Grants & Research Intern

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Heshima Kenya's Mission:
Heshima Kenya specializes in identifying and protecting unaccompanied and separated refugee children and youth, especially girls, young women, and their children living in Kenya. Our shelter, education, and community outreach services, coupled with local resources and the refugee community, empower this population to live healthy lives. By providing resources for long-term support, refugee girls and young women become catalysts for strengthening networks creating sustainable change within the local and global communities.

Programmatic Overview:
Heshima Kenya is proud to have redefined refugee protection through our one-of-a-kind holistic model. Our organization is dedicated to meeting each refugee girl we serve at the full spectrum of her needs.

Intern experience:
The intern will work closely with the Grants Manager. This will be different than a traditional grant writing internship, as we have recently received a service grant through a foundation to implement Salesforce in the organization. This internship will be less grant writing and more data focused. The Grants Manager oversees the relationship with the foundation and will be supporting the foundation consultants with the project over the next few months. This internship will be focusing more closely on data and how it works for our organization as well as data cleanup, entry, and analysis.

Because we work closely with the Nairobi office, there is an 8-hour time difference in regards to communication. The intern would be responsible for working with the Grants Manager to ensure that we receive the appropriate data and information that we need to implement and migrate over to Salesforce. Because the organization has captured data since 2008, we have a lot of data from different sources (excel, word, separate databases) capturing similar information ranging from the demographics of each beneficiary to what level of schooling they are currently in at the Girls’ Empowerment Project, to their involvement with the Maisha Collective and plans for resettlement.

This internship would be great for anyone with data analysis experience or for anyone who is familiar with the Salesforce or a similar Customer Relationship Management (CSR) system. Side project will include some traditional grant writing internship tasks such as editing, researching potential new opportunities, and preparing the components required to submit a proposal.

Qualifications: Successful candidates should meet the requirements listed below.

• There is an opportunity for this internship to be virtual as a significant portion of the

  work is data driven.

• Bachelors degree, Masters degree, or Masters degree candidate

• Strong research background

• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills a must, including the ability to write

  for a variety of audiences and to write efficiently to meet multiple deadlines

• Exceptional attention to detail and project management skills and the ability to juggle

  multiple responsibilities and projects and meet deadlines

• Ability to independently prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently, plan

  for additional resources, and develop realistic action plans

• Knowledge of and interest in human rights, international development, rights of

  women and girls, and refugee rights.

• Demonstrated quick learner with the ability to use own resources and talents to

  acquire new skills

• Experience with project management and ownership. Ability to take ownership of assignments and follow each task through. Ability to anticipate needs of management staff.

• Working knowledge of Internet research techniques

• Candidates with experience in grant writing, development, research and/ or advocacy

  will be prioritized

HOW TO APPLY:
To apply please submit a cover letter and resume to Ms. Ariana Erickson at ariana@heshimakenya.org. Cover letter should detail your skill set, your interests, and why you are the best fit for the intended position. Applications without a cover letter will not be reviewed.

Each internship position will be for at least 15 hours per week- required hours vary slightly for each internship- beginning November 6, 2017. For purposes of productivity and efficiency, we generally ask that interns are able to commit a 3 - 4 hour time block in either the morning or afternoon. Heshima Kenya internships are unpaid.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we ask that you do not call Heshima Kenya’s offices regarding this position. All qualified applications will be contacted for an interview .

BENEFITS:

At Heshima Kenya, we believe interns are just as important as any other member of the organization. You will have a seat at the table to share your ideas, inputs, and abilities with our U.S. team. As a nonprofit, this position is unpaid, but we can work with you to offer academic credit and encourage you to add any projects you owned during the internship to your portfolio, with permission of your supervisor.