Desired start date: December 16
Duration : 6 months
Location : Paris/Clichy
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association that, for over 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs: drinking, eating, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the world’s leading cause of death, SI implements through its interventions expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and the promotion of hygiene, but also in the essential field of food security and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, SI’s teams – 3,200 people in total, made up of expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, a few volunteers, etc. – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
Job Description
Main missions of the internship:
- Assist the Geographic Manager, the Desk Programs Officer and the Accountability and Donor Development Officer following the missions in Haiti, Ukraine and Venezuela in carrying out the administrative tasks necessary for the management of missions and programs, and in the operational monitoring of programs implemented in the field.
- Provide support to mission teams as a whole.
Main objectives of the internship:
- Discover the headquarters of an NGO and understand the relationship between the headquarters and the field;
- Discover the different programs and areas of expertise of Solidarites International;
- Discover the humanitarian and geopolitical context of the areas concerned;
- Discover the different professions in the field;
- Understand how a mission works and its constraints;
- Understanding the relationships between different humanitarian actors;
- Know the specific expectations of donors;
- Put into practice project monitoring and financing cycle management;
- Being in direct contact with the field through expatriate staff;
- Discover the strategy of an NGO.
Main tasks:
- Update monthly tools (program sheets, operational maps, etc.);
- Under the supervision of the Program Manager and CRDB, ensure the monitoring of missions and field requests;
- Participate in the review of project proposals and reports intended for donors, and exercise a critical eye;
- Participate in the review of lessor contracts and partnership agreements;
- Ensure compliance with reporting deadlines imposed by donors via the reverse planning of reports linked to current projects;
- Manage paper and electronic archiving (jointly with the Desk support assistant) of documents relating to missions;
- Participate in the various briefings and debriefings, in conjunction with RP and CRDB, of expatriates leaving on missions;
- Contribute to the briefing of expatriates;
- Participate in weekly and monthly Desk meetings;
- In collaboration with other assistants, tidy up and reorganize the network;
- Maintain contact with missions in the absence of those responsible;
- Provide translation of various documents (English or Spanish → French / French → English or Spanish);
- Contribute to certain programmatic or technical projects.
IF YOU WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
- Internship based at the SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL headquarters in Clichy (92), Mairie de Clichy metro station.
- Intern with mandatory internship agreement.
- Compensation: 4.90 euros/hour
- The gratuity is calculated in proportion to the actual hours of presence during the month. (On average 1 month = 154 hours, or 22 days of 7 hours/day)
- Public transport covered 50% by SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL
- Meal vouchers at €8.90/day of actual training, with 60% participation from SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL
– Higher education (bac +5 level) preferably focused on project management and/or humanitarian work, political science or international relations, preferably with knowledge of water issues, food security or rehabilitation;
– Real interest and motivation for voluntary and humanitarian work – willingness to go into the field in the short term;
– International work experience appreciated;
– Writing, summarizing and spelling skills;
– Critical and analytical mind, autonomy, rigor, responsiveness, organization, efficiency, significant work capacity and ability to work under pressure;
– Computers: Windows (Word, Excel, power point); Internet and e-mail (Outlook)
– Fluent French, English and Spanish
Do you recognize yourself in this description?
If so, send us your CV and Cover Letter!
Applications containing only CVs will not be considered.
Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment before the deadline of the announcement. Thank you for your understanding.
And to find out more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org
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Solidarités International (SI) is committed to preventing and combating any type of abuse – any act of sexual exploitation, abuse and/or harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or its collaborators, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflict of interest, financing of activities that violate human rights – that could be perpetrated in the context of its interventions. SI applies zero tolerance to any type of abuse, particularly acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is a fair employer that fights all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration in order to participate in a recruitment process.
Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.
Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to finding all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.
