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Organization: Kiva
Country: Kenya
City: Nairobi
Office: Kiva Nairobi, Kenya
About Kiva
Kiva is the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform for social good. We run an online marketplace (www.kiva.org) for crowdfunded microloans that serves the financially excluded. Our organization combines the culture and technological passion of an internet start-up with the compassion and empathy of a non-profit to expand financial access at global scale. We aim to drive social impact and enable opportunity while providing a borrower-to-lender connection: “Loans that change lives.”
Our mission is to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. In just 17 years, we have raised more than $1.8 billion in loan capital for 4.9+ million borrowers in over 90 countries. Our lenders fund over $10 million in loans every month. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Portland, New York City, Nairobi, and Bangkok, Kiva’s team has 100+ employees and 500+ volunteers worldwide.
Internship Program
Since its founding, volunteerism has been an integral part of Kiva’s foundation and success. As a Kiva Intern, you will contribute your passion, drive, ideas and expertise to expanding our reach and impact while taking on immediate and significant responsibilities within your team. In addition to learning on the job, you’ll partake in a variety of educational, social, and professional development workshops and events that will accelerate your professional growth while learning about Kiva and the non-profit, technology, and microfinance sectors.
Through this volunteer internship, we’re hoping to provide a high caliber learning experience. With the completion of our internship program, you will take away many in-demand job skills. Additionally, all Kiva interns will gain exposure to foundational microfinance concepts and ongoing professional development tailored to your career goals. This position will also put you in contact with a wide array of employees and organizations around the world, giving you a jump start on networking opportunities.
This Kiva internship role is a 1 year, part-time (32 hours per week) , Kenya-based, remote position .
Placement Process
Kiva places interns within most departments of the organization. During recruitment, we evaluate your application and interests to match you to a specific team that will leverage your talents while providing you with an opportunity to develop and grow.
Although Kiva Interns range in age and experience, a common theme among our participants is a “can do” attitude as well as a desire and willingness to dive in and get their hands dirty.
Kiva is currently hiring for the Investment Analyst Intern position for the upcoming 2023 year. The time commitment will be from January 2023 through December 2023, part-time (32 hours per week), Kenya-based, remote position . Please make sure you have the availability to commit to the entire internship period before submitting an application.
Our team: Kiva’s Impact Investments team works with partner lending institutions and borrowers from all over the world, who post profiles for fundraising onto the Kiva website. The team is responsible for sourcing, monitoring and managing relationships with these partners and borrowers, onboarding and training new partners, and ensuring that all funding relationships are compliant with Kiva’s policies and are aligned with Kiva’s social mission and strategic focus. The Impact Investments team includes staff based in the US, Kenya, Thailand, and Colombia, who manage Kiva’s investment relationships across the world.
Your role: We are looking for passionate, dedicated, skilled young professionals to support the efforts of the Impact Investments team by working with our Impact Investments team, our Field partners and their clients in order to help us expand our impact. The Investment Analyst Intern will be responsible for supporting the Impact Investment team to monitor performance metrics and trends of institutional partners and borrowers with a focus on Africa and the Middle East. This is an early career traineeship opportunity, which supports Kiva’s Impact Investments team in onboarding, monitoring, and supporting our large network of international investment partners. The Investment Analyst Intern will report to a regional Investment Manager, and will collaborate closely with other team members across the Impact Investments team including the Investment Associates. This role will also support initiatives where needed. The ideal candidate is a flexible and positive team player who is passionate about Kiva’s mission and is able to perform basic financial statement analysis and execute complex processes efficiently and accurately. This role will be based in Nairobi.
Primary Responsibilities:
Partner support: Assist in onboarding approved partners, communicate Kiva policy to partners and update Kiva on any new Partner developments. Apply critical thinking to help resolve partner queries. Assist with the monthly repayment reporting process and escalate compliance, systems and process issues as needed.
Financial Analysis: Input Partner financials and risk metrics into standardized templates, follow up with partners to resolve any issues, and review financial analysis outputs
Due Diligence: Support due diligence processes of potential investments to help assess prospects’ financial and social performance, and mission fit with Kiva.
Interest Rate/Borrower Cost Analysis: Assess the total cost of the loan product offered by field partners in comparison with the local and regional markets
Macro-level Risk Analysis: Conduct a Country/Regional-level risk analysis of the credit industry including the regulatory environment, market saturation and over-indebtedness, currency exchange risk, and current industry trends
Qualifications
Required:
At least 21 years of age or older by January 17th, 2023
Able to commit to the full 12-months term
Bachelors or Masters degree in a related discipline (Business, Finance, Economics, International Development)
Must be authorized to work in Kenya
Ability to manage time well and prioritize across competing tasks with an eye to detail
Flexible, and willing to maintain a dynamic schedule in order to work with people across varying time zones
Effective while working remotely
Strong communication and relationship management skills, including the ability to tailor communications to a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders, across multiple cultures.
Tech savvy. High level of proficiency in Microsoft and/or Google Suite office software and adept at learning and using technology platforms.
Preferred:
1-2+ years of work experience in Investment Management, Lending, Finance, Business Analytics, or a related area
Training or experience in financial statement analysis is a plus
Proficiency in French
Demonstrated project management experience and ability to move multiple projects forward at once.
Perks:
We have a culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to professional development training and workshops, and regular feedback on your performance.
Access to Kiva’s global network of Kiva Fellowship and Internship Alumni
Optional participation in Kiva’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and social activities such as happy hours and coffee chats
References gladly given for successful participants
Monthly living stipend
The weekly time commitment for a Kiva Internship is 32 hours per week, from January 17th, 2023 – December 31st, 2023. Please make sure you have the availability to commit to the entire internship period before submitting an application.
A diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is an integral part of Kiva’s culture. We actively welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a great place to work. Join us and help us achieve our mission!
website: https://www.careers.kiva.org/
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