World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
The East Africa Regional Office, operating in nine countries of East Africa namely; Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda is looking for a Communications intern to work in its Nairobi office.
This internship aims to provide the intern with a broad understanding of international non-governmental organisation communications functions, with exposure to all elements of the regional office and opportunities to collaborate with the national offices across the region.
Period of internship: The internship starts beginning Oct 2014 and lasts 6 months.
- Ensure World Vision East Africa online presence is regularly updated
- Monitoring WV EAR content across online platforms and social media
- Engaging in internal communications activities for broad exposure to the organisation
- Drafting stories and various correspondence
- Assisting with corporate communications, and development of programme briefs and profiles
- Event organisation
- Supporting processes to improve efficiency of the EARO Communications team
Qualifications Required:
- University studies (ongoing or finished), or journalism, media and communication education
- Strong English writing skills
- Excellent use of technology including software (Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Professional)
- Graduate Intern preferred
- Experience with online promotion, development and media interest
- Multimedia skills such as video editing, photo management and graphic design
- Knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign, Typo3, FileMaker is an advantage.
How to apply
Please send your CV and cover letter by e-mail to clara_kiilu@wvi.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We recommend you to keep your CV to a maximum of two A4 pages in word format and the cover letter to one A4 page.
For more on World Vision and our ministry to children please see: www.wvi.or