Global Programs & Operations Officer Intern

IIRR is one of the worlds leading rural development NGOs. Founded in 1960 IIRRs programs have impacted more than 68 million rural lives across five continents. The organizations programs address the health education and environmental conditions of rural communities and prioritize the delivery of sustainable and scalable solutions that empower people to improve their lives and livelihoods. IIRR maintains offices in Africa Asia and North America.

IIRR is looking for intelligent strategic and resourceful thinkers to support the organizations global regional and country-level work. IIRR Interns have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of organizational functions and projects gaining practical experience in an international development organization while working with colleagues across a diverse global team.

Intern assignments will be tailored to organizational priorities as well as the interns skills interests and academic or professional goals. Depending on current needs interns may support one or more of the following areas:

Fundraising & Development

• Support research and preparation of grant proposals concept notes donor materials and other fundraising documents.
• Conduct research on prospective donors funding opportunities and relevant trends in international development.
• Assist with organizing and maintaining information and materials related to fundraising and donor engagement.

Partnerships

• Support research and outreach related to potential organizational institutional and strategic partners.
• Assist with partnership development activities background research and preparation of partnership materials.
• Support coordination and documentation of meetings collaborations and learning exchanges.

Research & Learning

• Conduct literature reviews and research on topics relevant to IIRRs programs and organizational priorities.
• Support the identification and documentation of tools approaches and evidence related to measuring program outcomes and impact.
• Assist with research analysis and preparation of reports briefs presentations and other knowledge products.

Projects & Programs

• Support project initiatives in IIRRs focus areas: health education food systems economic empowerment and the environment.
• Assist with project planning implementation monitoring documentation and reporting.
• Support the development of new program concepts in collaboration with colleagues around the world.

Operations & Organizational Support

• Provide research administrative analytical and coordination support to global regional and country teams.
• Assist with developing and organizing operational documents systems processes and internal resources.
• Support ad-hoc organizational initiatives and assignments as needed.

Advocacy & Communications

• Support the development of communications materials including website content social media newsletters reports presentations and other publications.
• Conduct research to support advocacy and public engagement on issues relevant to IIRRs mission and areas of work.
• Assist with documenting and communicating program results organizational achievements and stories of impact.

Interns may contribute to one or several of these areas during their placement. Because IIRR operates in a dynamic international environment assignments may evolve over the course of the internship in response to organizational priorities and opportunities.

This is an unpaid internship but is available for class credit. We offer two internship models:

1. Full-time: 5 days (40 hours) per week for 3 months
2. Part-time: 34 days (20 hours) per week for 6 months

This is a fully remote internship; however it is not an asynchronous position. Interns are expected to maintain a consistent work schedule during regular New York/East Coast business hours and to be available and responsive during their agreed upon hours.

• Bachelors degree in any discipline (completed prior to internship start date)
• Well-organized reliable and self-motivated
• Helpful and responsive including when dealing with ad-hoc requests and providing support to colleagues
• Resourceful creative and comfortable with problem-solving
• Strong writing skills with meticulous attention to detail and organizational skills
• Curiosity creativity and willingness to contribute new and bold ideas
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and effectively manage multiple tasks
• A willingness to learn from mistakes adapt quickly and incorporate feedback while respecting and valuing input from a global and diverse team
• Ability and willingness to work in a dynamic environment where responsibilities may evolve from week to week
• Intermediate experience with MS Word Excel PowerPoint and Google applications
• Responsive to managers feedback and able to take direction while executing work independently with minimal oversight in a remote working environment
• Passionate about making a positive difference

Submit a resume/CV cover letter and contact information for three your cover letter please indicate whether you are seeking a full-time or part-time internship and identify the areas of work that are of greatest interest to you (e.g. fundraising/development partnerships research projects/programs operations or advocacy/communications). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

No calls please. If you have not received a response from us in two weeks you should assume that your application was not successful on this occasion.