Project Intern at Solidaridad Eastern & Central Africa Expertise Centre (SECAEC)

PURPOSE

The Project Intern shall strive to learn and work closely with the Senior Project Officers and the innovation theme advisers.

Key Result Areas

• Participate in organizing extension activities which include field days, mine site visits, etc.
• Support training curriculum delivery and review.
• Analyze data for the purpose of improving the project’s training programme.
• Participate in collaborative research activities.
• Support the promotion of functional collaboration with local authorities, as well as with project development stakeholders to strengthen the commodity value chains across projects.
• Work closely with miner’s cooperatives and associations to identify opportunities, risks, and approaches for the project.
• Support in the establishment and running of project hardware and technologies.
• Support the operationalization of the implementation strategies as defined by the project.
• Disseminate and implement project-technologies related.
• Support preparation of monthly project reports, budgets, and work plans in line with Solidaridad’s planning process and schedules in a timely manner for submission.
• Capturing, maintaining and storing project data and supporting data analysis.
• Ensure key activities of programme stakeholders are carried out to track financial and programmatic implementation.

Knowledge and experience

• Relevant academic level education, Bachelor's degree or higher – in relevant field (ASGM, Public Policy, Development Studies, Social Science, Geology, Environmental Science, Mining, Project Management, Strategic Management etc.)
• At least in the last year of university degree or completed university degree
• Fluent in spoken and written English, other language skills proficiency desirable.
• Time management, organizational skills and problem solving skills.
• Analytical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong team-player with a high level of self-motivation and ability to set and meet goals;