The Effectiveness of the Metro Agri-Food Living Lab for Gender Inclusive Youth Entrepreneurship Development in Kenya.
ABOUT GAME CENTER
The Global Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship (GAME) Centre is a training, extension and research center of the United States International University-Africa housed under the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Extension.
Since 2018, the Center has been testing the effectiveness of the Metro AgriFood Living Lab for Gender Inclusive Youth Entrepreneurship Development in Kenya funded by the International Food Security Centre of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.
THE INTERNSHIP
The project team now seeks to recruit 20 student research interns from the USIU-Africa student body to work closely with the secretariat and faculty supervisors.
The student research interns will help in collection of data during the project, data entry, communications and outreach, literature reviews for publications, website content development and any other duties as may be assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
a) A Doctorate, Masters or Senior Undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Social Sciences, Business, IT or any other relevant field of study
b) Minimum GPA of 3.0. c) Registered for Fall 2020 Semester
d) Strong inter-personal skills.
e) Strong interest in gaining research skills.
f) Strong written and oral communication skills. Having gone through USIU-Africa research training and/or having membership in the Research Club through the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Extension will be an added advantage.
We also encourage those writing their thesis and dissertation on entrepreneurship development to approach researchers at the center for assistance in positioning their papers.
The output for the assignment will be weekly and monthly reports, support in developing multimedia case studies and support in development of research projects, thesis, dissertations and scholarly articles.
APPLICATION
If you have the requisite qualifications and experience and want to work as a team member in a modern and progressive institution where you can make a difference, please apply.
Interested applicants must provide a cover letter and a current CV, to the following address by Wednesday, September 14 2020 to:
Director of Administration,
United States International University – Africa
P.O Box 14634-00800,
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: [email protected] www.usiu.ac.ke/jobs
