Livelihoods Intern- Kajiado at Feed the Children

Reporting to: Area Project Coordinator/Livelihoods Program Officer

Objective:

The Intern will support the Livelihood Project interventions to ensure strengthened and empowered communities in the areas where FEED works through coordinating and implementing Livelihood activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare weekly/monthly workplans based on scheduled activities.
• Collection and documentation of all relevant data from the community as required.
• Carry out community mobilization and sensitization for village savings and loans groups
• Facilitate proper transition of VAS to PSP and further certification in implementation of VSLA methodology
• Ensure quality delivery of VSLA modules by PSPs and that ethics agreed upon are observed as stipulated in the methodology
• Mobilize communities for participation in community managed disaster risk reduction activities and follow up documentation of the same
• Facilitate training for identified ToTs’ for cascading the CMDRR methodology to the community, compilation of the report, community action plans, review and dissemination of the reports at the county level
• Support the formation of Disaster Risk Reduction Teams’ (DRR teams) to oversee the implementation of the action plans
• Coordinate training for DRR teams for better management of their resources and timely decision making on preparing communities to deal with hazards and shocks
• Monitor proper implementation and management of school livelihood activities and existing food security projects; agricultural gardens.
• Coordinate and Participate in project assessments and evaluations carried out in the program area as directed by the immediate supervisor.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum requirements

The Applicants should at the time of application meet the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in a final academic year Graduate program or equivalent or
• Graduated with a university degree in Community Development or any Social Science
• Person should be familiar with various research methodology and data analysis;
• Should have good interpersonal and team working skills
• Sensitive to cultural diversity
• Good Computer skills and Eagerness to learn