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Agronomist Intern – Nandi at Save the Children 

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

Due to the wide geographical expanse of the Nandi Carbon–Climate Resilience, Livelihoods & Nutrition Project and the intensity of field‑level implementation, Save the Children seeks to recruit an Agronomist Intern to provide day‑to‑day technical and field support to the Agronomic Advisor.

The Agronomist Intern will support agroforestry, climate‑smart agriculture, tree planting, and farmer engagement activities, strengthening field presence, improving follow‑up across dispersed locations, and supporting monitoring, documentation, and learning. The role is designed to build early‑career technical capacity while enhancing effective project oversight and delivery.Scope of Role: Reports to: Agronomic Advisor

• Staff directly reporting to this post: None
• Key working relationships: Project field staff, implementing partners, farmer groups, cooperatives, and community structures
• This is a supporting role with no final decision‑making authority

Key Areas of Accountability:

Programme Implementation Support

• Support implementation of agroforestry and climate‑smart agriculture activities across assigned project sites.
• Conduct regular field visits to nurseries and farmer plots to support:
• Tree planting and survival monitoring.
• Nursery management and seedling care.
• Soil and water conservation practices.
• Support seasonal activities including seedling propagation, transplanting, and post‑planting care under supervision.

 Farmer Engagement and Extension Support

• Support farmer trainings, demonstrations, and community meetings (barazas).
• Provide basic agronomic guidance to farmers under the direction of the Agronomic Advisor.
• Act as a liaison between farmers and the technical team, escalating field challenges promptly.
• Promote inclusive participation of women, youth, and vulnerable households.

Monitoring, Reporting and Learning

• Support farmer registration, land verification, and digital/physical mapping processes.
• Assist with routine data collection related to:
• Tree planting and survival rates.
• Nursery outputs.
• Adoption of climate‑smart practices.
• Maintain accurate field records and submit timely activity reports.
• Support documentation of field observations, lessons learnt, and best practices.

Coordination and Compliance

• Support coordination with community‑based organizations’, cooperatives, and local extension officers.
• Assist in organizing trainings, meetings, and learning forums in Farmer Field Schools.
• Ensure adherence to Save the Children policies on:
• Child safeguarding.
• Gender equality and inclusion.
• Community accountability.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Problem solving and Decision Making 

• Undertakes operations in a complex environment through technical competence, anticipating challenges, and developing appropriate mitigation measures.
• Responds promptly to emerging problems and takes appropriate decisions. 
• Explores and analyses data trends, as well as their potential impact on strategic choices.

Developing self and others 

• Identifies clear development needs and development plans through regular constructive reviews of their own performance. 
• Gives regular positive and constructive feedback to others. 
• Creates space for others to learn and provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments when people are ready for them. 
• Coaches others to learn from their experiences on the job and to use the resources available to them.

Accountability

• Holds self-accountable in making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree (completed or near completion) in Agronomy, Crop Science, Plant Science, Agricultural Extension, Natural Resource Management, or a related field.
• Strong interest in climate‑smart agriculture, agroforestry, and community‑based development.
• Willingness and ability to work extensively in rural field settings.
• Familiarity with the Nandi County geographical landscape, especially Emgwen, Nandi Hills, Tinderet and Aldai Sub-Counties.

Desirable

• Previous internship, industrial attachment, or volunteer experience in agriculture or rural development.
• Familiarity with smallholder farming systems in Kenya.
• Basic understanding of agroforestry or tree nursery management.
• Knowledge of or residence in Nandi County is an added advantage.

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Internal Controls and Compliance Intern at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

S/He will work closely with the finance and programme teams to ensure efficient support is given to external audit teams with the aim of minimizing any issues arising from external audits. In addition, he/she will promote and instil a culture of compliance throughout SC Kenya programme and its partners. Under the direction of the Internal Controls and Compliance Coordinator, he/she will support in overseeing adherence to internal policies and procedures and donor compliance regulations, ensuring that any non-conformities are documented, investigated, and resolved.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to: Internal Controls and Compliance Coordinator

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya. In February 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own. Save the Children now has an operational presence in Busia, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Nairobi, Turkana and Wajir. We work through partners in many other parts of the country. We have a staff complement of around 400 staff and an operating annual budget of approximately US$32 million.

Staff directly reporting to this post: None.

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KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

EXTERNAL AUDIT SUPPORT

• Under supervision of the Line Manager, support on project audits in liaison with Awards, Finance staff and the relevant project managers ensuring donor compliance with responsibilities including:
• Support with coordinating the entire process of external audits and if need be, accompany the auditors to field offices. 
• Identification of documents required by the auditor.
• Sharing with the area offices the audit timelines and requirements.
• Liaise with programmes and departments in providing management comments to issues raised by the auditors.
• Clarify and share questioned transactions from auditors for cross department responses.
• Support in coordinating entry and exit meetings with the auditors.
• Archiving and document retrieval.
• Track and communicate audit findings and recommendations to the Line Manager for sharing with SMT on a quarterly basis and follow up with relevant department to ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Visit field offices and review internal processes (financial and non- financial) according to Save the Children regulations.
• Document audit findings and report to the line manager.
• Review award files, reports and documents prior to any in country donor audit, making sure that everything is present and that all main compliance points have been tested.

DONOR COMPLIANCE

• Summarizing regulations and requirements for all Save the Children Kenya programme donors and all other major institutional donors and circulating to relevant staff.
• Support in training budget holders, other departments, staff and partners in the relevant donor regulations, and promote awareness of the importance of adherence to all guidelines.
• Take part in new award start-up meetings to ensure that budget holders understand donor compliance regulations.
• Ensure Save the Children Kenya programme is complying with all applicable, reporting requirements and regulations.

PARTNERSHIP COMPLIANCE

• Visit field offices and partners to review source documents and processes according to donor guidelines.
• Document findings and report to budget holders and Line Manager.

INTERNAL SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE

• Support in updating the operations teams, finance and partners with changes in donor regulations.
• Make sure that document retention is in accordance with donor guidelines and a clear process is in place for regular secure storage.

FRAUD AND INVESTIGATION

• Support in fraud investigation cases that may arise under the supervision of the Line Manager.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance or equivalent. 
• Professional qualifications in Accounting (CPA part II or ACCA II).
• Familiar with Auditing, Awards (Grants) management or donor compliance.
• Basic knowledge of compliance regulations for all major donors; USAID, EC, ECHO, DFID, UN bodies.
• Strong working computer skills especially in accounting packages.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
• Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required. 
• Have basic report writing skills. 
• Willingness to undertake high amount of travel to field locations (up to 50%).
• Commitment to Save the Children values.

THE ORGANIZATION

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday.
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

 Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.

Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer:

Beware that there are individuals who may take and use SCI’s name in an attempt to solicit fees from interested job-seekers. We do not use recruiting persons or agencies to help us identify candidates for employment. If you’re contacted by a person promising you recruitment or placement at SCI for a charge, do not accept, and please get in touch with us at SCIFraud@savethechildren.org.

 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  

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Job Info

• Job Identification12210
• Job CategoryFinance
• Posting Date14/04/2025, 15:11
• Locations CO - Nairobi