This eight\u2011month Internship \u2013 Gender, Protection and Disability Inclusion at World Food Programme, in Nairobi invites recent graduates in gender studies, sociology, social work or development to join WFP Kenya\u2019s unit. You will map gender and inclusion data, design transformative interventions, draft proposals, and feed insights into the KECO repository while collaborating with field teams, government partners and UN agencies. Based in Nairobi, the role offers hands\u2011on experience, networking across the UN system and the chance to shape inclusive food\u2011security programmes. Open to Kenyan nationals eager to launch a humanitarian career.<\/p>\n
The World Food Programme is the world\u2019s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.<\/p>\n
The WFP Kenya Country Office (KCO) implements an Internship Programme designed to deepen understanding of the United Nations by providing practical, hands-on experience within the World Food Programme. The programme offers graduate students an opportunity to gain professional exposure in their respective fields of study and specialization, both within programme areas and across various offices in the country.<\/p>\n
The Country Office is now seeking to select\u00a0Interns for Cohort 3, 2026<\/b>, for an\u00a0eight-month\u00a0<\/b>programme with opportunities in both Field Offices and the Nairobi Office. For Field Office placements, priority will be given to candidates from the surrounding local communities to enhance impact.<\/p>\n
Intern - Gender, Protection and Disability Inclusion, Nairobi<\/strong><\/p>\n The internship within the Gender, Protection and Disability Inclusion Unit will significantly support in expanding dedicated human resource, enable more balance workload distribution, enhance consistency in technical support across workstreams and ultimately contribute to improved Gender Protection and Inclusion results and impact. Additionally, the GPI Unit offers a rich and structured learning environment for the incumbent, providing hands-on experience in the practical integration of GEWE, protection mainstreaming, and disability inclusion within food security and nutrition programming, using a gender-transformative approach across both programme and operations functions.<\/p>\n The intern will also benefit from extensive exposure and networking opportunities, engaging with a wide range of expertise internally within Kenya Country Office, corporately within WFP, across the UN system, and externally with national and county government counterparts, cooperating partners, and other key stakeholders. This will provide a well-rounded professional learning experience while supporting GPI integration across diverse interventions and partnerships.<\/p>\n Under the overall supervision of the Gender Programme Officer, the incumbent will perform the following duties:<\/p>\n Duration of Internship:<\/b>\u00a08 months<\/p>\n To learn more about WFP, visit our website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.wfp.orgKey Responsibilities<\/h4>\n
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