Intern – Global Drylands Initiative
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BACKGROUND
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A LOCAL POSITION FOR KENYAN NATIONALS OR THOSE WITH THE RIGHT TO WORK IN KENYA
The Intern will be responsible for office support ensuring day to day program administration functions and general office operations and procedures.
JOB DESCRIPTION
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Senior Programme Officer, the intern will:
• Assist in organizing programme documentations, including labelling photographs, archiving old documents, sorting out of files, photocopying and scanning of documents and saving important project documents accordingly;
• Assist with short-term project tasks as needed (e.g. organization of workshop, taking minutes etc.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
REQUIREMENTS
| • Undergraduate degree in Environmental Science, Business Administration, development studies or related fields; Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
• Fluency in written and spoken English is a must. • Core Competencies; Transparency: Able to build trust and contribute to informed and responsible decision making by carrying out the work of IUCN in a transparent manner; provides clear guidance to ensure that objectives and desired measurable results are understood by members of the team. Inclusiveness: Understands and accepts cultural diversity, and provide a tolerant, positive and supportive working environment that fosters respect for diversity, demonstrates ability to work in a multicultural, multi ethnic environment and to maintain effective working relations with people of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds. Professionalism: Promote the organization’s interests, objectives and values in a diligent and professional manner. Accountability: Takes responsibility of individual and collective actions, promotes the IUCN One Programme approach. • Functional competencies; Adheres to IUCN ESARO core values of Transparency, Inclusiveness, Professionalism and Accountability; Excellent interpersonal skills and willingness to work in a diverse and multicultural team; Excellent research skills and ability to work independently towards a clear goal. Demonstrated professionalism, maturity and sound judgment A high level of organizational skill; excellent attention to detail. Proven ability to solve problems independently without supervision. Must be highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated with the ability to multi-task and prioritize needs. Possess energy, drive, enthusiasm, commitment and passion for high quality work. |
APPLICATIONS
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