Internship with Sakchyam requires a commitment of 20-40 hours per week for 8-12 weeks, with a possible extension as per Programme need. The successful candidate (the intern) will work with Sakchyam Staff on one or more of the following programme areas: SME Finance, Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, ICT and Mobile-based technology solutions, Legal and Regulatory, and Monitoring & Evaluation. The candidate will be based at the Sakchyam office in Kathmandu with possible travel to its regional offices in Nepal. Costs of travel, lodging and meals during trips to other regions will be paid by the Programme as per the rates and costs approved for similar trips of local employees of Sakchyam.
Applicants are required to respond to a call for interns displayed on Sakchyam’s website or other means of notification by submitting a cover letter specifying area of interest or specific qualifications for a particular programme area. The cover letter must also specify the time period during which the applicant seeks to intern with Sakchyam. The following documents are required for all internship applications:
All applicants are requested to send above documents to recruitment@sakchyam.com.np; incomplete applications will not be considered.
The Sakchyam Access to Finance for the Poor Programme (Sakchyam) is an initiative funded by UKaid as part of an 
agreement between the Governments of Nepal and the UK. It is implemented by Louis Berger for the Department for
International Development (DFID Nepal) in partnership with local and international institutions.
The 5-year programme, valued at £18.5 million ($29.6 million), is working with the public and private sectors to leverage
access and facilitate financial sector development in Nepal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and for poor people
with a focus on the Mid- and Far-Western Regions (MWDR and FWDR), and beyond.