Admin Intern at TechnoServe Zambia Limited

Title: Administrative Intern

Program: AINFP

Reports to: Program Manager

Position location & travel potential:  Based in Lusaka Zambia

Start date: 1st Nov 2019

End date: 31st Jan 2020

Duration: 3 months

TECHNOSERVE BACKGROUND

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

TechnoServe is implementing the USAID funded Alliance for Inclusive and Nutritious Food Processing (AINFP) regional program in collaboration with Partners in Food Solutions (PFS). The program leverages the power of the private sector to create better nutritional outcomes for base-of-the-pyramid consumers and more profitable market opportunities for local farmers. This is achieved by supporting local food processing companies in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia through remote technical assistance and training from world leading food processing companies under PFS to increase the availability of safe, affordable and nutritious food.

Through this partnership, the AINFP program seeks to deliver Sector Wide Trainings (SWTs) in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia covering industry best practices targeting systemic constraints and challenges. The Sector Wide Trainings will be offered to food processors and related industry stakeholders, bringing industry actors together and encouraging closer dialogue, knowledge sharing, and awareness across the sector. Our main objective is to bring about industry behavior change in the most effective and cost efficient way. Most of our sector wide training to date has been instructor led and we now desire to transition to a blended learning approach to deliver learning outcomes across our various knowledge centers starting with Food Safety and Good Manufacturing Practices.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

TechnoServe is seeking an intern to support Training and Capacity building activities.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Make follow up calls to all the Sector Wide Training participants to confirm attendance and registration fee payment
• Follow up the participants for pre-work before the Sector Wide Training
• Support all the Sector Wide Training logistics during the trainings
• Coordinate to ensure all materials are printed and available in good time.
• Support online data collection of the Training participants training

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree with business background required.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience handling logistics in a busy organization.
• Experience in logistics and data management.
• Experience in sales and marketing of innovative experiential trainings and start up initiatives is an added advantage.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Good stakeholder management skills.
• Self-starter with a passion for learning and transformation.

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