Internship Opportunity – Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness

Role Overview\nAGRA is an alliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent. We understand that African farmers need uniquely African solutions designed to meet their specific environmental and agricultural needs so they can sustainably boost production and gain access to rapidly growing agriculture markets. This internship supports the routine coordination of activities under AGRA’s women’s empowerment portfolio, gender integration, and safeguarding. The intern assists with program coordination, tracking deliverables, and maintaining communications with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of inclusive agrifood systems initiatives.\n\n### Key Duties and Responsibilities\n- 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.\n- Maintain trackers for key activities, deliverables, meetings, partner engagements and reporting deadlines.\n- Assist in organizing internal working sessions, check-ins and cross-functional coordination meetings.\n- Follow up with internal teams and relevant stakeholders on pending actions, submissions and routine requests.\n- Support the organization and filing of concept notes, briefing notes, presentations, reports, meeting notes, correspondence and reference materials.\n- Draft first-level summaries of meetings, workshops, consultations and stakeholder engagements.\n- Help maintain a structured repository of documents, data points, partner information and learning materials.\n- Support preparation of internal briefs, background notes, talking points and presentation inputs.\n- 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.\n- Compile relevant statistics, case examples, partner information and sector insights to support concept notes, speeches, briefing packs, donor materials and event content.\n- Support collation of information for reports, dashboards, donor updates and knowledge products.\n- Support logistical and coordination preparations for meetings, convenings, campaigns, learning events, awards-related activities, webinars and stakeholder engagements.\n- Prepare invitation trackers, attendance lists, background packs and post-event documentation.\n- Support coordination of inputs from speakers, partners, consultants and internal teams for assigned activities.\n- Assist in documenting outcomes, action points and follow-up items arising from events and consultations.\n- Support development of first drafts of routine communications materials, including internal updates, short event summaries, speaking points, profiles and background content.\n- Assist in compiling information and assets for newsletters, social media, visibility materials and storytelling products related to women’s empowerment.\n- Support review, formatting and quality assurance of documents and presentations before internal circulation.\n- Help track visibility opportunities, milestones and content needs linked to the portfolio.\n- Support scheduling, calendar coordination, meeting logistics and routine administrative preparations for the team.\n- Assist with preparation of workshop materials, consultant coordination packs or procurement-related documentation where relevant and appropriate.\n- Perform any other reasonable tasks related to the portfolio as may be assigned by the supervisor.\n\n### Key Qualifications\n- A bachelor’s degree (completed or in the final stages) in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Economics, International Relations, Communications, Social Sciences or a related field.\n- Demonstrated interest in women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, entrepreneurship, agrifood systems, youth development or inclusive development.\n- Basic understanding of the concepts of gender equality, PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), and human rights.\n- Prior internship, volunteer, research, university leadership or early work experience in program support, research, communications, events or administration is an added advantage.\n- Excellent writing, note-taking and presentation preparation skills.\n- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.\n- Ability to conduct desk research and synthesize information clearly.\n- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is an advantage.\n- Ability to manage multiple tasks, follow through on deadlines and work in a professional team environment.\n- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work respectfully with diverse stakeholders.\n- Adherence to high ethics, confidentiality, and the ability to work in a multicultural environment.\n\n### How to Apply\nInterested and qualified candidates should apply by submitting a cover letter expressing interest, an updated curriculum vitae (CV), and copies of relevant academic certificates via the official application link: Apply Here