Child Protection Internship opportunity at ICS Africa
About ICS : ICS is an International organization that
envisions an environment where people can realize social change in their own
lives and society at large. We exist to contribute towards a caring and enabling environment where
children can grow up to their full potential and become responsible citizens, by
initiating an environment with secured rights, established citizenship and
equal social and economic power relations. Our strategy is to invest in
services and products to stimulate people’s independent civic action towards
economic and social equal positions in order to address issues of poverty,
marginalisation and human/child rights.
About the internship: The
Child Protection Intern will work together with Child protection team and
will be responsible for providing programmatic and administrative support to
the team. Specifically (S)he will be
responsible for programme reporting, documentation of casestudies, programme
follow ups, report reviews, and planning
of programme events/meetings.
Reporting to: The Programme Manager, Child protection
Hours: 40hr week (Monday-Friday)
Location: ICS Africa regional offices in Nairobi but with
a few travels in the region
Start Date: July 1st or earlier
Duration: 6 months
The child protection intern will be responsible
for:
1.
Timely coordination and consolidation of programme related
reports
2.
Review of partner and
other programme reports to ensure reporting requirements are met and are in line
with approved plans and budgets
3.
Documentation and dissemination of
programme case studies and
activities
4.
Organizing, planning, and scheduling programme
activities and events
5.
Provide day to day
administrative support to the child protection team
Qualifications and competencies
·
Fresh university graduate with a degree in social sciences, develoment studies or
related studies
·
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
·
Report writting skills.
·
Personal organisational and time management skills.
·
Familiarity with Microsoft packages; Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
·
Previous short term engagement or internship with a development and/or child focused
organisation is desired.
How to apply
Eligible candidates are requested to submit a
cover letter and CV to internship@icsafrica.org:
with the subject line: Application for ICS
Child Protection Internship. The deadline for receipt of applications is 22nd June 2012. Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted. To the
successful candidate, ICS will provide a good learning environment that will
stimulate career growth and development.
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