We work with local communities, governments and organizations to conserve Africa’s important places. Africa is special. Its wild lands and waters are home to incredible numbers and diversity of species living close to people. For most rural Africans, connection to place takes on unique meaning, more so than anywhere else on Earth because their daily...
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Intern/Conservation
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldGraduate Jobs  , Internships / Volunteering 
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support planning and coordination of stakeholders’ meetings, workshops, technical training, and reporting.
- Support in data management (quality assessment and control) both in Kobo Collect and in reaching out to farmers through the SMS system platform.
- Support regular water quality and quantity monitoring assessment.
- Identify priority value chains for development in River Yala Water Fund and Eldoret Iten Water Fund and develop detailed report at the end of the internship period.
- Assist in marketing and outreach channels, and social media platforms, propose promotion techniques to increase reach and for knowledge sharing.
- Support the development of content and dissemination of project information through social media.
- Learn practical new skills on farm plan and water pan development.
- Prepare and share a summarized report on achievements every month with the Resilient Watersheds Manager.
- Assist the project planning team to integrate new techniques and technologies from time to time.
- Support field team with day-to-day operations and logistical support
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- University bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to Natural Resource Management, Forestry, Agribusiness, Communication, Community development, Information Technology, international relations, or other relevant fields.
- Must have graduated in the last 2 years, not presently in school/college.
- Prior training in different communication and analysis tools (Social media platforms, value chain analysis tools, Marketing and Outreach, basic mapping skills – Google Earth) – an added advantage
- Relevance of college course undertaken to the task available at the Resilient Watersheds Program.
- Speak Swahili fluently
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Nature Conservancy on careers.nature.org to apply
