The Why: NEPAL aspires to graduate from least developing country to a lower middle-income country by 2030. However, the development community’s excessive focus today on socio-political empowerment has not yielded the desired economic transformation. In reaching the 2030 national target, shall we wait for institutions of power to become accountably productive or shall we bolster innovations of people to bring inclusive prosperity? And, shall we strengthen grassroots-government collaboration in shaping an equal and enterprising future?

The How: DAAYITWA ABHIYAAN strives for an enterprising Nepal where every individual has opportunities for a prosperous future. Focused on promoting economic empowerment, we aim to nurture an enterprising mindset - which is about working hard, taking risks, and being creative - in development change-agents. Driven by principles of economic justice, community engagement and financial sustainability, the Abhiyaan comprises four organizations.

1. Daayitwa - an NGO that promotes domestic youth employment by accelerating rural youth entrepreneurs to create jobs and supporting the government to implement evidence-based enterprise development policies.

2. Nepal Leadership Academy - a non-profit company that develops an enterprising mindset in change-agents by growing their leadership and management capabilities.

3. Governance Lab - a for-profit research firm that enables the government and the private sector to make decisions by conducting evidence-based research and connecting researchers and decision-makers.

4. Daayitwa-US - a US-based non-profit that engages and empowers Nepali diaspora in the US as change agents and strengthens local and global collaboration to promote socio-economic development in Nepal.

In the last 7 years, we have accelerated 55 rural youth entrepreneurs (27 women) in 3 provinces (Province 3, 4 and 5) to embrace innovation, access investment, grow income and create employment. Leveraging grassroots learning, we have supported 120 youth trained in 30 countries around the world to support 40 government organizations and 24 parliamentarians with entrepreneurship and employment policy research. We have conducted more than 60 leadership courses for over 700 participants to build their capacity to lead teams and architect innovative solutions. We have conducted research on various topics such as MSE growth, dignity of labor and COVID19-related financial and health issues in order to support federal and provincial governments to make evidence-based policy decisions. We have organized Nepali diaspora and friends of Nepal to financially support more than 100 NGOs to grow their social impact. At Daayitwa Abhiyaan, we are determined to continue accelerating business, policy and civic entrepreneurs to promote employment, entrepreneurship and economic growth, while shaping a campaign that nurtures an enterprising mindset in the nation.

The What: YOU, as the Graphic Design Intern, will assist the Communications and Outreach Manager to provide results-oriented, strategy-driven management of marketing, communication, and public relations activities of the Daayitwa Abhiyaan.  

With supervision from the Communications and Outreach Manager, you will assist in one key function - developing communications materials 

Principal Responsibilities:

Developing communications materials

1.  Assist to create and share stories of impact at local, national and international levels

2. Work closely with the Comms team to execute social media campaigns on a variety of web-based platforms

3. Assist to strengthen branding through creative interventions, including op-eds, videos, and social media, and consistent use of naming conventions, brand attributes and logos

4. Develop infographics using supplied data to present core messages and organize complex information into visual representations

5. Contribute to develop graphics design, photography, and other multimedia development and maintain digital media library of multimedia materials for future use

6. Deliver creative graphic and technical solutions (including infographics if required) for print, electronic, web-based and animated presentations

7. Deliver creative and innovative ideas for print, web and interactive presentations

8. Layout and design of power-point and other presentation formats as required

9. Improve and edit art-works, photos, charts and other graphic elements

10. Design and create illustration, art-work, tables, charts and other graphic elements for communication and promotional materials

11. Liaise closely with Communication & Outreach Manager on final layout

12. Ensure that the final output(s) for each communication product will be the final web-ready and/or print-ready version

13. Inputs for video production

14. Liaise with printers, if necessary

YOU must be a fun, people-loving, growth-oriented, impact-minded, young dynamic team-player with the following qualifications:

• Academically compelling, with at least Bachelors in Mass Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, International Relations, Social Sciences or related fields

• Relevant experience will be a plus

• Knowledge of graphic design, layout and document development.

• Passionately driven by a strong inner calling for economic empowerment of Nepal

• Understanding of social issues related to economic prosperity, gender equality, youth employment and community-driven development

• Outstanding ability to work effectively under pressure and during uncertainties

• Independence in tackling complex problems consistently applying creativity, independent judgment and detail orientation

• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal oversight with time management skills

• Excellent writer and orator in Nepali and English

• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view. 

• Meets deadlines and manages time efficiently.

• Working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and/or other design software will be a plus

Compensation

Daayitwa will provide a monthly stipend to the Graphic Design Intern. The rate will be mutually agreed upon, commensurate with the level of deliverables, qualifications and experience of the candidate. 

Procedure

Interested candidates must submit a CV and a cover letter by November 30, 2020.

To learn more about Daayitwa and our work, do visit our Facebook page or our website.
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/daayitwa/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYX-0_rlCuvASwYuqzpCOw
Website:  www.daayitwa.org