Intern for internal communication

Contract

This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.

DRC is looking for an intern who will get the opportunity to work with a broad range of internal communication activities, e.g. by writing stories targeted our global workforce, creating graphics or videos on internal campaigns and assisting at global events and with intranet improvements.

About the job

DRC is a non-profit organisation that works worldwide to help and protect refugees, internally displaced and other conflict-affected persons. The intern will be based in DRC’s internal communications unit and have a close cooperation with our colleagues in the support offices in Headquarter and in the organisation’s five core humanitarian sectors: Protection, Economic Recovery, Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding, Shelter & Settlements, Camp Coordination & Camp Management.

Hence the intern will get the opportunity to become acquainted with the work within an international NGO and how to communicate effectively about it. The intern will be given the possibility to work independently with different tasks that are related to their line of study and will participate in a three-weeks induction with the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the different units within DRC.

DRC offers the intern the opportunity:

• To gain experience working for an international NGO;
• To work independently with different tasks related to communications and other tasks relevant to the intern’s profile;
• Learn how to work professionally with internal communication in an international organisation
• To be a part of a dynamic house with many relations to our countries and regions.

The intern will be supporting colleagues while gaining valuable working experience.

Responsibilities

The intern will be working alongside other DRC colleagues on matters concerning internal communications.

The intern is expected to:

• Participate in content meetings
• Plan and create current content for internal channels – text, video, graphics etc.
• Research on stories from our country operations
• Communicate with field offices to gather stories, interviews and photographs that can both be used for internal and external communication
• Gather and edit staff portraits from our country operations together with your colleagues;
• Contribute to the news flow on and development of a global intranet
• Help organise meetings and events as well as produce and distribute minutes of meetings
• Work closely together with the communications student worker.

About you

The intern will work both individually and together with other colleagues. The intern should be able to meet the following requirements:

• Be enlisted at a university for a relevant education at master’s level (this is a prerequisite for the internship);
• Be fluent in both written and spoken English (Danish, French or Spanish are an advantage but not a requirement)
• Be effective in the use of MS Office;
• Be creative and have journalistic skills;
• Have good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Be able to work independently as well as in a team;
• Be able to work systematically with a good structure for the tasks that you are responsible for;
• Have an eye for detail and strive to get the job done.

The intern should be pursuing a graduate level degree in Communications, Media Relations, Development Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Migration studies or other related social science studies. Students with experience in journalism or other communication experience will have an advantage.

We offer

Contract length: 5 months or after agreement

Start date: preferably start February 2022

Working hours: 30 to 37 hours per week.

The intern will be working at the Headquarter office in Copenhagen and therefore it is a requirement that you have the required permissions in place to work in Denmark in order to be considered for this role.

The intern will report to the Internal Communications Advisor.

As the internship is part of the student’s education and as such, already is supported by the Danish State Education Fund, the internship is unpaid however, daily lunch in our canteen is provided subject to the canteen being open (due to Covid-19 restrictions it may be closed). Further, the intern earns up 2,08 unpaid leave days per month.

Due to Covid-19, there might be some restrictions as to how many people are allowed in the office and limitations to the number of people allowed in a physical meeting. Other, yet unknown, restrictions might occur. DRC follows the guidelines from The Danish Ministry of Health.

Application process

Submit your CV including contact details for references, official transcript of your completed courses at your university and a motivation letter of no more than one page by clicking on “Apply for position” on this page. Please be sure to mention your motivation and several areas of interest related to DRC’s activities.

Please submit your application, in English and marked “Intern – Internal Comms Copenhagen”, no later than Monday 31 January 2022. Due to the urgency in filling the position, we will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

Further information:

You are welcome to contact internal communications advisor, Marianne Smedegaard, Marianne.smedegaard@drc.ngo for more information about the internship.

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