Social Cohesion and Inclusion - Intern

The intern will support documentation and reporting activities for the Social Protection, Inclusion and Social Cohesion for Resilient Communities (SPIS) Project in Afghanistan. The role involves reviewing partner reports, preparing summaries, maintaining documentation, and assisting in coordination and communication tasks under the supervision of the Technical Expert and Portfolio Manager.

Responsibilities

• Support the documentation of project activities.
• Review partner reports, meeting notes, activity updates, photos, and other submissions, and extract key information for documentation purposes.
• Prepare short summaries of activities, key achievements, challenges, lessons learned, good practices, and emerging issues based on inputs received from partners and the project team.
• Support the documentation of beneficiary stories and human-interest stories, based on information, photos, and field inputs shared by partners.
• Maintain organized digital folders for project documents, partner submissions, meeting records, photos, reports, communication materials, and evidence files.
• Help maintain simple trackers for partner submissions, activity progress, reporting deadlines, beneficiary information, inclusion indicators, and follow-up actions.
• Support the preparation and formatting of documentation tools and templates, including activity report formats, meeting minutes templates, success story templates, photo logs, inclusion checklists, and referral mapping templates.
• Assist in compiling inputs for internal updates, briefing notes, presentations, donor reports, and communication materials.
• Participate remotely in coordination meetings, take notes, summarize key action points, and help follow up on pending documentation from partners.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in international relations, International Affairs, development studies, public policy social sciences or similar field, or be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher), or be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent), or have recently graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation, or be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.
• At least 1 prior internships and/or professional experience with an international organization or NGO, especially in the areas of Social Cohesion and Inclusion Protection.
• Must be available to work for at least 3 working days a week.
• Fluent English speaking and writing are required.

Skills

• Report Writing
• Documentation Management
• Social Cohesion
• Social Inclusion
• Social Protection Policies
• Project Coordination
• Partner Reporting
• International Organization Experience
• NGO Experience
• English Writing
• English Speaking

Languages

English