Note: This announcement is for a 3 month, unpaid / voluntary home based internship assignment.
Background:
Notio Partners is an international development and business consultancy, delivering projects for developing nations and fragile states, United Nations, Government, not for profit organisations, and international businesses. We specialise in projects relating to access to justice and human rights, good governance, land and environment. Our website is www.notiopartners.com
Scope of Work:
We are recruiting an intern to work remotely from their own location, on an unpaid / voluntary basis. The intern will support the programme management functions of the organisation, including providing support to ongoing projects and assisting in identifying and preparation of proposals for new opportunities.
Specifically, the intern will:
- Provide technical support to ongoing projects, including researching thematic issues, support to the development of training programmes, contributions to donor reports, etc.
- Provide operational support to projects, including administrative tasks.
- Provide assistance in identifying potential new project opportunities and contribute to the preparation of proposals.
- Assist in the management of our panel of expert consultants.
- Contribute to knowledge management, including identifying relevant new publications, reports and best practices; producing key note summaries on selected topics, identifying and tracking global conferences on relevant issues etc.
- Assist with the management of our social media presence.There is a minimum internship commitment of 3 months, to enable the internship arrangement to be constructive. We support a flexible workplace and it may be possible to negotiate a part-time working arrangement for a strong applicant who is unavailable full-time.
The intern will work from their own location, and will provide their own computer and internet service, with MS Office and Skype installed.
We encourage applications from women and men, and we encourage recent graduates to apply.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Demonstrated experience or interest in a topic related to our programmatic focus areas (access to justice and human rights, good governance, and / or land and environment).
- University qualification in a related field (eg international development, law, social sciences, gender etc). A post-graduate qualification is preferred, but is not essential.
- Highly organised, able to manage competing tasks and reliable in completing tasks on time and to a high standard of quality.
- Strong English language communication and writing skills, including sound computer skills (ie, Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
Desirable: Fluency in Spanish, French or Arabic would be beneficial, but is not a requirement.
HOW TO APPLY:
How to Apply
Please send your application to jobs@notiopartners.com with the subject heading of ‘Programme Management Internship’.
Please include a covering letter, your CV and contact details of two referees.
Please include in your covering letter:
- Your motivation in applying for this position
- Your available start and end date (noting the three month minimum commitment).
- Whether you are available full-time or part-time (and if part-time – your preferred working days and estimated number of hours each week, minimum of 20 hrs / week required).
We look forward to receiving your application. Due to the number of applicants, please note that we can only respond to short-listed candidates.
