The Kenya National Commission on
Human Rights (KNCHR) is an independent National Human Rights Institution
created by Article 59 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and established by the
Government of Kenya through an Act of Parliament (the Kenya National Commission
on Human Rights Act, 2011) and under the United Nations Paris Principles.
KNCHR fulfills its human rights
mandate through a number of programs, including Research and Compliance, Public
Education and Training, Complaints and Investigations, Redress, Reforms and
Accountability and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and departments: Human
Resource and Administration, Finance, ICT, Public Affairs and Communication,
Monitoring and Evaluation and Procurement.
The Commission’s main office is in
Nairobi and with four regional offices in Wajir, Kitale, Mombasa and Kisumu.
The KNCHR invites applications from
young, versatile, industrious, honest, self-driven, analytical, open-minded,
readily available candidates to urgently fill the intern
positions in various departments:-
- Human Resource and Administration (1),
- Finance (1),
- Research and Compliance (1),
- Reforms and Accountability (1)
- Monitoring and Evaluation (1),
- Public Affairs and Communication (1),
- Public Education and Training (1),
- Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(1),
- Complaints and Investigations (1),
- ICT (1),
- Internal Audit (1) and
- Procurement (1)
Position: Interns for various
programmes
Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Nairobi.
Duration: 12 months
Duty Station: Nairobi.
Key Duties
- To work closely with programme
heads/Departmental heads and staff in order to learn from the work of the
Commission in various departments
- Assist in programme/Workplan implementation
and assist in running and maintaining various programmes in KNCHR,
- Any other task that may be assigned by the
Programme Officers.
Key Qualifications and Competencies
- Holder of an undergraduate degree in a
relevant field (as per departments above) from a recognized institution
- Excellent IT skills, with working knowledge of
the various packages.
- Must be able to work effectively and
independently with minimum supervision.
- Excellent inter-personal and communication
skills.
- Proven research, writing and communication
capability
- Demonstrable commitment to social justice.
- Fluency in spoken and written English and
Swahili.
If you possess the above qualities,
please send your application clearly indicating the specific department on the
subject matter of your cover letter, together with a detailed C.V, names and
telephone contacts of three referees, to reach us by 16th of March, 2016 to:
The Commission Secretary,
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
Lenana Road, CVS Plaza, 1st Floor
P. O. Box 74359-00200
Nairobi
Email: recruitments@knchr.org
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted