Intern

Overview

Internship opportunity to provide operational and coordination support to the Disaster Preparedness Division of the Disaster Management Centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Support in gathering, analyzing and maintaining data for ongoing and upcoming programs.
• Assist with daily administrative tasks, including activity schedules, organizing meetings, maintaining records and supporting supervisors with documentation processes.
• Contribute to the development and updating work plans, timelines and other related documentation to ensure smooth operations.
• Assist in the coordination of workshops, meetings and events, including logistical arrangements, communication with participants and maintaining records of key discussions and outcomes.
• Support development of knowledge products including reports, presentations and briefing materials for internal and external use.
• Assist in drafting proposals and other project-related documents.
• Engage with team members and external stakeholders, such as government agencies or partners, to ensure effective communication and collaboration on various projects.
• Assist to develop pipeline projects, concept notes and project proposals.
• Monitor and track the progress of assigned projects, collecting feedback and providing updates to the team for evaluation and reporting purposes.
• Support the communication team in preparing content for newsletters, social media platforms and other outreach materials.

Qualifications

• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
• Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

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