FHI 360 Office in Kenya opens candidates to apply for the Internship position at Program Support. The 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.

FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) is a non-profitable humanitarian organization with headquarter in North Carolina. Since its establishment in 1971, it has been serving more than 70 countries to upgrade health standards. Basically, this organization works to prevent several infectious and chronic diseases. However, it has been fighting to prevent HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, etc since its first day of operation.

Responsibilities 

The intern will be liable for the following duties

• Providing communications support to the SADES-K team in Nairobi.
• Conducting continuous media monitoring on behalf of the SADES-K program.
• Assisting to update grant files both in SharePoint drive and hard copy files.
• Conducting data entry for the project and also carrying out data checks, verification and cleaning on data provided by partners.
• Ensuring hard copies /data sources are approved and properly labeled and filed (in soft and hard files).
• Furthermore, performing other activities as defined by the SADES-K Chief of Party.

Requirements 

Candidates must have the following qualifications in order to be eligible for the Program Support Internship at FHI 360

• Tertiary level education in Communications, Statistics, IT, Social Sciences or related field with experience in a similar position.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Similarly, computer literacy; especially use of excel and graphics
• Keen interest and passion for governance issues as well as cultural adaptability and sensitivity.
• Furthermore, working knowledge of donor programs and attention to details

FHI 360 fosters the strength and health of its workforce through a competitive benefits package, professional development and policies, and programs that support healthy work/life balance.

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