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  • Do you want to do work that really matters? Help us end avoidable blindness.
  • Internship based in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Closing Date: Friday, 4th September 2026

ABOUT THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION

The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight. We continue to carry on the legacy of Professor Fred Hollows, who believed every person had the right to quality eye care, no matter where they live. The Foundation is known around the world as an organisation that works with purpose and determination. With a reputation for excellence, we are well known for making change happen.

The Foundation has grown to work in more than 25+ countries throughout Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, as well as Australia. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 3 million people worldwide. We have an ambitious five-year strategic plan that aims to take us even closer to realising our vision of a world in which no person is needlessly blind, or vision impaired and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to sight and good health. To find out more about our work, please visit our website https://www.hollows.org

OPPORTUNITY

You will be reporting to the Procurement & Operations Manager and supporting the Fred Hollows Foundation Kenya Procurement & Operations department with procurement and logistics tasks while gaining hands on experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Receive Intent to purchase from requesters and ensure they are fully approved.
  • Assist in the solicitation of quotations, proposals, and tendering process.
  • Assist with analysing quotations received.
  • Assist in managing vendor database.
  • Assist with sending communication to vendors including Local Purchase Orders.
  • Support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the annual Procurement plan, monitor progress and assist to make suggestions for overcoming bottlenecks.
  • Assist with the preparation of documents and implementation of the document/file management system.
  • Assist with asset inventory management.
  • Implement best practices throughout the procurement cycle.
  • Participating in team meetings.
  • Assist in the preparation of reports.
  • Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time by your line manager.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

  • Bachelor’s degree in Procurement/ Logistics
  • Proficient in Ms Office Suite, MS Excel and MS Word.
  • Basic understanding of Procurement cycle
  • A team player who is ready to learn new concepts.
  • A self-starter with resilience, pace, interpersonal flexibility, ready succeed within an evolving and sometimes demanding culture.
  • Time management skills including the ability to prioritize and multi-task work.
  • Excellent command of English (both written and spoken).

How to apply

APPLICATIONS

Applications should be made via the Apply button, and you should include your resume and cover letter. Please address your cover letter to the Talent Acquisition Team.

Applications Close: Friday, 4th September 2026

The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children and community partners in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks, academic and professional certificates verification checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.

Please be advised:

  1. Fred Hollows Foundation will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process.
  2. All active roles are advertised directly on our website here.
  3. Please note we will not be accepting CVs via agencies for this role.

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The Fred Hollows Foundation

We are an international development organisation working towards eliminating avoidable blindness and improving Indigenous Australian health.It started around Fred and Gabi’s dinner table Four years after he was diagnosed with cancer, and knowing he didn’t have much longer to live, Fred and Gabi Hollows decided they needed to find a way to continue his work. They started The Foundation with a group of friends and supporters to keep alive Fred’s dream: that everyone, no matter whether rich or poor, would have the right to high quality and affordable eye care. They promised to continue to fight for the change Fred so badly wanted.Today we continue Fred’s vision: we see a world in which no person is needlessly blind and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders exercise their right to good health.Fred died less than one year later. It was a terribly sad time, but brightened by the knowledge that through The Fred Hollows Foundation his work would carry on. – Gabi Hollows The Fred Hollows Foundation today Since its humble beginnings in Fred and Gabi’s kitchen, The Foundation now works in more than 25 countries and has restored sight to over two million people.We are driven by Fred’s vision to eliminate avoidable blindness, for Indigenous Australians to have access to quality heath services and to stand up for what is right. We believe that collaboration, getting things done with integrity, and empowering local communities is the best way to make a difference.Today, there are 32.4 million people in the world who are blind – but many don’t need to be. We focus on preventable and treatable diseases such as cataract, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy. Our in-country work involves local training and providing affordable technology, so doctors, nurses and health care workers can recognise, diagnose, refer and treat eye problems in their communities. We use research to improve our understanding of avoidable blindness, then use our findings to implement strategies and advocate for change.The Foundation is overseen by our Board of Directors, which includes Gabi Hollows. CEO Brian Doolan leads day-to-day operations, and we’re still advised by Fred’s great mate and fellow humanitarian, Dr Sanduk Ruit. We are independent, not-for-profit, politically unaligned and secular.Fred’s influence Fred was the type of man who knew exactly what he wanted, then went about getting it. Through his years with the Aboriginal Medical Service, National Trachoma and Eye Health Program and his work in developing countries, he was driven by the injustices he saw.Being the man he was, he spent his final years planning to establish factories in Eritrea and Nepal and develop low cost lenses in these two countries that he cared deeply about. Months before his death, he also flew to Vietnam to keep a promise to train ophthalmologists in modern eye surgery techniques so that local people would be empowered to help their own communities.We’re working just as tirelessly as Fred did to end avoidable blindness – by fighting injustice, building local capacity, empowering the countries where we work, and staying true to our values. He had a big dream and it’s a dream that lives on in the work of The Foundation.We will only be done when every person, regardless of who they are, where they live or whether they are rich or poor, is living in a world free of avoidable blindness. – Brian Doolan Together, we can do this We know exactly how to help mothers who are pulling out their eyelashes in agony from trachoma. We know how to treat children who are needlessly blind from cataract and to get them back to school. We know how to prevent people with diabetes going irreversibly blind because they can’t access quality eye care.We know how to help, but there’s a lot of work still to be done across the world and in Indigenous communities in Australia. Eliminating avoidable blindness can be achieved – with the help of our partners and, most importantly, you, our invaluable supporters.

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0 USD Kenya CF 3201 Abc road Part Time , 40 hours per week The Fred Hollows Foundation
  • Do you want to do work that really matters? Help us end avoidable blindness.
  • Internship based in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Closing Date: Friday, 4th September 2026
ABOUT THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATIONThe Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight. We continue to carry on the legacy of Professor Fred Hollows, who believed every person had the right to quality eye care, no matter where they live. The Foundation is known around the world as an organisation that works with purpose and determination. With a reputation for excellence, we are well known for making change happen.The Foundation has grown to work in more than 25+ countries throughout Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, as well as Australia. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 3 million people worldwide. We have an ambitious five-year strategic plan that aims to take us even closer to realising our vision of a world in which no person is needlessly blind, or vision impaired and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to sight and good health. To find out more about our work, please visit our website https://www.hollows.orgOPPORTUNITYYou will be reporting to the Procurement & Operations Manager and supporting the Fred Hollows Foundation Kenya Procurement & Operations department with procurement and logistics tasks while gaining hands on experience.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Receive Intent to purchase from requesters and ensure they are fully approved.
  • Assist in the solicitation of quotations, proposals, and tendering process.
  • Assist with analysing quotations received.
  • Assist in managing vendor database.
  • Assist with sending communication to vendors including Local Purchase Orders.
  • Support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the annual Procurement plan, monitor progress and assist to make suggestions for overcoming bottlenecks.
  • Assist with the preparation of documents and implementation of the document/file management system.
  • Assist with asset inventory management.
  • Implement best practices throughout the procurement cycle.
  • Participating in team meetings.
  • Assist in the preparation of reports.
  • Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time by your line manager.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
  • Bachelor’s degree in Procurement/ Logistics
  • Proficient in Ms Office Suite, MS Excel and MS Word.
  • Basic understanding of Procurement cycle
  • A team player who is ready to learn new concepts.
  • A self-starter with resilience, pace, interpersonal flexibility, ready succeed within an evolving and sometimes demanding culture.
  • Time management skills including the ability to prioritize and multi-task work.
  • Excellent command of English (both written and spoken).

How to apply

APPLICATIONSApplications should be made via the Apply button, and you should include your resume and cover letter. Please address your cover letter to the Talent Acquisition Team.Applications Close: Friday, 4th September 2026The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children and community partners in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks, academic and professional certificates verification checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment.Please be advised:
  1. Fred Hollows Foundation will never ask for a fee during any stage of the recruitment process.
  2. All active roles are advertised directly on our website here.
  3. Please note we will not be accepting CVs via agencies for this role.
 2026-09-05

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