Netherlands: Programme Assistant Intern
Country: Netherlands
Closing date: 31 Oct 2013
Internship for the duration of 6 months, 40 hours a week
Starting December 2013
Transition International (TI) is a Netherlands-based, international consultancy firm with a network of senior consultants around the world. We specialise in tackling the challenges of transitions. We promote change through knowledge development, training and advisory services.
TI assists clients to manage transitions from war to peace, relief to development, insecurity to security, crisis to positive change, poverty to dignity, and exclusion to representation.
TI, while operating on a commercial basis, is a value-driven consultancy firm. We are guided by the ambition to contribute to a peaceful and more secure world, in which human dignity and our environment are both respected and protected. We demonstrate this commitment and promote these values in everything that we undertake. At TI, we understand that context is often at least as important as the substance of a programme or project. We therefore employ a conflict, gender and age-sensitive approach, and strive towards the broadest possible participation of stakeholders and affected communities.
“TI's aim is to assist the major players in peacebuilding to become more effective, in order to reduce suffering and increase hope and opportunities for people who do not have the power or voice to trigger change”.
- Irma Specht, 2012
Transitions are difficult and often painful, but they also provide a window of opportunity. We believe that the benefits of any transition must be highlighted when seeking a positive outcome. TI provides knowledge, training and advisory services to the key actors in transition processes in order to make the different stages of transition more transparent, inclusive and sustainable. We assist transition designers and implementers in improving the quality and impact of their efforts, providing governments, international agencies, NGOs, businesses and other organisations with assistance and advice throughout the process of transition. The services are tailor-made and designed in close consultation with our clients, thus providing great flexibility while delivering timely, high-quality and cost-effective services, with a clear focus on the end results.
TI offers high quality applied research, data-collection for contextual analyses, coherent policy and strategy development, programme design, and project evaluation. Additionally, training on specific transition issues and trouble-shooting in ongoing projects has become one of TI’s areas of expertise.
The company draws its expertise from its network of partners, associates and consultants. This platform of highly specialised professionals covers a wide scope of technical fields which are essential in transition processes. Moreover, TI consists of a number of inter-dependent desks working on specialised sub-areas relevant to transition processes. Each desk provides up-to-date knowledge, designs and implements training programmes, and provides advisory services. TI draws on this pool of knowledge and competencies to provide tailor-made and client-oriented assistance, often combining the expertise of several specialists in one assignment. This results in a truly multidisciplinary approach and is reflected in the holistic strategies we propose and the products we deliver.
For more information, please visit our website www.transitioninternational.com.
TI is looking for an intern for a period of minimum 6 months interested in the field of post-conflict recovery, reintegration and development. The overall task of the intern is to provide support to the director and consultants of TI in ongoing assignments, to assist in the acquisition of new contracts, to report on completed assignments and to contribute to the marketing of TI as a firm.
The amount and scope of projects varies depending on assignments coming in.
The intern will:
- Assist in identifying and writing tender documents;
- Assist in writing and formatting reports;
- Prepare training materials;
- Contribute to ongoing assignments in terms of conducting background research and literature review, analysing data, and translating data in user-friendly formats;
- Manage information and project cycles;
- Prepare missions for the director and consultants in terms of travel, visas, travel binders etc.
TI offers:
An informal, innovative and dynamic learning environment, free housing at our intern flat in Landgraaf, NL and free lunches at the office. No payments will be made under this contract.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field. Bachelor’s degree is accepted if the candidate has relevant work experience.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Being committed to TI aims and values.
- Excellent written and communication skills in English. Fluency in Arabic and/or Dutch is an asset.
- Good knowledge of working in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
- Experience with SPSS is desirable.
Please be aware that non-EU citizens need a visa to stay more than 90 days in the Netherlands. Transition International is not in a position to help the intern obtain a visa. As such, any non-EU candidate applying for this position should be able to obtain a valid visa for 6 months.
The internship is due to start on 1 December 2013.
How to apply:
Please send your CV and motivation letter to: ispecht@xs4all.nl.
