Internal Audit Intern at VisionFund Kenya
Internal Audit Intern
The Internal Audit Intern will report to the Internal
Auditor. The main roles include supporting the Internal Audit team in assessing
internal controls, risk management processes, and compliance with the company
policies and regulatory requirements. The role provides hands-on exposure to
audit planning, execution, and reporting, while helping to collect and analyze
financial and operational data to inform decision-making. The internship aims
to develop practical audit skills, analytical capabilities, and professional
understanding of internal audit practices within a financial or microfinance
environment.
Responsibilities:
- Assist
the Audit team in planning for audit assignments
- Assist
in testing and documenting internal controls for key business processes.
- Perform
data collection and basic data analysis to support audit testing and
findings
- Assist
in preparation of working papers that document audit evidence,
observations, conclusions, and relevant recommendations.
- Help
in identifying and documenting audit observations and recommendations for
improvement.
- Participate
in risk assessments and process walkthroughs.
- Conduct
research and analysis to support audit findings and recommendations.
- Prepare
narrative walkthroughs and flowcharts for processes and controls.
- Support
in verifying the existence and proper use and safeguarding of company
assets.
- Participate
in investigations of suspected irregularities or non-compliance as
assigned.
- Support
team members in various administrative and audit support activities as
needed.
- Engage
in on-the-job training and mentorship to gain practical experience in
internal auditing practice and standards.
- Perform
any other tasks as may be assigned by the Internal Audit Manager or team
supervisors in support of departmental objectives.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s
Degree (or final-year student) in Accounting, Finance, Business
Administration, Economics, or a related field.
- Professional
coursework or partial qualifications in CPA, ACCA, or CIA are an added
advantage.
- Basic
knowledge of internal audit principles, risk management, and internal
control frameworks.
Key Competencies
- Strong
analytical skills and high attention to details.
- High
ethical standards, integrity, and commitment to confidentiality.
- Eagerness
to learn and apply audit concepts in a real-world setting.
- Good
written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency
in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); knowledge of data analysis
or audit software an advantage.
- Ability
to work effectively in a team environment and manage time efficiently.
- Demonstrated
initiative, curiosity, and willingness to take on new challenges.
- Alignment
with the organization’s mission, values, and professional ethics.
- All
candidates must be professing and practicing Christians whose conduct and
depth of character are governed by personal Christian convictions.
How to Apply
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward
their applications (competitive for both internal and External Candidates)
attaching copies of their academic and professional certificates, detailed CVs
indicating work experience, daytime contact, and addresses of 3 professional
relevant referees to reach the undersigned by Friday 14th November 2025 by 5.00
PM. The position should be the subject of the email application. Send
applications to: hr@visionfundkenya.co.ke
Additionally; the CV must be in PDF format, and all the attachments scanned
into one PDF document
Head of People & Culture, VisionFund Kenya at World Vision Kenya
The Head of People & Culture is responsible
for all aspects of the human resource function within the VisionFund Kenya
Office. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the position is responsible
primarily for P&C Strategy, staffing, recruiting, retention, performance
management, employee relations, compensation, compliance, individual
development and succession planning. The incumbent ensures that HR initiatives
are aligned with VFK’s mission, values and long-term business strategy, and
that they support the evolving HR needs of the business. The overall objective
of the position is to support the development and retention of a
high-performance work force and a learning culture
Key Responsibilities
(20%) P&C strategy – Ensure that P&C
Strategy is developed & implemented in all areas of the organization and in
compliance with VF Kenya & VFI standards.
- Provides
strategic People support and advice on Human Resources issues
- Updates
the employee handbook on a per need basis, and ensures that all revision
and addition to the policies are written in the employee handbook; Informs
all concerned staff the changes entered into the employee handbook;
- Ensures
that good insurance covers for staff are in place that will be of benefit
to the organization
- All
Policies are updated as required quarterly present to board P & C
matter
- Recommend
employees recognition activities to honour individual milestones and
achievements
(10%) Manpower planning & Budgets
- Contributes
and advises in senior management strategic planning, with particular
responsibility for HR needs, policies and procedures;
- Prepares
and submits annual budget and plan for the approval of the SMT
- Aligns
with SMT on manpower planning
(15%) Recruitment and Onboarding
- Develops
letters of appointment, transfer, promotion, and the like; and sends to
the concerned staff after approval;
- Conducts
“due diligence” or the “fit and proper” test to assess the job applicant’s
background and character;
- Ensures
that VF Kenya maintains a standardized and systematic hiring and
recruitment process; develops or updates hiring policies and procedures
most appropriate to individual positions;
- Coordinates
all recruitment for VF Kenya: reviews staff requisitions, supervises the
hiring and contractual process, and arranges for the new employee’s
orientation with the immediate supervisor
(10%) Compensation & Rewards
- Reviews
the benefits scheme (compensation, incentives, and other benefits) on an
annual basis; ensures that it is properly administered in accordance with
the employee handbook, and if necessary, recommends to the CEO the renewal
of the scheme;
- Conducts
consultations with department heads to determine performance indicators
and benchmarks per position;
- Periodically
carries out salaries and benefits surveys for the review process in order
to develop and maintain a competitive compensation package and incentive
schemes for staff.
(25%) Performance management & Engagement
- Implement
and monitor staff performance appraisals is done on a regular basis; in
workday
- Reviews
the performance appraisal & calibration effectiveness in workday
- Investigates
all disciplinary and grievance cases with the respective staff, provides
guidance, and corrective action through counseling, training, or
instituting disciplinary procedures;
- In
consultation with the senior management, develops performance indicators
and standards for incentives
- Branch
efficiency & Effectiveness
- Annual
safeguarding assessment & Reporting
(5%) Capability & competency management
- Conducts
periodic staff training needs and plans for capacity building- training
and staff development;
- Coordinates
and develops the staff development strategy to make sure that the staff
continues to achieve professional growth within VF Kenya
- Ensures
100% completion of mandatory annual training
- Monthly
& quarterly reporting
(10%) Employee relations & Change agent
- Staff
engagement through annual Voice survey
- Support
leave management
- Advisor
P&C whistle-blower Committee on policies & regulations governing
staff disciplinary
- Coordinates
grievance hearing between the staff and the committees
- Staff
orientation on MIP / annual BPS
- Ethics
Points IIM investigations
5% Any other Duties assigned or delegated
- And
any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by CEO
- Visit
to the Field operations quarterly or on need basis
Ideal Candidate Profile
Required Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
Education,
- Master/Postgraduate
Diploma in Human Resources Management or related field.
- Bachelors’
Degree in HR, Social Science, Psychology or related field
- 5
years’ experience in human resource management in progressively
responsible roles, with sound cross-functional experience.
- Managing
people Professionally
- Experienced
in using various human resource information systems
- Understanding
in national labor law, employment legislation & employment practices.
- Excellent
interpersonal, communications, customer service, consulting, coaching and
organizational skills, with a track record of driving change and
innovation.
- Strong
problem solver with strong business skills and strategic acumen,
analytical skills, and excellent team-building skills.
- Both
strategic and tactical: able to lead in a ‘role up your sleeves’ manner
that is perceived to be people-centric and effective.
- Basic
financial skills
- Culturally
astute, respectful and tolerant, able to promote and support diversity in
the workplace, and able to gain the trust and respect of peers.
Advisor, Global Accountability at World Vision Kenya
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as an SME, overseeing the maintenance and
implementation of the Programme Accountability Framework (PAF) across WV
entities and teams.
- Provide
technical leadership on how World Vision is accountable to children and
communities through oversight of the PAF (overseeing updates when
required) and influencing with WV to enhance a culture/enabling
environment that values and support this.
- Collaborate
with others to ensure the PAF is embedded in our programming approaches,
consistently implemented and capability built.
- Implement
and support monitoring of the PAF adherence and implementation in
coordination with the Global Compliance team, aligning and tools and
approaches where possible.
- Work
with the Social Accountability function to provide guidance on how WV’s
own accountability can be practiced in ways that enhance the
implementation, and impact, of our social accountability programming.
Act as a policy delegate for key Partnership level
policies and standards, including:
- The
Partnership Policy on International NGO Commitments and Accountability
Mechanisms and Open information policies.
- Management
procedures for joining or leaving global commitments and standards
- Ensure
effective implementation with, compliance with, across WV entities
Track external stakeholder expectations and commitments in
regard to WV’s reporting of accountability practices and lead the annual update
of the WVI Accountability Report with relevant teams to contribute products
that will build trust in WV (e.g. Accountability Reports and publishing details
on our investments in alignment with the International Aid Transparency
Initiative)
- In
coordination with the Director, lead the updating and production of the
annual Accountability report with a variety of GC level stakeholders,
ensuring the report discloses appropriate levels of information to meet
external stakeholders’ expectations, while protecting WV’s reputation.
- Monitor
expectations of INGO disclosure around their stewardship of resources and
management of risks related to unintended, negative impacts. This includes
representing World Vision’s interest in industry accountability bodies
like Accountable Now, or others as requested by the Director
- Strengthening
Organizational Accountability and Transparency practices, procedures and
structures
- Equip
World Vision with a mechanism for capturing, tracking, and communicating
commitments made to external accountability mechanisms (e.g. Global
Compact, Core Humanitarian Standard, Grand Bargain, IATI)
External Engagement:
- Engage
periodically and represent WV in global accountability working groups and
with other peer organizations
- Advise
leaders and managers to maximize the learning potential of benchmarking
our practices with the Global Standards for CSO Accountability.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE
Required Education, training, license,
registration, and/or
Certification
- Bachelor’s
degree in international development, Communications, Social Sciences or
other related discipline.
Required Professional Experience
- 7+
years of experience working in the field of accountability and
transparency, or related disciplines.
- Ability
to build and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group
of stakeholders, including senior leaders in many contexts.
- In
depth understanding of emerging accountability and governance issues,
trends, and challenges relevant to the International NGO sector.
- Demonstrated
ability to communicate effectively and persuasively in a wide range of
contexts – from leadership to community – both within and outside the
non-profit sector and to manage multiple stakeholders and cross functional
project groups or teams.
- Understanding
of the regulatory environment for not-for-profit organizations, especially
on transparency, anticorruption and PSEA.
- Comfortable
working cross-culturally with field offices and local staff in developing
country contexts.
Required Language(s):
- Effective
in written and verbal communication in English.
Required travel and/or work environment
accommodations
- The
position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and
internationally up to 10% of the time
Position’s physical requirements
- Sitting
at a desk for extended periods of time.
Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or other
Qualifications
- Experience
with networking and successful implementation of new initiatives and
concepts, such as accountability, transparency and PSEA at an
organizational level through demonstrated practical application.
- Familiarity
with the International NGO Charter of Accountability and the requirements
of the Global Reporting Initiative NGO Sector Supplement.
- Ability
to work independently with limited supervision
Senior Manager, Impact Communications at World Vision Kenya
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Global Director, Corporate Communications,
this senior manager oversees a team working to raise World Vision’s brand—via
media relations, on digital channels, and at key events—as an industry leader
whose best-practice and life-changing programming brings about life in all its
fullness for vulnerable children in the most challenging contexts.
The senior manager has a dual role: to themselves promote
World Vision’s field impact, policy calls and technical expertise across our
core sectors and key ministries to key grant donors, policy-makers and other
institutional audiences; while also ensuring team members are doing the same.
Collating and monitoring all metrics related to the work of their team the
Senior Manager will also ensure the team’s goals and objectives are dovetailed
into and in support of priority Global Centre and Partnership strategies.
Key Responsibilities:
Managing the Impact & External Engagement
Communications team
- Manage
a team of communications staff, ensuring they are clear about strategic
goals and objectives; that any blocks to success are removed; and that
staff members are able to grow and flourish in their career at World
Vision
- Ensure
that team members work effectively; individually but also as a unit, and
that the efforts and impact of the teamwork is monitored and reported on.
Boosting brand and reputation, positioning the
organisation and SMEs for income growth and policy change
- Amplify
the organisation’s programming and policy evidence of impact, policy
insight, and thought leadership to priority audiences, at the global level
and beyond
- Encourage
and support the organisation’s best SMEs/leaders to develop as thought
leaders and to raise their profile externally – all in support of key
thematic areas
Supporting the organisation’s engagement with priority
partners to achieve common goals
- Undertake
communications work that enables or that directly supports staff to
collaborate with priority partners, e.g. produce videos with joint
branding
- Work
together with priority partners on campaigns or initiatives with shared
aims, and that benefit the brand and reputation of both.
Ensuring the production of engaging, high quality, brand
aligned content
- Work
with Global Centre teams and priority thematic working groups so that
priority research, reports, infographics, website content is all
jargon-free, impactful, high quality and, as far as possible, newsworthy.
Gather and analyse data-driven insight into the impact of
brand-building communications
- All
engagement with the communications products and other activities will be
tracked using data gathered from media, social media and surveys
- Contribute
to Global Marketing and Communications engagement efforts that build team
unity, collaboration and trust.
Required qualifications:
- A
Masters degree in English, Journalism, Communications, a related field, or
equivalent experience.
- Twelve
years’ experience in communications or public policy/advocacy fields,
ideally with experience of working in a not-for-profit.
- Seven
years’ experience managing staff in person and/or remote, preferably in a
range of countries and cultures.
- Exceptional
command of written English, grammar, syntax, and style. With the proven
ability to edit complex, technical, or sensitive content into accessible
and engaging language. Professional fluency.
- Experience
of commissioning and/or producing a range of communication products, all
aligned to brand and to deadline.
- Familiarity
with a range of communications KPIs and metrics, and software used to
monitor and report on them.
- Strong
project/time management skills with the ability to manage multiple
priorities under deadlines.
- Comfortable
working in a fully remote, digital environment.
- Ability
to travel to/within domestically and internationally as needed, though
likely no more than 5-10% annually
- Work
hours can occasionally be in excess of 12 hours per day during difficult
periods
- Given
the international nature of the organisation, the senior manager will need
to be willing to work out of regular working hours when required
Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or other
Qualifications
- Strategic
approach to reputation, positioning and communications planning and
knowledge of audience engagement.
- Demonstrated
success in understanding audience and stakeholder needs and channel
management.
- Excellent
written and verbal communications skills to deal with the highest level of
organisation/business representatives.
- Experience
in commissioning, editing and publishing news and/or magazine articles.
- Experience
across a range of communications approaches and products.
Security Officer – ELEVATE Project (Local Residents of Mandera County encouraged to apply)
Job Responsibilities:
Strategy and Planning
- Develop
and implement the project area security and safety response plan in
alignment with WV security policy so as to ensure the operational
priorities of the project area are appropriately supported.
- Ensure
Security Risk Assessments, Country Risk Ratings and Core Security
Requirement standards, processes and procedures for the project area are
completed in accordance with the current Office of Security, Safety and
Resilience (SSR) guidelines and training.
Security Operations
- Lead
all security and safety operations within the project area.
- Work
with the Roving Field Security Officer (RFSO) to carry out Security Risk
Assessments as required/directed.
- Country
Risk Ratings for the project area are established and updated as required
- Ensure
Core Security Requirements for the project area are implemented in line
with Country Risk Ratings
- Provide
input and support to management in crisis situations and critical
incidents
- Conduct
security investigations when required.
Networking and External Liaison/Engagement
- Represent
WV Kenya at local NGO security network meetings within the project area
and ensure information from these groups is disseminated to relevant staff
in a timely manner.
- Security
liaison with the local host government security agencies in coordinating
security and safety of WV Kenya staff and assets within the project area.
- Build
ongoing networks for sharing security information and coordination.
Capacity Building and Technical Training
- Coordinate
routine security briefing for staff and visitors to the project area and
conduct regular security training in liaison with the RFSO, for the
project staff based on local security risk assessments.
- Seek
to develop a culture of security awareness and monitor staff compliance.
Reporting and Documentation
- Provide
regular security reports to the Project leadership team, the region and
the Security, Safety and Resilience office.
- Ensure
that all security incidents are reported in accordance with WV Security
Policy.
- Collect,
analyse and disseminate security information appropriately and in a timely
manner.Other duties as assigned by the supervisor
Project Officer – Health (Global Fund Project) Shortlisting on a rolling basis
Key Responsibilities:
Quality Project implementation
- Plan
for the implementation of activities including interpretation of budget,
preparing procurement plans, engaged in the procurement process and
following the donor and WVK financial accounting policy/requirement.
- Ensure
project implementation is aligned with the project’s goals and objectives
and is within the stipulated timeframe and targets.
- Conduct
regular field visits, provide supportive supervision, mentorship, monitor
project activities and provide technical support in accordance with the
project implementation guidelines & National TB guidelines.
- Support
the implementation of TB prevention, case detection and treatment programs
in alignment with Global Fund guidelines.
- Capacity
Building of Community Health Promoters, TB champions and other volunteers
to strengthen local capacity for TB management and community
sensitization.
- Support
Health facilities to identify TB champions.
- Support
development, implementation and monitoring of the work plans and ensure
that the budget is adhered to and that budgets are utilized effectively
- Ensure
both financial and program reports are sent to the donor as per agreed
timelines
- Advocate
for and promote gender-responsive, people-centered approaches.