Intern Futuremakers at Sightsavers

Jobholder Requirements

Work within the Futuremakers Programme team to support the day-to-day program implementation, coordination with partners and other NGOs, including attending meetings and making follow-ups, participating in awareness and advocacy initiatives. This will include:

• Ensuring activities are implemented in line with the approved workplan.
• Supporting in mobilization, selection, training, follow up and monitoring of job seekers with disabilities capacity building initiatives – Accenture S2S and Yusudi
• Supporting in the day-to-day engagement of the Bridge IT Academy at NITA.
• Work with the programme team to maintain up-to-date participants data base and the employer’s data base
• Convene /attending partners and stakeholders’ meetings as assigned
• Working with partners to plan and coordinate awareness activities.
• Working with the program team to identify enablers to achieving set objectives.
• Support advocacy initiatives.
• Liaise with Government agencies, partners and NGOs.
• Undertake report writing / preparation of programme activities

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Degree (or equivalent) or working experience in social sciences with significant interest in the field of disability, social inclusion and advocacy
• Good skills in training and facilitation.
• Strong passion, knowledge and experience on working with persons with disability and marginalized groups.
• Experience in report writing and communications skills.
• This is a hands-on internship, so passion, enthusiasm, and a desire to learn all things program management, facilitation skills and reporting etc.
• Fluent written and spoken English.