applications should indicate the internship program you applying for; e.g. “application for internship in M & E program”
Closing date for applications is 5th January 2015.
To: Email: recruitment@iirr.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.