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.
