Advocacy Intern
PELUM-Kenya is a network of 42 Civil Society Organizations reaching smallholder farmers in Kenya; in adoption of Ecological Land Use Management (elum) practices which promotes use of eco-friendly technologies to enhance food production and incomes using locally available materials.
PELUM-Kenya is mandated by its 42 members to promote Ecological Land Use Management (elum) practices and principles in Kenya through networking, capacity building, information sharing and advocacy.
Participatory Ecological Land Use Management as a network has heightened a need for evidence based advocacy to inform the community at large about the natural environment and to achieve the need for a meaningful participation.
The African Biodiversity Network (ABN) is a regional network of individuals and organizations seeking African solutions to the ecological and socio-economic challenges that face the continent.
The ABN was conceived in response to growing concern in the region over threats to Biodiversity in Africa and the need to develop strong African positions and legal instruments at the national, regional and international level.
Currently The ABN has 36 partners drawn from twelve African countries: Benin, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Bread for the World (BfW) provided a grant to African Biodiversity Network (ABN) and PELUM-Kenya for the project “Biosafety and Seed laws capacity building in Kenya” in order to scale up knowledge on Bio-safety in Kenya for informed choice by consumers and producers”.
PELUM –Kenya seeks to recruit an exceptional results oriented individual to fill the position of Advocacy Intern.
This position will report to the Campaigns Advocacy and Lobbying officer in PELUM Kenya and will be responsible for the following:
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the day-to-day operations and activities of project.
- Supporting the activities of Kenya Biodiversity coalition and effectiveness of the activities implemented by the member organizations of the coalition.
- Supporting PELUM Kenya in identifying information needs and interests, collection of information, dissemination and facilitating seamless exchange of information among the stakeholders.
- Screening, responding, handling and rerouting correspondences as guided in PELUM Kenya
- Supporting the building of a strong networking culture and effective working relationships and ensuring that the member organizations contribute effectively to the local and global debates
- Supporting arrangements for meetings, workshops, conferences and other events
- Developing reports as required from time to time with the guidance of the CAL Officer in PELUM Kenya.
Key Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience
- Minimum of undergraduate degree or equivalent in Journalism, Agriculture, Environment, Sociology, Political Science or a closely related discipline.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience related working.
- Experience in food rights and food sovereignty issues
- Computer proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet search skills and ability to learn new applications quickly
- Proven ability to work independently.
- Be a good communicator with excellent research and writing skills in press releases, newspaper articles, blogs
- Remuneration for the position is Kshs. 30,000 per month (gross)
Application Procedure and deadline.
Applications (Cover letter including the current and/or expected remuneration and CV) to be sent by email only to: pelumkenya@gmail.com with the subject line “Application for the position of Advocacy Intern”
Deadline for submission of the applications will be 20th July, 2013.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Those who previously applied for this position need not re-apply.
Sales Associates at Internet Marketing Africa
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Our Company
IMA is the leading platform provider for online internet marketing solutions in the world. We’ve built the most sophisticated and powerful online internet engine available and we want to share it with the world. Our technology is phenomenal, built by engineers from Texas USA(where great companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo have their roots). And our client list is already impressive, boasting multinationals with some of the most well known brands in the world. But we’re still a young and growing company and operate very much like a startup. We want to share the power and simplicity of IMA with the rest of the world, and that's where you come in.
The Role:
We want to hire Sales Associates that will be driving IMA’s growth. Specifically we want you to do the following:
Work with us full time or part time.
Connect with potential customers by using different forms of communication, primarily phone and email, but also with social media and other communication tools
Learn and use our sales tools to organize who you sell to
Attend conferences, trade shows and other networking opportunities to source new clients
Manage customer relationships with new clients
Prepare documents that are specific to your clients
Communicate with our technology team to provide customer feedback and help improve our product
Be innovative and flexible! We love it when you come up with new ways to market and sell to customers, if you think you want to be at the cutting edge of sales in Kenya, then this might be the perfect job for you!
The Requirements:
You will be working alongside some really smart and dedicated people, and we like to work with others that are similar in nature. Specifically, this is what we are looking for:
Form 4 leaver and above.
Degree or diploma added advantage
sales and marketing experience added adv
Fluency in both Kiswahili and English
Strong presentation skills, both in person and on the phone
High attention to detail
Hard-working and able to work under minimal supervision
A go-getter attitude
Ability to work as part of a greater team as well as individually
Very responsive over email and on the phone
We are seeking to recruit over 500 youths all over Kenya
How to Apply:
Call Hafidh 0729680058