Community Engagement and Programme Intern

Job TypeContract

QualificationBA/BSc/HND

Experience

LocationNairobi

Job FieldInternships , Project and Program Management

Key responsibilities:

• Support coordination with grassroots partners, peer leaders, and community mobilisers.
• Assist with participant mobilisation, training logistics, community conversations, and feedback sessions.
• Support documentation of women’s experiences, needs, and priorities.
• Help organise user testing sessions for the FemDigiNomics scorecard and related tools.
• Support partner reporting, meeting notes, attendance tracking, and follow-up.
• Ensure community feedback is captured and shared with the programme and technical teams.

Ideal candidate

• Background in community development, gender studies, public health, social work, psychology, sociology, development studies, or related fields.
• Experience working with women’s groups, informal settlements, youth, GBV survivors, or grassroots organisations is an advantage.
• Fluency in Swahili is required. Sheng or local community language skills are an added advantage.
• Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and respect for community knowledge

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Method of Application

Cross-Cutting Requirements for All Interns

All applicants should demonstrate:

• Strong interest in women’s economic opportunity, gender justice, financial inclusion, and health equity.
• Respect for community knowledge, lived experience, and ethical data practices.
• Ability to work with low-income women and grassroots partners with dignity and sensitivity.
• Good writing, documentation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Swahili.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to learn and work across research, programme implementation, technology, and community engagement.

What Interns Will Gain

Interns will gain practical experience in:

• Community-rooted AI and NLP for African languages.
• Women’s financial inclusion and lending readiness.
• Participatory research and data collection.
• Responsible AI, data governance, and ethical use of community data.
• Programme implementation with grassroots women’s organisations.
• Translating research and data into practical tools for low-income women.
• Working at the intersection of gender justice, economic opportunity, health, and technology.

• Support coordination with grassroots partners, peer leaders, and community mobilisers.
• Assist with participant mobilisation, training logistics, community conversations, and feedback sessions.
• Support documentation of women’s experiences, needs, and priorities.
• Help organise user testing sessions for the FemDigiNomics scorecard and related tools.
• Support partner reporting, meeting notes, attendance tracking, and follow-up.
• Ensure community feedback is captured and shared with the programme and technical teams.

• Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and respect for community knowledge
• Good writing, documentation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Swahili.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness to learn and work across research, programme implementation, technology, and community engagement.

• Background in community development, gender studies, public health, social work, psychology, sociology, development studies, or related fields.
• Experience working with women’s groups, informal settlements, youth, GBV survivors, or grassroots organisations is an advantage.
• Fluency in Swahili is required. Sheng or local community language skills are an added advantage.