Duty Station: Nairobi with travels to the field
Contract Type: Full time (40 hours per week)
Contract Duration: 6 months: August 2024 to January 2025
Starting Date: 1st August 2024
Permits required: Candidates are required to have the right to live and work in Kenya and a valid good conduct certificate
Terre des Hommes Netherlands- TdH NL
Terre des Hommes Netherlands is part of the International Federation of Terre des Hommes organisations, a strategic partnership of member organisations sharing the same brand name and core values for joint lobby and advocacy around children’s rights. Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) protects children by preventing and stopping child exploitation, and by empowering children to make their voices count. Our work is grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and seeks to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The values of TdH Netherlands are: Responsible, Bold, Human-Centred and Playful.
For more information on the work of Terre des Hommes Netherlands, please visit: https://www.terredeshommes.nl/en/ .
Objective of the function
The role requires someone who is interested in the child protection space specifically working with both state and non-state actors in the fight against child exploitation in the Country. The Programme Intern(PI) will work closely with the programme officer in ensuring the successful implementation of SEC projects in line with the project life cycle.
Position in the Organisation
The Programme Intern will work with the country team, and receive direct leadership and supervision from the Programme Officer (PO) to whom he/she will report. He/she will provide a supportive role in supporting the partners in the effective and efficient implementation of SEC projects. He/she will support the partners in monitoring, documenting and routine reporting as per internal and external donors reporting requirements. As part of learning, he/she will work closely with the Finance and Administration Officer, MEAL Officer and other team members. This position will be based in Nairobi with travel to the projects’ sites.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The programme intern with the support of the PO will:
1. Support in effective implementation of projects.
- Work in close collaboration and consultation with partners in planning, implementation, and reporting of project activities.
- Monitor and support partners to ensure that programme and finance commitments are fulfilled through quarterly performance management and support supervision
- Support overall monthly project management, including effective planning, implementation and monitoring of project outcomes.
- Support in conducting monthly/quarterly reviews on the progress of the project in terms of time, budget and quality and address any conflicts/bottlenecks/delays as guided by the PO
- Support in project review meetings and documentation of lessons learnt, challenges and new thinking in implementation of projects.
- Maintain contacts with relevant government agencies, private sector and other key stakeholders and act as a link between the actors and the projects as guided by the PO.
- Ensure efficient use of resources and that programme and finance commitments as per the partner contracts are being fulfilled with assistance from the PO
- Support sound tracking of projects progress and risk management using appropriate project cycle management tools as provided by TdH NL.
- Support the PO and partners in development of subsequent years proposals and project documents.
2. Programme results for the partner and programme portfolio
- Support and monitor the partners through regular communications and programme visits in ensuring implementation is on course
- Support in review of PRIMAS reports and narrative reports
- Work closely with the PO to support partners to conduct outcome harvesting for effective reporting of change as a result of project interventions.
- Support in documentation of change stories across the SEC project as per the guidance given by Marketing and Communications (MACO) team
- Support in updating project documentation/ files for reference by all concerned.
Knowledge, skills and experience
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Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Social Work, Psychology, community Development, Gender and Sociology OR
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Recently completed (less than a year) a bachelor in Social Work, Psychology, community Development, Gender and Sociology
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Proficiency in MS word , Ms Powerpoint and Google Sheets is essential
Competencies
- Self starter and Innovative
- Focus on results
- Cooperation and teamwork
- Time management
- Accuracy and great attention to detail
- Planning and organising
Our Commitment to Diversity, Integrity and Child Safeguarding
We are not looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas and challenge our thinking. We are especially interested in people whose lived experiences help us to see things we might otherwise miss, and enable us to do better work with and for children. Whether or not you meet 100% of the criteria, we want to hear from you, because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world.
TdH NL is particularly committed to keeping children and vulnerable individuals safe, and has zero tolerance on (child) abuse. Every TdH NL employee is bound by the TdH NL Code of Conduct that describes the expected behaviour by staff, in particular with regards to Safeguarding children and (young) adults in our programmes. Child safeguarding measures are part of our selection and recruitment process. By submitting your application you accept that TdH NL will conduct such pre-employment screening for successful candidates. TdH NL participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
How to apply
Application procedure
Qualified candidates should submit their motivation letter and CV here by C.O.B Saturday 29th June , 2024. Candidates must still be in school or have graduated in 2023/yet to graduate and available for the entire 6 months to be considered.
Please note that due to the expected huge number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.