Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality and works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs. CRS has been helping poor, vulnerable families improve their lives through orphans and vulnerable children, agriculture, health, microfinance, and WASH programming in Kenya since 1965.

ROLE

The intern will: 

• Build and maintain close coordination and co-operation with county departments of agriculture, livestock and veterinary services, research institutions, sector working groups and development agencies to ensure synergy and improved coordination of interventions with liaison with Production officers.
• Coordinate with Production officer (agriculture & livestock), Markets Systems and Value chain officer and county teams to facilitate private sector partners engagement that improve farmer access to input and output markets.
• Collaborate with production officer (agriculture & livestock) to integrate messaging in the rollout of crop and livestock production interventions.
• Coordinate with public and private service providers (animal health, crop husbandry, etc) to reach Nawiri participants with livestock and crop services and products.
• Mentor, supervise and follow-up, TOT in collaboration with Government counterparts, LIPs, and partners.
• Facilitate livestock and agriculture producers to have improved knowledge and skills and to adopt practices that are nutrition sensitive and support resilience.
• Monitor and measure outputs related to production interventions and in liaison with the accountability and learning team, ensure community feedback is monitored and acted upon and that learning around production interventions is documented and shared at all levels.
• Compile activity reports and field visit reports at end the of each activity using standard tools including weekly progress reports.
• Participate in team meetings as part of learning.
• Any other activities assigned by the line manager.

QUALIFICATIONS

Personal Skills 

• Strong relationship management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Strong communications and presentation skills.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented.
• Capable of working in a dynamic, results oriented environment; ability to multi-task across various work streams/priorities.
• Team player with a positive attitude who can work independently while also being highly collaborative and open. Capable of building relationships and influencing the opinions of others.

Required/Desired Foreign Language: English and Swahili

Travel Required; 75 % of the time within sub counties in Isiolo.

Key Working Relationships: 

Supervisory: None

• Supervision: Reports to Project Officer Production
• Internal: Nawiri production officer (agriculture & livestock), SPO livelihood, Nawiri Markets Systems and Value chain officer, Caritas Production officer and Caritas Markets Systems and Value chain officer.
• External: Local implementing partners, government departments at different levels and local communities.

Education and Experience

• Diploma in International Development, Agriculture/Livestock and/or related field. A bachelor’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Completed studies in the relevant field within the last two years.
• Demonstrated ability to be collaborative, creative, and innovative.
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully in diverse geographic and cultural settings.
• Proficiency in the use of computer applications
• Willingness to learn new things in a rapidly changing context.
• Ability to speak at least one local language in Isiolo in addition to English and Kiswahili
• Willingness to stay long days in remote field locations.
• Demonstrated commitment to respect, equity, diversity, and inclusion including gender equality.