Interns - Aquaculture Grants Support

Project

USDA Food for Progress Modernizing Aquaculture in Nepal

Implementing Organization

Lutheran World Relief / Corus International

Positions

Up to 10 (one per grant cluster; final number subject to grant approval)

Duration

Six months, aligned to the grant implementation period

Locations

Chitwan, Rupandehi (Bhairahawa), Dhanusha (Janakpur), Sunsari, Morang and Bara districts

Reports to

Activity Manager (day-to-day supervision)

Technical oversight

Senior Manager, Grants & Operations

Overall supervision

Deputy Chief of Party

Recruitment follows

Corus Global Recruitment and Selection Process (Country Office hires)

The project is modernizing aquaculture systems in Nepal through the USDA Food for Progress programme, running to March 2029 across 12–13 districts with five sub-recipient NGOs. It currently supports 18 grantees including hatcheries, cooperatives, a municipal ward office, a farmer user group and small aquaculture businesses with equipment and small infrastructure. Each grant runs about 12 months and covers procurement by LWR, handover to the grantee, installation, commissioning and early operation.

Running these many grants at once requires close, consistent field follow-up. The internship meets that need and gives aquaculture and fisheries students supervised field experience that can count towards their academic requirements.

The intern provides field data collection, monitoring and reporting support across the in-kind grants portfolio and acts as the day-to-day point of contact between the grantee and the project team.

The intern supports the project team. The Activity Manager and the Senior Manager, Grants & Operations remain accountable for all verification, approval and reporting decisions.

3.2 Installation and handover monitoring

3.3 Monthly monitoring and reporting

3.4 Technical observation and learning

LWR encourages applications from

Selection is made on merit against the criteria above, in line with Corus' Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy.

This is a supervised learning placement, not employment. The following support and conditions apply:

This arrangement does not create an employment relationship, and the internship carries no expectation or promise of subsequent employment with LWR.

Where the intern's institution agrees, LWR will

Project data remains the property of LWR and USDA. Publication, presentation or sharing of any project data requires prior written approval from the Chief of Party.

8. Conduct, Safeguarding and Compliance

Before deployment, every intern must complete orientation on and sign

Interns will not be assigned to a grantee with whom they have a declared relationship. Any conflict arising during the assignment must be reported immediately.

Performance is assessed on quality and timeliness of deliverables, accuracy of data, professional conduct, and quality of the working relationship with the grantee.

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