{"id":4002706,"url":"https://alion.io/job/wri-intern-restore4food","title":"Intern - Restore4Food","company":{"id":1043464,"name":"WRI","domain":"wri.org","url":"https://alion.io/company/wri-2","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Early Careers","role_family":"Early Careers","seniority":"intern","employment_type":"internship","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kenya"],"countries":["KE"],"hiring_countries":["KE"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T10:36:01Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"About the Internship\nThe Restore4Food Initiative in Kenya is delivered by a lean team whose responsibilities span planning and budgeting, field implementation, partnership engagement, fundraising, events, and knowledge-sharing activities. Hosting an intern will not only strengthen the initiative’s field presence and support implementation and learning activities but also provide an opportunity to engage and mentor the next generation of African agri-food professionals. Through a structured, mentored placement, the intern will contribute to field implementation, monitoring, and learning activities while gaining practical experience in regenerative agriculture, data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and community-based research The intern will support day-to-day field implementation, monitoring, and learning activities under Restore4Food initiative, while building practical skills in regenerative agriculture, data collection and analysis, stakeholder engagement and community-based field research.\nProject description\nWRI Africa has worked across Africa for more than 30 years, partnering with governments and local organizations to advance forest protection, landscape restoration, sustainable food systems, clean energy, and sustainable cities. Through Restore Local, WRI supports more than 120 Restoration Champions across three landscapes - Kenya's Greater Rift Valley, the Ghana Cocoa Belt, and the Lake Kivu/Rusizi River Basin (Rwanda, Burundi, DRC), applying an Outcome-Based Restoration approach that moves beyond from tree planting to whole-ecosystem restoration with verifiable results. Building on this foundation, Restore4Food (R4F) integrates agroecological and regenerative agriculture by scaling a proven model centered on farmer capacity building, Farmer Field Schools, extension support, participatory research, bio-inputs, policy engagement, and learning. Success depends on sustained field presence and close collaboration with farmer groups, demonstration sites, cooperatives, and extension services to support adoption and generate evidence for scaling.\nInternship Scope\nThe internship will:\nSupport the delivery of farmer training and Farmer Field School (FFS) sessions in target wards and sub-counties.\nSupport the establishment, management, and monitoring of on-farm agroecology demonstration plots and bio-input trials.\nAssist with data collection, management, and preliminary analysis to support the R4F research, monitoring, evaluation, and learning agenda.\nFacilitate engagement with farmer groups, cooperatives, partner CBOs, county governments, and bio-input suppliers.\nContribute to field documentation, knowledge products, and communication materials that capture farmer experiences, lessons, and program results.\nStrengthen the intern’s research, analytical, and scientific publication skills through practical, mentored experience.\nBuild interns’ research and publication experience.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport the planning and delivery of Farmer Field Schools (FFS), farmer exchange visits, and field days, including farmer mobilization, training logistics, and feedback collection.\nAssist farmers in implementing regenerative and agroecological practices and provide routine technical support.\nSupport the establishment, management, and monitoring of demonstration plots and bio-input trials, including protocol implementation, field observations, and record keeping.\nAssist with soil sampling, data collection (surveys, FDGs), yield assessments, and documentation of field performance and farmer learning outcomes.\nLearning Opportunities for the Intern\nThe intern will strengthen their knowledge in food systems, building technical skills in sustainable food production practices, including practices that improve soil health, such as cover cropping, organic matter management and integrated pest management, alongside landscape restoration, on-farm trial design and monitoring, and data collection. They will gain experience in participatory community engagement with farmer groups, cooperatives and local government, and in preparing technical reports, case studies and knowledge products, building toward research and publication experience. Exposure to a wide range of stakeholders will also build the intern's presentation and communication skills, as they engage with and present to different audiences across the program.\nExpected Contribution to the Team\nThe intern will strengthen R4F's field presence and data quality across demonstration plots and FFS sessions, directly supporting the program's field-implementation and MEL work. Their documentation of farmer case studies and field stories will also contribute to the program's knowledge products, reporting and visibility, evidencing how food-restoration integration builds soil health and sustains community commitment to tree-based restoration across the wider Restore Local program. They will complement the work of VIA field staff by focusing specifically on non-tree, food-restoration initiatives.\nEligibility and Qualifications\nEducation: Currently enrolled in, or having completed within the last twelve months, a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in agriculture, agronomy, soil science, agroecology, agricultural economics, environmental science, natural resource management, horticulture, food systems, development studies or a closely related field.\n Experience: Demonstrated interest in agroecology, regenerative agriculture, soil health, land restoration or smallholder food systems.Willingness and physical ability to work in rural field conditions, including regular travel and extended periods outdoors.\nGood interpersonal skills and the ability to work respectfully with farmers, community groups, and government officials.\nPrior field attachment, practical training or volunteer experience with a farmer organisation, research institution, extension service or NGO.\nFamiliarity with mobile data collection tools (ODK, KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO) or basic GIS.\nExperience with participatory approaches such as Farmer Field Schools, participatory varietal selection, or farmer-led research.\n\n Language: Strong written and spoken English, and fluency in the working language of the target landscape (Kiswahili for Kenya).Cultural sensitivity, humility, and respect for farmer knowledge and local institutions.\n\n Competencies and Attributes: Attention to detail and discipline in record keeping - 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