Community Engagement and Programme Intern

About the role

The Community Engagement and Programme Intern will support implementation with Her Economics partners, women’s groups, chamas, and community networks, helping to capture community feedback and document women’s experiences.

Key responsibilities

• Support coordination with grassroots partners, peer leaders, and community mobilisers.
• Assist with participant mobilisation, training logistics, community conversations, and feedback sessions.
• Document women’s experiences, needs, and priorities.
• Organise user testing sessions for the FemDigiNomics scorecard and related tools.
• Support partner reporting, meeting notes, attendance tracking, and follow‑up.

Required profile

• Background in community development, gender studies, public health, social work, psychology, sociology, development studies, or related fields.
• Experience with women’s groups, informal settlements, youth, GBV survivors, or grassroots organisations is an advantage.
• Fluency in Swahili; knowledge of Sheng or local community languages is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and respect for community knowledge.

Required skills

• Data analysis
• Planning
• Accounting