Economic Recovery Intern

Provide supervised field and administrative support for KFW and EU Economic Recovery activities including community engagement, registration, assessments, training support, data entry, documentation and follow-up. Learn DRC and donor procedures through coaching and gradually perform basic assistant-level tasks without approval, budget-holding, cash-handling or final beneficiary-selection authority.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of KFW and EU Economic Recovery activities according to approved workplans, SOPs and tools under close supervision.
• Assist in community entry, sensitisation, beneficiary registration, verification, needs assessments, market assessments, CBPP/NRM consultations and feedback collection.
• Support trainings and livelihood activities, including life skills, business skills, vocational training, agriculture/post-harvest, SRFF, women groups, WUCs, biogas and business follow-up.
• Prepare/check field documentation and support Kobo/Excel data entry, cleaning, uploading and archiving for beneficiary, training, distribution and monitoring records.
• Support field monitoring, coaching visits and beneficiary communication, and escalate protection, access, quality or implementation issues immediately.
• Assist coordination with local authorities, community committees, women representatives, BCHR/NMO, service providers and relevant DRC teams.
• Apply DRC Code of Conduct, PSEAH, safeguarding, data protection, AAP, do-no-harm and safe referral principles, and follow safety instructions.

Requirements

• High school certificate is required as a minimum.
• Bachelor’s degree is preferred, particularly in civil engineering, agriculture, water/environment, business administration, social sciences, IT or related fields; other fields are accepted.
• Fresh graduate or early-career candidate from Al Turbah / Al Shamayatien or nearby targeted areas.
• Graduation year should not be more than three years before the application date.
• No previous formal humanitarian experience is required; volunteering, community work, data collection or field support is an advantage.
• Highly motivated, disciplined, willing to learn and enthusiastic about humanitarian work and women economic empowerment.
• Basic understanding of the local context and culturally appropriate communication with women and community members.
• Basic computer skills are required, especially MS Word, Excel, email and smartphone/Kobo data collection; basic English is preferred.
• Able to carry out field visits to targeted communities.
• Arabic – fluent, with strong understanding of the local accent.
• English – basic is preferred.

Skills

• Community Engagement
• Data Collection
• Field Visits
• Basic Computer Knowledge
• MS Word
• Excel
• Email Communication
• KOBO Data Collection
• Documentation
• Data Entry
• Economic Recovery Support
• Humanitarian Work
• Women's Economic Empowerment
• Culturally Appropriate Communication
• Basic English
• Fluency in Arabic

Languages

Arabic, English