Program Support Intern at FHI360 NGO

Reports to: Chief of Party, SADES-K
Supervises: None
Dates: February – July 2020

Project Summary

FHI 360 is recruiting a program support intern for a period of 4 months, under the Safeguarding Democratic Space in Kenya (SADES-K), which will be implemented from 2018 to 2021. The overall goal of SADES-K is to enhance Kenya’s ability to hold a national conversation on reforms and national cohesion, and to safeguard democratic gains, including protecting civic space, respect for human rights and observance of rule of law.

Major Functions

• Provide communications support to SADES-K team in Nairobi.
• Conduct continuous media monitoring on behalf of the SADES-K program.
• Assist to update grant files both in SharePoint drive and hard copy files.
• Conduct data entry for the project and carry out data checks, verification and cleaning on data provided by partners.
• Ensure hard copies /data sources are approved and properly labelled and filed (in soft and hard files)
• Other activities as defined by the SADES-K Chief of Party

Minimum Requirement Standards

Tertiary level education in Communications, Statistics, IT, Social Sciences or related field with experience in a similar position.

Required Skills And Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English
• Computer literacy; especially use of excel and graphics
• Keen interest and passion for governance issues;
• Cultural adaptability and sensitivity;
• Working knowledge of donor programs
• Attention to details

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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