• Application Deadline: Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Intern (m/f/d) Peace Security and Gender, West Africa


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Internships / Volunteering  , Project Management 
  

Your tasks

During your internship you will support the following tasks:

• Support services for individual team members in strategic consulting on decentralization of the ECOWAS Early Warning and Response System


• Support in the organization of workshops with the ECOWAS Early Warning Directorate and the NCCRMs across West Africa


• Support to the EPSAO Gender Focal Person in sensitizing staff on the Feminist Foreign/ Development Policy


• Support gender-related initiatives of ECOWAS Commission and its institutions in ECOWAS Member States


• Support Context Monitoring: Research topics relevant to the implementation of the project; facilitate one reflection & learning event for EPSAO staff


• Support update of software-based Operational Plan and planning for next project phase


• Support in the varied day-to-day project management business including drafting of German language monitoring reports


• Support to aspects of work and coordination related to programming of new EPSAO phase as well as support to communication and liaison with Headquarters as may be required

Your profile

• You are studying in the third semester or higher political, legal or social sciences, organizational development, peace and conflict studies, international relations or a comparable study


• First practical experience in the field of international cooperation with institutional and specialist knowledge in the field of peace and security and/or in the field of organisational development


• Good knowledge of German Feminist Foreign/Development Policy


• Strong IT skills, especially in relevant Microsoft applications (Office, MS Teams, sharepoint, etc.)


• Business fluency in German, English. (Must have strong German drafting skills). Knowledge of French would be an asset


• Ability and willingness to work independently, intercultural competence and strong communication skills


• Enjoy working in a multicultural team