FAWE Internship Announcement at Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) in Nairobi – Kenya Jobs and Vacancies_
Closing date: 15 Mar 2011
Location: Kenya – Nairobi
Background
FAWE is a pan-African Non Governmental Organisation founded in 1992 to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa in line with Education for All. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, FAWE has a network of 35 National Chapters operating across Africa. FAWE’s mission is to promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education. The goal of the organisation is to increase access and retention as well as improve the quality of education for all girls within the school system and for women in universities. In its 2008-2012 Strategic Plan, FAWE instituted an internship programme to encourage young graduates and university students who and are interested in gaining practical experience in their field of study. Interns provide support to specific FAWE units according to identified needs.
FAWE encourages the placement of interns at its Regional Secretariat in Nairobi and in National Chapter Secretariats. Interns may be of any nationality or gender as long as the engagement is mutually beneficial to the intern and the requesting organisational unit, and thus to FAWE.
CONFERENCE ASSISTANT
Responsibility
The internship is open to students, recent graduates or new entrants into a particular field. Applicants should:
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application and CV in English to recruitment@fawe.org
How to apply
More information on the internship programme can be found at www.fawe.org/support/get_involved/index.php.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application and CV in English to recruitment@fawe.org
Closing date: 15 Mar 2011
Location: Kenya – Nairobi
Background
FAWE is a pan-African Non Governmental Organisation founded in 1992 to promote girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa in line with Education for All. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, FAWE has a network of 35 National Chapters operating across Africa. FAWE’s mission is to promote gender equity and equality in education in Africa by fostering positive policies, practices and attitudes towards girls’ education. The goal of the organisation is to increase access and retention as well as improve the quality of education for all girls within the school system and for women in universities. In its 2008-2012 Strategic Plan, FAWE instituted an internship programme to encourage young graduates and university students who and are interested in gaining practical experience in their field of study. Interns provide support to specific FAWE units according to identified needs.
FAWE encourages the placement of interns at its Regional Secretariat in Nairobi and in National Chapter Secretariats. Interns may be of any nationality or gender as long as the engagement is mutually beneficial to the intern and the requesting organisational unit, and thus to FAWE.
CONFERENCE ASSISTANT
Responsibility
- Work out a budget for the entire event for discussion with the PO and subsequently, senior managers
- Ensuring all insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are available for participants
- Make available all the necessary equipment required by the participants and speakers for the conference
- Select and book a suitable venue according to the requirements of FAWE and in accordance to the type of conference.
- Organisation of accommodation and catering including the selection of menus
- Work closely with the administrator to ensure all documents are translated and deadlines are respected
- Arrangements for interpretation (if necessary) and secretarial services
- Coordinating with identified speakers/facilitators/resource persons,
- Work closely with the communication unit to ensure post-event activities – resolutions, contact with delegates and distributing of conference-related literature, analysing feedback from the participants/delegates
- Coordinating venue management, stand designers (if the event involves an exhibition) contractors and equipment hire
- Planning possible recreation, entertainment programs, gala dinners, excursions, etc.
- Preparing participant/delegate packages, folders, brochures, posters, pictures and papers
- Liaising with the Communication Unit, the PO, the NC and designers to create an appropriate brand and logo suitable for the theme of the workshop
- Prepare all necessary travel tasks – ticketing, local transportation, VIP services visas etc to facilitate travel for participants.
- To be physically present throughout the entire event to handle participants’ needs and queries and to make sure that the event runs smoothly
- Responsible for the smooth management of dismantling and removal of all items, structures, equipment brought in for the event from the origin
The internship is open to students, recent graduates or new entrants into a particular field. Applicants should:
- Recent graduate or enrolment in a graduate-level degree programme in a development related field such as Education, economics, business administration, sociology, programme/project management or related field. Demonstrated interest in the field of development
- Past experience in conference/meeting planning and event management
- Have strong speaking and writing skills in English. French will be an added advantage.
- Be able to follow instructions, but also work independently
- Ability to communicate with a variety of multiple stakeholders
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application and CV in English to recruitment@fawe.org
How to apply
More information on the internship programme can be found at www.fawe.org/support/get_involved/index.php.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application and CV in English to recruitment@fawe.org