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The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced 6,000 internship vacancies under the Affordable Housing Programme.
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced 6,000 internship vacancies under the Affordable Housing Programme.
In a notice on Tuesday, October 20, PSC said the internship programme which is run by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, seeks to equip young professionals with practical skills and workplace experience.
“The programme seeks to equip young professionals with relevant skills, expose them to the real world of work environments, and strengthen their capacity to contribute to the implementation of the Affordable Housing Programme and the country’s broader socio-economic development agenda,” read the notice in part.
The vacancies include Architecture (475), Architectural Assistant (330), Civil Engineering (275), Construction Management (500), Electrical Engineering (250), Mechanical Engineering (350), Quantity Surveying (300), Quantity Surveying Assistant (300), Structural Engineering (300), Structural Assistant (225), and Health and Safety (300).
Others are Land Surveying/Geo Spatial (230), Landscape Architecture (250), Realtors and Valuers (330), Social Development (115), Urban and Regional Planning (200), Data Science and/or Artificial Intelligence (50), and Gender and Development Studies (50).
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PSC also announced internship slots for Building Inspector (290), Inspector Civil Engineering (300), Inspector of Gas/Refrigeration and Inspector Plumbing and Drainage (175), Property Managers (250), Inspector Electricals (75), Communication and Branding (20), Environmental Practitioners (30), and Interior Design (30).
To qualify for the internship, applicants are required to hold a bachelor's degree or diploma in the relevant professional field.
The candidates are also required to have graduated in 2020 or later, be proficient in computer skills, and not have previously benefited from a similar internship programme.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are required to submit their applications through the Public Service Commission's job portal at www.publicservice.go.ke or www.psckjobs.go.ke.
The deadline for submitting applications is November 9, 2026.
Successful applicants will serve for 12 months under a non-renewable internship arrangement.
The interns will be paid a monthly stipend from the State Department for Housing and Urban Development at a rate determined by the government.
Upon successful completion of the programme, the interns will be awarded certificates by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development.
This comes months after President William Ruto negotiated a deal with consulting firms to have interns under the Affordable Housing programme receive two pay cheques.
Speaking on Friday, January 23, during the launch of the Affordable Housing Internship Programme at State House, Nairobi, Ruto disclosed that the government would pay interns a monthly stipend. He urged the firms to also pay the interns some upkeep.
“We are going to pay a small stipend to these interns as they learn and help to supervise these sites. Consider paying them a small stipend, but I am not going to give you a number.
“As much as they want to learn, they need to go home and come back, pay rent a bit here and there, and survive,” the president stated.
The consulting companies will also earn more from the projects, with the Head of State confirming the National Treasury had approved additional pay for the firms.
“We have consulted, and I asked the Ministry to give me some numbers, and for the sacrifices you have shown as consulting firms, we are going to increase what we are paying you from 2 percent to three percent,” he added.
