Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Internship in Johannesburg: Deadline Feb. 29, 2008

Khulisa Management Services (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Interns
http://www.khulisa.com/
Khulisa Management Services, founded in 1993, is a Johannesburg-based project management and development consulting firm. Khulisa serves clients and donors in the public and private sectors providing services that include program monitoring strategies and systems, evaluation and research, and data and knowledge management. Khulisa works in the following sectors: Education, Public Health, and Child Labour.

Khulisa seeks two interns for the year 2008. Both interns must be able to work in Johannesburg for a minimum of 3 months. However, one intern will be coming back to DC at the end of three months to intern with KMS Global, Khulisa’s sister company, based in DC. Interns will commit 40 hours a week while in South Africa. Interns will receive a stipend which covers living expenses but are responsible the cost of their own flights and health insurance.

Qualifications:
• Excellent writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Previous experience in International Development, Knowledge Management, IT/Data Management/Statistics, Social Work, Sociology, and or Public Health preferred
• Background and/or interest in Africa preferred
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under minimal supervision
• Flexibility and willingness to work beyond the parameters of a job description
• Experience with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)

Application instructions:
Please e-mail your resume, cover letter, 3 page writing sample, 2 letters of reference and evidence of a driver’s license to btina340@gmail.com (Tina Byenkya) by February 29, 2008. The internship will start early May.


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Crystal J. Wright
Program Manager, MAID Candidate
International Development Program
School of International Service
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 885-1657
http://www.american.edu/sis/idp
http://www.idpsa.org

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