IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY in DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:

ILC AFRICA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

on behalf of a

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) / AFRICA Lead

DEADLINE: June 21st 2012

Overview:

ILC Africa seeks to place bright and capable recent master’s degree and bachelor’s degree graduates into the following USAID-supported regional institutions in West Africa:

CILSS - Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel/Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
http://www.cilss.bf/

CORAF- Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles / West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development
http://www.coraf.org/

Interested applicants should have a passion for operational efficiency and international development. This internship is an opportunity to gain hands-on, practical experience in West Africa while offering your latest skills learned from university programs and relevant work experiences.


Technical Areas:

ILC Africa seeks interns with strong competencies in any of the areas below:

A. LIBRARIAN SCIENCE/INFO. TECHNOLOGY/DATABASE & WEBSITE MGMT.
B. HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
C. COMMUNICATIONS/ PUBLIC RELATIONS/ and MARKETING
D. EDITING/ TECHNICAL EDITING / SCIENTIFIC WRITING
E. MONITORING & EVALUTION/STATISTICS


Internship Details:

• Anticipated program period July 2012-June 2013
• A 12-month internship program where you will be placed in a Francophone West African country (Burkina Faso, Senegal, or Niger) depending on your skills and the organization’s needs
• Interns will go through a brief internship orientation program in Ghana before being placed in the host country. USAID/Africa LEAD will provide a 50% subsidy of round-trip airfare and visa costs to Accra, Ghana. Intern to pay the remaining 50% of airfare to Accra, Ghana
• 100% airfare and visa costs to your country of placement (Burkina Faso, Senegal, or Niger)
• Fully-covered accommodation during the length of the year-long internship
• A mobile telephone during the length of the year-long internship
• A local living stipend to subsidize monthly personal living costs during the length of the year-long internship
• Health care subsidy