Communication Intern

Who we are:
Busara is a leading behavioral science organization in the Global South, where we apply behavioral science to help alleviate poverty through advisory work and original academic research.
We are a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, and have offices and projects across the Global South. We also run the most extensive behavioral science research lab in the world, including mobile labs and partnerships with universities worldwide.

What does the Busara Center do?
Busara implements research for organizations around the world, ranging from qualitative in-depth studies to lab experiments to large-scale randomized control trials. In addition, Busara’s consulting arm works with governments, NGOs and private sector enterprises on improving policies and products: Through incorporating insights from behavioral economics, we help organizations understand decision-making and enable them and the people they serve to make better choices.

About the Internship
The internship duration will be 1 month with the interns located in our Nairobi Office.

As an intern, you will work closely with the Manager, Voice and Impact of the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics. You will likely be engaged in the following roles, but you may be asked to contribute to Busara’s work in various other ways;

Intern Responsibilities

• Utilizing the existing templates to update the content on the current page.
• Updating the featured images for each post on the website.
• Updating categories, tags, and meta descriptions to ensure accurate and relevant information is displayed.
• Performing any other website content maintenance tasks as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Students in their final semester or if graduates, have completed their course within the last 6 months
• High level of self-motivation and energy, an optimistic “can-do” attitude
• Working knowledge of using a CMS (content management system) such as wordpress.
• Good writing and editing skills.
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
• Interest in working in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.