Budget Transparency (Internship)

Project Summary: In partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Finance and the Overseas Development Institute, IPA assesses the impact of providing highly disaggregate, location specific information on budget allocation and expenditures on the quality of service provision. Target groups include local councilors and local opinion leaders.

Position Summary: The intern will work closely with the PI and a team of Field Managers on overseeing baseline data collection and managing incoming data. Tasks include:

• Receiving and submitting electronic survey data on a daily basis
• Ensuring quality of the data through high frequency checks and consolidating data with auditor results
• Involvement in survey design, programming and oversight of field teams

Strong candidates have strong STATA skills, and ideally experience working and/or living in rural areas in developing countries as well as good management skills.

Programme Support Intern- DRC Regional Office

The AVR approach is currently implemented at the national and community level. At the national level,DDG seeks to support the authorities with small arms management and support peace building and security sector reform initiatives. The community safety approach is rooted in a participatory process, where DDG assists target communities to assess their safety and security situation, define and prioritise their safety and security needs and identify resources to address these needs.

DDG is looking for a highly talented and motivated individual for the position of intern.
 
Purpose
Support the Kenya programme in terms of finance, administration and other programme support functions as well as maintaining programmatic information management system.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Support monitoring of programme spending
• Support planning and implementation of project activities
• Monitor programme compliance with operational handbook
• Monitor media for developments related to the focus of different DDG projects
• Any other tasks as agreed with DDG Kenya CD.

Reporting Arrangements
Line manager: DDG Country Director, Kenya
Personal Specifications

• A university degree in Commerce or Finance management
• Good interpersonal working relationships
• Strong planning skills with ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
• Excellent computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint,Word and Outlook
• Flexible and able to adapt quickly to new environment.

Kenya Extractive Industries Development Programme (KEIDP) Project Intern Lodwar, Kenya

Background Danish Demining Group (DDG) is part of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). DDG is specialised in Armed Violence Reduction and Humanitarian Mine Action. DDG has programmes across the world and implements AVR programmes in the following countries in Eastern Africa: Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan,Uganda and Kenya. The AVR approach is currently implemented at the national and community level. At the national level, DDG seeks to support the authorities with small arms management and support peace building and security sector reform initiatives. The community safety approach is rooted in a participatory process, where DDG assists target communities to assess their safety and security situation, define and prioritise their safety and security needs and identify resources to address these needs.
 
Support the implementation of the Kenya Extractive Industries Development Programme (KEIDP) Community Engagement Pilot project.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Support planning and implementation of project activities
• Take minutes and draft reports
• Support the implementation of the project M&E Plan
• Any other tasks as agreed with DDG Senior Project Officer.

Reporting Arrangements
Line manager: Senior Project Officer
 
Personal Specifications

• A university degree in peace studies, political science or related field,
• Substantial knowledge of the Kenya political system from community to national level,
• Exceptional understanding of local dynamics in Turkana
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Fluency in Turkana.
• Excellent note taking skills
• High degree of computer literacy,

Logistics and Procurement Intern- International Federation of Red Cross

Required Qualifications

• Education -   Bachelor’s Degreein Supply Chain Management or related course.
• KCSE Certificate required

Experience

• Industrial attachment in a supply chain department is an added advantage.
• Driving qualification with a valid driving license is an added advantage.
• Skills & Knowledge
• Practical Knowledge of computers (Windows, spread sheets, word processing, email)
• Organisational capabilities and communication

kindly send applications to hr.eastafrica@ifrc.org

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and will stop as soon as the position is filled. Deadline for applications is 27 th June 2015