KivaLocation:
San Francisco, CA – SOMA
Position:
Kiva Social Performance Intern
Term:
6 months, 3 days a week
Start Date:
July 16th, 2012
The Company
Kiva.org was founded upon the fundamental principle that connecting people through lending can help alleviate poverty. To ensure that it succeeds, the company, along with its user base, provides borrowers with the seed capital needed to generate income, and thereby live a life of sustainability and independence. So far, this approach has enabled Kiva to raise $306 million in loans for 770,401+ entrepreneurs in 59 countries, momentum which it looks to continue in the coming years as it positions itself to achieve $1 billion in loans across a variety of sectors by 2015.
Job Description
Kiva is currently piloting an exciting new initiative to help measure and better understand the Social Performance of our MFI partners across the globe. With the help of on-site Kiva Fellows, we are currently working to collect and organize data from each of our partners on their mission, vision, targeting, outreach, economic and social benefits provided to clients, among other things. The Social Performance Intern will be responsible for working closely with the Senior Director of Social Performance, Field Support Specialists, and the Regional Directors on the Portfolio team to coordinate data collection in the field.
Core Tasks
- Receive, review, and organize the data from the CERISE Social Performance questionnaire detailing the social performance of Kiva’s Microfinance Partners.
- Communicate with Kiva Fellows in the field to help guide their data collection at the MFIs.
- Problem Solving: Respond to Fellow’s queries about gathering data related to the CERISE questionnaire.
Core Skills and Experience
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Attention to detail amongst multiple projects
- Ability to grasp complex tasks and deliver quality outcomes
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates initiative, a "ready to help" attitude and an outgoing personality
- Comfort with web applications: Gmail, databases (Salesforce), Wiki
- Study or travel in the developing world is desirable, but not required
- Spanish and/or French skills a plus
Benefits
- Casual work environment
- Opportunity to join the team of the world's first online person-to-person lending platform
- References gladly given for successful participants
If Interested
- Please click here fill out our application form.
- Make sure you have a plain text resume and cover letter available.
- Due to the high numbers of applicants for this position, we regret that we can only respond to candidates that we would like to interview.
