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Livelihood Intern
Global Peace Development
Lagos, Nigeria
Fixed-term
Published 2 months ago · Expires 3 weeks from now
Job description
This vacancy presents a chance to join a leading organization.
Position Overview:
- The Livelihood Intern will support the design, implementation, and monitoring of livelihood and economic empowerment interventions within the state.
- The role provides practical exposure to community-based livelihood activities aimed at improving income generation, resilience, and self-reliance among women, youth, and vulnerable populations in project communities.
- Additionally, the Intern will support field activities, beneficiary engagement, reporting, and documentation, while gaining hands-on experience in development programming, community engagement, and results-based project implementation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation of livelihood and economic empowerment activities in project communities.
- Assist in mobilizing and engaging beneficiaries, including women, youth, and vulnerable groups.
- Participate in field visits, community meetings, trainings, and sensitization sessions.
- Support data collection activities, including baseline, monitoring, and post-intervention assessments.
- Assist in documenting success stories, lessons learned, and best practices from livelihood interventions
- Maintain accurate records of beneficiary data and activity outputs in line with project requirements.
- Support coordination with community leaders, local authorities, and relevant stakeholders at the field level.
- Adhere to GPD’s safeguarding, accountability, and code of conduct policies during all activities
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the Livelihood Officer or Program Manager in support of project objectives
Required Qualifications:
and Experience
- Minimum of ND, HND, or Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Economics, Development Studies, Sociology, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or any related field.
- Demonstrated interest in livelihoods, economic empowerment, community development, or humanitarian/development work.
- Willingness to participate in fieldwork and community engagement, including travel to project locations.
- Basic skills in data collection, documentation, and report writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English; knowledge of local languages is an advantage.
- Willingness to learn, adaptable, and able to work under supervision in a team environment
- Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.