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- Company: Nature Conservancy
- Location: Kenya
- State: Nairobi
- Job type: Internship
- Job category: - Legal Jobs in KenyaPolicy/Monitoring Jobs in Kenya
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Job Description
We work with local communities, governments and organizations to conserve Africa’s important places. Africa is special. Its wild lands and waters are home to incredible numbers and diversity of species living close to people. For most rural Africans, connection to place takes on unique meaning, more so than anywhere else on Earth because their daily existence depends on the productivity of their natural resources. Challenges in Africa Some 60 percent of Africa’s lands and waters – community property, in a sense – are managed by the people who live on them. These people are undoubtedly the most vulnerable on Earth. A continuing threat is their lack of control over the communal lands and waters they depend on for survival. And as the people struggle, so too does the wildlife that relies on the same resources. An absence of strong institutions and governance further compounds these challenges. Therefore, our work in Africa is focused on perfecting and exporting the best examples of community-led conservation across the continent’s vast shared lands and waters. These examples are ones that provide tangible benefits to people. Conservation has to pay to be successful.
We’re Looking for You:
The intern will work in close collaboration with the TNC staff and other stakeholders and will report to the Policy and Government Relations Advisor. This is a short-term assignment that will take about 3 months to completion and the interns will be based in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, or South Africa. Candidates need to have rights to work in these specific countries as no travel or relocation assistance shall be provided.
The intern will undertake the following tasks at national and subnational levels:
- Undertake a desktop review, interviews, and field visits to gain an understanding of the projects and programmes of TNC in the country to identify the policy entry points.
- Undertake a desktop review of relevant legislation, policies, and institutional arrangements for the regulation of biodiversity and natural resources management and prepare a desktop review report that will clearly identify gaps and recommended actions
- Conduct relevant stakeholder consultation to verify findings from desktop review and recommended actions.
- Analyse the findings of the study and identify the key policies to be prioritized for policy influence to address the gaps in the existing legislations and policy frameworks.
- Produce a report on the results of the exercise.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Conservation, Social Sciences, Policy & Advocacy, Political science, Law, Environmental management, Natural resources development, Wildlife conservation or any related field from a reputable institution
- Knowledge and experience in conducting research; Data collection, analysis, and presentation
- Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
- Excellent communication, interviewing and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to follow instructions from colleagues/coworkers/team members.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Computer literate
- Ability to travel
