10 No Experience Partnerships Liaison Interns – Youth Internship Programme – Restless Development
Job Title: Partnerships Liaison Intern – Youth Internship Programme (10 No Experience Career Jobs)
Organization: Restless Development
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Restless Development (Uganda) is an International NGO established to address the challenges faced by young people in Uganda by placing young people at the forefront of change and development. Our vision is for all Ugandan youth to live healthy and productive lives, fully supported by those around them. Our programming focuses on three core areas: youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, youth civic participation and youth employment and livelihoods.
About YLA Program:
Chemonics International in partnership with Restless Development is implementing Feed the Future Uganda Youth Leadership for Agriculture Activity (YLA) which aims to increase economic opportunities for 350,000 Ugandan female and male youth ages 10 to 35 years in agriculture-related fields and improve their skills development (entrepreneurship, employability, leadership and life skills). The overall approach for YLA is partner-driven, leveraging private and public-sector actors, vocational training providers, NGOs, youth groups, local government entities and community associations to reach youth. YLA will implement an internship program targeting 18 young graduates aged 19-25 years. The program will equip graduates with workplace skills and practical work experience necessary for them to flourish in a competitive job market.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide onsite technical assistance to SACCOs, Microfinance Institutions and VSLA’S. e.g. Install and configure Routers, APN cards and Network Boosters for connectivity.
- Identify training need and conduct training for SACCOs staff and VSLA’s Members on how to use Mobis and VSLA application respectively.
- Identify software defects or issues, Report the same to the Onboarding Manager and then follow-up on their resolutions
- Identify issues with reports e.g. Trial Balance not balancing or Customers Accounts balance inconsistence and correct them where possible.
- Help the SACCOs to enter data (backlog) into Mobis software and make sure that the system is Up-to-date
- Help the SACCO prepare Data using the Data importation templates
- Must ensure that the SACCOs fully use Mobis to serve its customers in real time.
- Help the SACCOs to update missing customers bio data e.g. Date of birth, geographical area, telephone numbers, genders etc.
- Advice the SACCOs on Best practices in the Sacco industry
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Restless Development Partnerships Liaison should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or Accounting.
- Understand how SACCOs, Microfinance Institutions and Village Savings and Loan Associations work
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word Processing and PowerPoint
- Presentation skills
- Teamwork, Flexibility, good communicator. Knowledge of English and at least 3 more local languages would be an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join Restless Development in the aforementioned capacity should fill in this form, download here, and send it to graduateinternship@restlessdevelopment.org. Please note that we DO NOT accept CVs, resumes and cover letters.
Deadline: 7th February 2019 by 2pm
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