Undergraduate Kenyan NGO Internship Programme

Aspart of its Undergraduate Internship Programme,Youth Alive! Kenya seeks to recruit a suitable young person to join ourimpressive team of professionals as an intern on a fixed term full-timeengagement.

Are you young and young at heart, dynamic, open-minded and results-oriented?Are you real, smart-working and honest person seeking an opportunity to becreative and innovative? Do you have a burning passion and disposition to serveand work with children, youth and their communities? Do you have stronginterest in 
human rights, democracy and the rule of law? Are you free and physicallypresent in Nairobi for at least three months between October and December 2011?Do you believe young people can change the world for the better? If so, then weare looking for you!

The UIP is a three-month internally-supported comprehensive competence-buildingprogramme under the Youth Alive! Kenya Leadership Development Programme. Theprogramme targets students below 25 years of age within the public and privateuniversities in Kenya and works to develop principle-centred leadership andmanagerial abilities among young people. It aims at providing hands-onexperience in non-profit development work by the integration of theory andpractice. Comprising structured learning and client-focused field work, the UIPworks to expand technical and practical skills of the students toconceptualise, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate programmes acrossculture, gender and age. The UIP is implemented through a sensitive andparticipatory learning process with attention given to individual learningdynamics as well as team performance. 

Working under the Democracy& Governance programme and reporting to theProgramme Assistant Democracy & Governance, the position will entailproviding direct assistance to the implementation of projects under theprogramme and supporting the expansion of programme strategy including thedevelopment of new activities under the programme.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Assistin the implementation of various activities under the democracy and governanceprogramme Component as guided by the programme Associate.
Assist in the preparation of programme status reports required for budgetreview, programme analysis, reports, etc
Assist in co-ordinating and organising meetings, workshops and seminars andother activities related to programme implementation and assist in thepreparation of presentations of such workshops and meetings
Assist in coordinating the activities of the youth development working groupsunder the democracy and governance programme component.
Any other duty called upon to serve from time to time.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

Mustbe between the ages of 20 and 25 years;
Must be an undergraduate student or a fresh graduate of social sciencespreferably political science or public administration at an accredited andinternationally recognised institution of higher learning in Kenya or residentin Kenya at the time of application.
Must be a fast learner with excellent interpersonal skills;
Must have excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills withfluency in English;
Must be a team player with the ability to work with others to achieve highgoals in a fast paced and culturally diverse environment;
Must have a deep knowledge of the current governance issues in Kenya and inEast Africa;
Must be a self-starter with ambition who can work independently and handlemultiple priorities and deadlines;
Must be an outstanding role model for young people, of unquestionable integrityand high ethical standards.
Possession of a valid driving licence will be an added advantage

If you believe you merit our consideration, please email us your letter ofapplication alongside detailed Curriculum Vitae with three referees, email andday-time telephone contacts to be received by the close of business on the 7thOctober 2011 to hr@youthalivekenya.org The email should have a subject line: Democracy & Governance Programme Internship.The engagement is for an initial three months with possibility of extension.

We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you do nothear from us by 21stOctober 2011, consider your application unsuccessful. Theinternship programme is a non-remunerative position; as such, the organisationwill NOT provide a salary to the successful candidate for the services renderedbut will avail equal opportunity for self advancement to the successfulcandidate as is to Youth Alive! Kenya staff.