Global Advocacy Intern

SOS Children’s Villages International is recruiting for an 8-month planned advocacy internship, starting preferably in mid-May.

The purpose of this position is to assist SOS Children’s Villages in engaging in advocacy campaigning and capacity-building actions. This is a paid position, remunerated according to the Belgian statute of “contrat d’immersion professionnelle”.

Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter to advocacy@sos-kd.org by 10 April, stating INTERNSHIP Global Advocacy in the subject line. 

If your application is successful you will be contacted by email by 25th April. If not, please understand that you have not been selected on this occasion.

Job description:

Support in engaging in advocacy campaigning and capacity-building actions

Direct support to campaign team and regional coordinator

Write articles for the organisation intranet

Screen reports and summarise information

Organisational and administrative tasks: organisation of meetings and workshops, taking care of minutes

Various tasks assigned by the department or team leader

Qualifications & skills:

Degree in development, international relations, social sciences or related field.

Interest and/or experience on youth participation

Excellent command of written and spoken English. Knowledge of other languages is an asset.

Organisational skills

Excellent research, writing and editing skills & ability to think from an audience perspective

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary and multicultural environments

Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative, and produce results

Ability to meet tight deadlines

Open-minded, flexible, with patience and a sense of humour, analytical mind, commitment to quality and a can-do attitude;

Computer literate

Permission to live and work in Belgium

About us:

SOS Children's Villages is a non-governmental child welfare organisation that is active in 134 countries. The main focus areas of our social work are family-based care for children without parental care and comprehensive community-based social programmes for disadvantaged families.

SOS Children’s Villages Advocacy work: We stand up for children and help to inform communities and decision makers about children's rights. We encourage children to actively take part in the decision-making processes that affect their lives and speak up for themselves.