War Child Holland
‘Team player with good communication skills’
4 days per week for 4-6 months (starting soonest but not later than February 2023)
War Child is improving the wellbeing of children and youth affected by conflict. We are doing so in nine programme countries, and we raise funds in three European countries. We are part of the aid sector. Trends in the sector include several calls for changing operations: having a more diverse and inclusive workforce, safeguarding integrity, allowing for a stronger local voice and taking more care about the environment, reducing the emissions caused. War Child wants to take its responsibility and maximize the use of opportunities to improve its duty of environmental and social care. At the moment, War Child is drafting its Sustainability Policy.
About You!
You are undertaking a course relevant to the challenge of sustainability, and you are keen to develop yourself further in that direction. You bring a strong interest to the challenge for a mid-sized international NGO and are particularly interested in how to communicate policy and strategy, internally as well as externally. You have a keen eye on what works in communication and can do the groundwork for that. You are a team player and eager to learn.
The Challenge
War Child is advancing in policy and strategy development regarding sustainability and in each of its offices. We calculate our footprint annually, we take measures and we are drafting a comprehensive Sustainability Policy. There is work to be done in the communication around all this, internally (engagement) as well as externally (the marketing of our climate neutrality). As an intern in this role you would concentrate on that. You support the Senior Advisor Organizational Development to advance on this, so that we can accelerate a more sustainable course of the organization together with dedicated colleagues.
This is a role in which you have contact with various departments and country offices, the Communications & Advocacy Team in particular. There is operational work to do, but you will also be involved in more tactical and strategic discussions. Obligations you may have in relation to your study will be discussed with you in order to ensure that the time with War Child benefits your studies and ultimately your start in the job market.
Your Responsibilities
The focus will be on sustainability and communication. Also depending on your exact background, graduation requirements and your personal interest, this may include: supporting the consultation and finalization of the Sustainability Policy, bringing its content to life, calculating the carbon footprint on 2022, gathering and publishing stories about sustainability measures throughout the thirteen offices and figuring out the metrics around those, encouraging & engaging staff.
Your Profile
- Student of sustainable development, communication, international development, business management or similar
- Enrolled in a Dutch higher education institutefor the whole duration of the internship
- Good writing and analytical skills
- Well skilled in PowerPoint, skilled in Excel is a preferred
- Knowledge of NGO and/or development sector is a preferred
- Pro-active, independent and flexible
- Interested to work and communicate with people from various backgrounds
- Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written
Our Organisation
War Child is a medium-size development and humanitarian organization with offices in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Hamburg and nine conflict zones. You will be positioned in the Governance and OD team (GoOD) and report to the Senior Advisor Organisational Development. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office in Amsterdam, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We try to practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. We have a hybrid way of working: partly at the office, partly at home.
Our Conditions
We are looking for an intern for 4 – 6 months, 4 days per week. As an intern in War Child you can count on an interesting experience with the opportunity to learn a lot! Of course, you will get guidance, but also freedom to work out your ideas. You will receive an internship allowance of € 200 gross per month, based on 40 hours per week.
Please note that War Child interns need to be enrolled as students at a Dutch educational institution for the duration of their internship. Please note that this internship does not suit students who are in their thesis writing semesters.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply by no later than 11th November 2022 by submitting their CV (English, max 2 pages) and a short cover letter using the following hyperlink:
https://www.warchild.nl/stage-lopen/sustainability-intern/
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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War Child is an international organisation, and we are committed to be a diverse and inclusive employer, placing human and child rights at the centre of our existence and work. We hire our new colleagues based on their talents, competences and shared values; we do not distinguish them based on their age, gender and gender identity, race, color, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, disability etc.
The safety of children and youth is a paramount and essential to War Child’s work. War Child has a zero tolerance policy towards any form of abuse. To prevent placing children and youth at any risk this subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures. Moreover, the accepted candidates will be required to state their commitment/ intent to be aware, consider and adhere to the minimum standards applicable in development and humanitarian settings, such as humanitarian values and principles, Sphere Humanitarian Charter, Standards in the Humanitarian Standards Partnership, Core Humanitarian Standard, International Humanitarian Law, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
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