Senior Management Team (SMT) Intern

The Opportunity

Senior Mananagement Team Intern will be responsible to the Country Director (CD) for providing effective clerical and administrative support services to the Senior Management team in the implementation of activities. Specific duties include preparing correspondence, record management, scheduling appointments, planning/organising meetings and conferences, writing minutes, updating related documents, briefing visitors as well as monitoring the progress of various assignments to ensure that the SMT initiatives are accomplished.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Administrative Sciences, Economics, Business or related departments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Turkish
• Maintain confidentiality of privileged information obtained in the course of work
• Must be willing to learn and adopt to new ideas, ways of working
• Preferably previous working experience (including paid internships) in NGOs, private sector.
• Good attention to details and to be able to work under stress
• Computer literate (including working knowledge of Microsoft Office) and ability to do internet based research
• Strong organisational skills and discretion with confidential information.
• Ability to work independently and proactively
• Proven ability to handle challenging work load
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Position holder will be based in Istanbul, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.