Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness Internship

AGRA is hiring an Intern – Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness in Nairobi, Kenya. You will support daily activities, coordinate with teams, organize documents and events, and help prepare essential materials. This role offers practical experience in inclusive agrifood systems while strengthening the team’s capacity. If you have relevant academic background and a keen interest in gender equality and agriculture, apply to support AGRA’s mission to transform African agriculture through inclusive programs.

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is an African-led organization founded in 2006 by the Rockefeller and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations to transform African agriculture from a subsistence model into a sustainable, high-productivity system. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, it focuses on empowering smallholder farmers by improving seed systems, soil health, and market access to reduce poverty and hunger.

Internship Opportunity – Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness

The Intern will support day-to-day implementation follow-up, internal coordination, documentation, event and stakeholder engagement logistics, knowledge organization and preparation of routine materials that enable the team to operate efficiently and deliver quality outputs. The role is intended to offer practical exposure to inclusive agrifood systems programming while strengthening the team’s capacity to manage a dynamic portfolio of initiatives, partnerships and internal processes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support routine coordination of activities under AGRA’s women’s empowerment portfolio, gender integration and safeguarding, including follow-up on action points, timelines and internal inputs.
• Maintain trackers for key activities, deliverables, meetings, partner engagements and reporting deadlines.
• Assist in organizing internal working sessions, check-ins and cross-functional coordination meetings.
• Follow up with internal teams and relevant stakeholders on pending actions, submissions and routine requests.
• Support the organization and filing of concept notes, briefing notes, presentations, reports, meeting notes, correspondence and reference materials.
• Draft first-level summaries of meetings, workshops, consultations and stakeholder engagements.
• Help maintain a structured repository of documents, data points, partner information and learning materials.
• Support preparation of internal briefs, background notes, talking points and presentation inputs.
• Conduct desk research on issues related to gender integration & safeguarding, women’s empowerment, women-led agribusinesses, market access, entrepreneurship, gender equality and inclusive agrifood systems.
• Compile relevant statistics, case examples, partner information and sector insights to support concept notes, speeches, briefing packs, donor materials and event content.
• Support collation of information for reports, dashboards, donor updates and knowledge products.
• Assist with simple analysis of participation, engagement and activity data where required.
• Support logistical and coordination preparations for meetings, convenings, campaigns, learning events, awards-related activities, webinars and stakeholder engagements.
• Prepare invitation trackers, attendance lists, background packs and post-event documentation.
• Support coordination of inputs from speakers, partners, consultants and internal teams for assigned activities.
• Assist in documenting outcomes, action points and follow-up items arising from events and consultations.
• Support development of first drafts of routine communications materials, including internal updates, short event summaries, speaking points, profiles and background content.
• Assist in compiling information and assets for newsletters, social media, visibility materials and storytelling products related to women’s empowerment.
• Support review, formatting and quality assurance of documents and presentations before internal circulation.
• Help track visibility opportunities, milestones and content needs linked to the portfolio.
• Support scheduling, calendar coordination, meeting logistics and routine administrative preparations for the team.
• Assist with preparation of workshop materials, consultant coordination packs or procurement-related documentation where relevant and appropriate.
• Perform any other reasonable tasks related to the portfolio as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Key Qualifications required:

• A bachelor’s degree or be in the final stages of completing a bachelor’s degree, in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Economics, International Relations, Communications, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Demonstrated interest in women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, agrifood systems, youth development or inclusive development.
• Basic understanding of the concepts of gender equality, PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), and human rights
• Some prior internship, volunteer, research, university leadership or early work experience in program support, research, communications, events or administration will be an added advantage.
• Excellent writing, note-taking and presentation preparation skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to conduct desk research and synthesize information clearly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud software will be an added advantage.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, follow through on deadlines and work in a professional team environment.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work respectfully with diverse stakeholders, adherence to high ethics, confidentiality, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment.