People & Culture Graduate Trainee

ABOUT INKOMOKO

Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.

In 2026, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 5th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies.

Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.

Inkomoko has 900+ staff in 50 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives.

INKOMOKO VALUES

• Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, and be a global leader.
• Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible.
• Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback
• Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, and inclusive.
• We Eat Goat: we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.

Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Refugees, women, and persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.

About the Role

Programme Description
We are seeking a high-potential, curious, and people-oriented People & Culture Graduate Trainee who is eager to learn, explore, and build a career in People & Culture.

This programme is designed to provide a 360-degree learning experience across the People & Culture function, enabling the trainee to understand how people, culture, capability, and organization strategy come together to drive organisational performance and sustainable growth.

Through structured rotations across key People & Culture disciplines, the trainee will gain exposure to the full employee lifecycle, know the team and the leadership, and apply academic knowledge to real workplace situations. The programme will combine on-the-job learning, practical assignments, project work, coaching, mentoring, and reflection to build technical capability.

LEARNING AREAS:

Talent Acquisition

The trainee will learn how organisations attract, assess, and select talent aligned to current and future organization needs.

• Gain exposure to workforce planning, talent sourcing, employer branding, recruitment analytics, and candidate experience.
• Support recruitment activities and learn how effective selection contributes to organisational capability.
• Contribute to initiatives that strengthen the organisation's talent pipeline.
• Develop an understanding of how talent acquisition supports organization growth and workforce strategy.

Talent Management, Development & Performance Management

The trainee will develop an understanding of how organisations build, retain, and grow the capabilities required for future success as well as manage performance.

• Support new staff onboarding activities and build an understanding of how effective onboarding strengthens employee experience, workplace integration and role readiness.
• Support performance management processes and analysis to strengthen goal alignment, performance tracking, and reviews process.
• Coordinate learning and capability-building initiatives that strengthen employee skills and align development with future organizational needs.
• Support talent review and succession processes by preparing and analysing talent data to inform discussions on performance, potential, readiness, and development.

People Operations & Employee Experience

The trainee will develop a holistic understanding of the employee lifecycle and how effective people practices shape culture and employee experience.

• Gain exposure to employee relations, reward and benefits, wellbeing, engagement, organisational culture, and People Operations.
• Learn how policies, processes, and people practices influence employee experience and organisational effectiveness.
• Support initiatives that strengthen engagement, wellbeing, culture, and employee experience.
• Identify opportunities to improve People & Culture processes and services.
• Develop an understanding of how People & Culture practices contribute to employee experience, performance and growth

People Analytics & Reporting

The trainee will learn how people's data can be translated into insights that support better organization and people decisions.

• Analyse people data, trends, and key workforce metrics.
• Support the development of reports, dashboards, and management insights.
• Learn to identify patterns, opportunities, and potential people-related risks through data.
• Use data and organization context to inform recommendations and solutions.
• Develop an understanding of how People and Culture data and insights support evidence-based decisions and workforce effectiveness.

What You Will Gain

Throughout the programme, the trainee will:

• Learn by doing: Apply academic knowledge, frameworks, and emerging People & Culture practices to real situations.
• Gain 360-degree exposure: Experience multiple People & Culture disciplines and understand how they connect across the employee lifecycle.
• Learn from experts: Work alongside experienced People & Culture professionals and leaders through coaching, mentoring, and day-to-day exposure.
• Reflect and grow: Receive regular feedback, reflect on experiences, and translate lessons from each rotation into improved performance.
• Take progressive ownership: Move from observation and learning to independently managing tasks, projects, and recommendations as capability develops.
• Build career clarity: Gain insight into different People & Culture career paths and identify areas of strength and future interest.