Internship with the Standby Roster Team

Do you want to experience what it is like to work for Denmark’s largest humanitarian NGO? Then apply for our DRC Standby Roster intern position starting August 2022.

Who are we?

The Standby Roster is a division within the Programme, Policy & External Relations Department of the Danish Refugee Council. For thirty years, the Standby Roster has assisted UN agencies around the world by deploying experts to fill short-term capacity gaps in humanitarian emergencies. The Standby Roster is considered a leading partner to several UN agencies including UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP.

Working under DRC’s protection mandate, the Standby Roster prioritizes deployments that have the largest potential for protective outcomes for people affected by conflicts and disasters. The term roster implies a list of carefully recruited and trained professionals, who are ready to be deployed at short notice. The Standby Roster team manages three deployment schemes for UN operations globally: The Humanitarian Response Roster, the Resettlement Roster and the Registration Roster. For more information, please visit our website: here

About the internship

The intern will become part of the Standby Roster team and will assist the colleagues with the deployment of experts (roster members).

As an intern your main tasks will be related to specific missions in the field, supporting our members before, during and after a deployment. In addition, you will help the team to engage and retain our members through recruitment, training support and various communication channels.

The tasks will include, but are not limited to:

· Updating our website information and work on social media appearance

· Writing and distributing our quarterly newsletter to all members

· Supporting the preparation and facilitation of the induction trainings of new roster members

· Registration of UN requests for deployments and trainings in our database ‘HERO’

· Supporting financial tasks using excel and our internal ERP system ‘Dynamics’ to process deployed expenses, as well as checking original receipts and archiving

· Ad hoc administrative tasks including booking flight tickets and support members with different inquiries

· Assisting in the recruitment and onboarding of new roster members

· Attend deployment briefings and debriefings before and after a member deployment

· A development project defined according to the intern’s competencies and interests, which contributes to the development needs of the Standby Roster team

We offer flexibility in the type of tasks, so you also have the possibility to influence the tasks, subject to what is relevant for your study programme.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to

· Commit to the values and code of conduct of the Danish Refugee Council

· Be able to work independently and proactive and handle challenges in a constructive and positive way

· Have an interest in and flair for communication and administrative tasks incl. financial management

· Be open-minded and flexible towards the different tasks assigned to you

All employees and interns in DRC should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Your qualifications

Your field of study is not paramount, but it will most likely be within the social sciences and/or international affairs. To apply for the internship, you must meet the following requirements:

· Have an interest in international affairs and humanitarian assistance

· Have completed a minimum of two years of higher education

· Be fluent in spoken and written English

· Have the ability to navigate in a challenging environment and handle a wide range of complex tasks

It is a requirement that you are enrolled in a university in order to be considered for the internship.

We offer

Contract length: 4-6 months subject to study requirements and further dialogue.

Workplace: DRC Headquarters located Borgergade 10, Copenhagen.

Start date: around mid-August. We can be flexible on the start date but prefer if you join no later than 1 September 2022 so that you can participate in our introduction programme for all new interns.

Working hours: Approximately 30 hours per week, subject to study requirements and further dialogue. We offer flexibility when you have study obligations next to the internship.

The internship is not paid but we offer:

· 2,08 (unpaid) vacation days per month. The days can either be spent as you earn them or be accumulated

· Free lunch in our canteen (subject to our canteen being open)

· Free participation in our year-end party

Please note that if you do not have the right to work in Denmark (through nationality or existing work visa), you will need to apply for it if selected for the internship. DRC does not cover the costs related to your application for a work permit.

Application process

All applicants must send a cover letter, an updated CV in English as well as documentation that you are enrolled in a university. If you are applying for more than one internship with DRC, please indicate so in your cover letter. Apply online on our page Current Vacancies at www.drc.ngo.

Closing date for applications: 1 May 2022. We expect to conduct interviews in the first week of May 2022.

Further information

For questions regarding the internship please contact the Standby Roster Team on [email protected]

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.