# HR Intern NGO Job BRAC Nairobi, Kenya

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Company: BRAC, Nairobi, Kenya

Category: Human Resources & Recruitment

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-10

Expires: 2026-09-24

## Job Description

### About the Role

- The Human Resource Intern will be responsible for supporting the human resource function, with a focus on recruitment administrative support, employee records management, and general operations. This internship offers a current student or recent graduate the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. The intern will assist the team in keeping processes efficient, compliant, and well-documented.

- By the end of the internship, the intern will have developed practical skills in recruitment administration, employee record-keeping, and the application of human resource policies in a global non-profit environment.

### Key Responsibilities

### Recruitment Support

- Support the HR Manager in organizing received applications, tracking applicant logs, and filing recruitment paperwork.

- Assist with scheduling interviews, coordinating logistics, and sending communications/invitations to candidates.

- Prepare interview packs, assessment templates, and interview summaries for hiring panels.

- Conduct basic reference checks and assemble candidate compliance documents prior to onboarding.

### HR Documentation & Filing

- Maintain and update HR files, ensuring all active and former employee records are organized, up-to-date, and stored securely.

- Assist with auditing employee files to ensure compliance with organization policies and local labor laws (e.g., contracts, IDs, tax forms, statutory documents).

### General HR Administration

- Draft routine HR letters, contracts, extension notices, using provided templates.

- Assist in organizing new hire orientation sessions, including preparing welcome kits and onboarding schedules.

- Support HR data entry into trackers, payroll support sheets, and HR metrics summaries.

- Assist in managing general HR inquiries and directing staff queries to the appropriate team member.

- Support team meetings and track follow-up tasks.

### Safeguarding responsibilities

- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so. 

### Qualifications

- Recent graduate or current final-year student in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field.

- Professional HR certification (or progress toward one) is an advantage, but not required.

### Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge

- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace.

- High degree of discretion, confidentiality, and integrity when dealing with sensitive personnel data.

- Excellent organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail in record-keeping.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Good time-management skills with the ability to prioritize routine tasks effectively.

- Willingness to learn HR systems, processes, and local labor compliance standards.

- Strong interpersonal skills and interest in working in a multicultural non-profit environment.

### Experience Requirements

- Prior exposure to administrative work, HR coursework, or volunteer operations experience is an advantage.

### How to Apply

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