Internship Jobs at Church World Service

Responsibilities

The animal health intern will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Create a monthly workplan aligned with project workplan, keep track of planned activities and submit weekly and monthly narrative
• Train farmer groups on livestock husbandry, including affordable feeding, record keeping, hygiene management, disease identification, and
• Provide agricultural extension services through field visits to address individual farmers’
• Advise farmers on best practices for livestock- poultry and goat production.
• Support community mobilisers in conducting community-based surveillance and verification of alerts for vaccine-preventable disease.
• Collect weekly monitoring reports from lead farmers and share them with project
• Provide technical advice to farmers on livestock production and marketing of
• Conduct animal multiplication surveys and submit the required
• Assist project officer/manager in the implementation of community-based surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases.
• Support the project officer to document project success stories and lessons learned and share with project for documentation monthly.

Qualifications

Education & Certifications: 

• A recent graduate of a diploma program in Animal Health, or Veterinary Science, General Agriculture, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Education, or a Certificate with two (2) years of relevant experience in lieu of a
• KVB (Kenya Veterinary Board) Registration is require

Experience:

• Experience in data collection and report writing is preferred.
• Ability to effectively and gently handle
• Able to assess vital signs, recognize signs of distress or discomfort in
• A valid motorcycle license Class A or the ability to acquire one at short notice
• Ability to keep and maintain accurate
• Demonstrable strong organizational and time management
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.

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Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the food security and livelihoods (Mwanga Project) in Tana River.  
• Assist project assistant and project officer to identify, profile and organize farmers into farmer groups.
• Adapt and use training materials and ensure existing training materials are up to date.
• Organize and train farmers groups on group dynamics and leadership.
• Organize and train groups on Village Savings and Loans Associations.
• Support project assistant and project officer to conduct regular monitoring to ensure that community-driven projects are implemented by groups/ clusters achieve expected outputs, outcomes, and results.
• Assist in conducting monitoring and evaluation exercises including baselines, annual and endline surveys.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly project reports both quantitative and qualitative, aspects of the project.
• Support the project officer to document project success stories and lessons learned and share with project for documentation monthly.
• Other duties as assigned by the Project Officer.

Qualifications

Education Qualifications

The Intern should be:

• A recent graduate of a degree or diploma program in Social Work, Gender and Development Studies, Community Development, or Development Studies or a Certificate with two (2) years of relevant experience in lieu of a
• Interest or knowledge in community development, livelihoods projects or humanitarian work.
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.