Internship Jobs at Church World Service
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Date Posted | September 22, 2025 |
| Category |
Agriculture
Education / Teaching Management |
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | KES |
Description
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Church World Service (CWS) was founded in 1946 and is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, providing sustainable self-help, development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance around the world. The CWS mission is to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and justice at the national and international level through c...
Responsibilities
The animal health intern will be responsible for the following tasks:
- Create a monthly workplan aligned with project workplan, keep track of planned activities and submit weekly and monthly narrative
- Train farmer groups on livestock husbandry, including affordable feeding, record keeping, hygiene management, disease identification, and
- Provide agricultural extension services through field visits to address individual farmers’
- Advise farmers on best practices for livestock- poultry and goat production.
- Support community mobilisers in conducting community-based surveillance and verification of alerts for vaccine-preventable disease.
- Collect weekly monitoring reports from lead farmers and share them with project
- Provide technical advice to farmers on livestock production and marketing of
- Conduct animal multiplication surveys and submit the required
- Assist project officer/manager in the implementation of community-based surveillance systems for vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Support the project officer to document project success stories and lessons learned and share with project for documentation monthly.
Qualifications
Education & Certifications:
- A recent graduate of a diploma program in Animal Health, or Veterinary Science, General Agriculture, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Education, or a Certificate with two (2) years of relevant experience in lieu of a
- KVB (Kenya Veterinary Board) Registration is require
Experience:
- Experience in data collection and report writing is preferred.
- Ability to effectively and gently handle
- Able to assess vital signs, recognize signs of distress or discomfort in
- A valid motorcycle license Class A or the ability to acquire one at short notice
- Ability to keep and maintain accurate
- Demonstrable strong organizational and time management
- Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views.
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