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Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. We celebrate and support people looking to create a better future for themselves, their families and their communities. By lending as little as $25 on Kiva, anyone can help a borrower start or grow a busine...
About Kiva
Kiva is the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform for social good. We run an online marketplace (www.kiva.org) for crowdfunded microloans that serves the financially excluded. Our organization combines the culture and technological passion of an internet start-up with the compassion and empathy of a non-profit to expand financial access at global scale. We aim to drive social impact and enable opportunity while providing a borrower-to-lender connection: “Loans that change lives.”
Our mission is to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. In just 13 years, we have raised more than $1.1 billion in loan capital for 2.7+ million borrowers in over 80 countries. Our lenders fund over $10 million in loans every month. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Portland, New York City, Nairobi, and Bangkok, Kiva's team has 100+ employees and 500+ volunteers worldwide.
Internship Program
Since its founding, volunteerism has been an integral part of Kiva's foundation and success. As a Kiva Intern, you will contribute your passion, drive, ideas and expertise to expanding our reach and impact while taking on immediate and significant responsibilities within your team. In addition to learning on the job, you'll partake in a variety of educational, social, and professional development workshops and events that will accelerate your professional growth while learning about Kiva and the non-profit, technology, and microfinance sectors.
Through this volunteer internship, we’re hoping to provide a high caliber learning experience. With the completion of our internship program, you will take away many in-demand job skills. Additionally, all Kiva interns will gain exposure to foundational microfinance concepts and ongoing professional development tailored to your career goals. This position will also put you in contact with a wide array of employees and organizations around the world, giving you a jump start on networking opportunities.
This is a 6-month, part-time (24-32 hours per week), volunteer internship position based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Placement Process
Kiva is currently hiring for our January through July 2021 Internship Class.
Our Team
Kiva's Impact Investments team works with partner lending institutions and borrowers from all over the world, who post profiles for fundraising onto the Kiva website. The team is responsible for sourcing, monitoring and managing relationships with these partners and borrowers, onboarding and training new partners, and ensuring that all funding relationships are compliant with Kiva’s policies and are aligned with Kiva's social mission and strategic focus. The Impact Investments team includes staff based in the US, Kenya, Thailand, and Colombia, who manage Kiva’s investment relationships across the world.
Your Role
We are looking for passionate, dedicated, skilled young professionals to support the efforts of the Impact Investments team by working with our Impact Investments team, our Field partners and their clients in order to help us expand our impact. The Investment Analyst Intern will be responsible for supporting the Impact Investment team to monitor performance metrics and trends of institutional partners and borrowers with a focus on Africa and the Middle East. This is an early career traineeship opportunity, which supports Kiva’s Impact Investments team in onboarding, monitoring, and supporting our large network of international investment partners. The Investment Analyst Intern will report to a regional Investment Manager, and will collaborate closely with other team members across the Impact Investments team including the Investment Associates. This role will also support initiatives where needed. The ideal candidate is a flexible and positive team player who is passionate about Kiva’s mission and is able to perform basic financial statement analysis and execute complex processes efficiently and accurately. This role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Primary Responsibilities
Required
Qualifications
Preferred
Perks
The weekly time commitment for a Kiva Internship is 24-32 hours per week, from January 19th, 2021 - July 30th, 2021. Please make sure you have the availability to commit for the entire internship period before submitting an application.
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