Vacancy title:
Communication Interns

Jobs at:
Action Network for the Disabled

Deadline of this Job:
31st August 2018

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 21th August 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:
Action Network for the Disabled (ANDY) is a National Disabled Persons Organization (DPO) working at all levels of community with the involvement of persons with disabilities to bring about positive change. It was founded by and for Children and Youth with disabilities in Kenya. It has been in existence since 2003.

ABOUT NIKOEDUCATABLE!
Under the education pillar, ANDY is currently providing scholarships and wishes to scale up the scholarship fund so as to ensure there are more enrolments, retention and transition of children with disability to the next level and ultimately get quality education. The initiative also provides assistive devices such as wheelchairs and crutches for children with disability to ensure that they are able to comfortably attend classes; while modifying selected schools for them to be fully inclusive and be able to accommodate students with disabilities.

To advance this organization's education pillar, ANDY is looking for a 3 months non-paid Communications Volunteer (We are willing to have you for more months based on your performance) to increase the organization's visibility. This opportunity will provide you with practical experience, networking opportunities and at the end of the contract a recommendation letter.

ROLES:

•  Draft and edit the organization's online articles and newsletters
  
•  Represent the organization in different forums
  
•  Generate ideas on how to increase the organization's visibility
  
•  When necessary create brochures, posters, flyers etc to be used in social and conventional media
  
•  Generate creative ideas for fundraising and assist in writing proposals
  
•  Attend to any other duty assigned
  

QUALIFICATIONS & PREFERENCE:

• We are looking for a third or fourth year College /University Student pursuing a communication related course.
  
• The individual should at least dedicate 2-4 hours a week of which most of the activities (online) can be done from home or office.
  
• We are looking for an individual who can grow with the organization, and is able to bring new ideas on how to propel it.
  
• The individual should have great writing and editing skills
  
• The individual should also be fluent in Kiswahili and English.
  NB: Youth with Disabilities are our first priority.