About Movement in Refuge (MiR)
MiR is an international organisation promoting physical and mental health through sport and movement training to create safe, structured opportunities for conflict-affected communities. We started in the Rohingya refugee camps along the Bangladesh Myanmar border, home to one of the world’s largest refugee settlements, since 2024.
Our work is grounded in the conviction that sports and movement are beneficial to everyone and that people who have suffered enormous trauma and upheaval would greatly benefit from healthy movement, play and sport.
Together with our Bangladeshi partner NGO Sports for Hope and Independence (SHI), we deliver safe, dynamic and consistent coaching for women and girls, separately, for men and boys. Our trainers come from Bangladeshi Universities with degrees in physical education and sports science. They train refugees we refer to as community-based coaches – who are from and live in the refugee camps. Our planned academic partnerships with the University of Edinburgh, Leeds Beckett University, i-coach kids, will anchor our practice in research, and our growing connections across the UN system mean our work is scaling. We are at a pivotal moment and need your support to achieve our potential.
The Role
As a communication intern, you will help us to communicate our work and be the voice of MiR online. You will manage and grow MiR’s presence across our social media platforms. Telling the story of our work, our communities, and our mission to an international audience. This is a creative, high-impact role at the intersection of storytelling, communications, and humanitarian response in crisis and protracted emergencies. You will have access to a portfolio of up to date images and videos taken across MiR programmes to keep the world up to date with our mission.
You will work closely with MiR leadership and other interns (including those working on video, design, and outreach) to produce content that is engaging, authentic, and consistent with MiR’s values, style and overall “vibe”. You will help shape how the world sees and understands what we do.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage MiR’s social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other relevant platforms
- Help initiate presence on other platforms including YouTube, TikTok, X, etc.
- Plan and maintain a content calendar aligned with MiR’s programmes, campaigns, and key events
- Create and publish posts, stories, videos and short-form content that reflect MiR’s mission and impact
- Coordinate with other interns to source, videos, and written content from across the organisation
- Grow MiR’s follower base and engagement through consistent, high-quality output
- Monitor analytics and report regularly on platform performance and audience growth
- Support communications around fundraising campaigns, events, and partnership announcements
- Ensure all content aligns with MiR’s safeguarding and child protection guidelines
Time Commitment
5–20 hours per week, over a minimum of 4 months. This is a remote, unpaid internship. Hours are flexible and can be arranged around your academic commitments, with scope to increase your contribution during holidays or free periods if that suits you.
What You Will Gain
Being part of the MiR internship programme means joining a lean, fast-moving international development organisation at a pivotal moment in its growth. You will gain:
- Hands-on experience managing social media for a real international NGO, with genuine reach and a compelling story to tell
- A growing portfolio of published content you can point to as evidence of real-world impact
- Real responsibility and creative ownership, not peripheral tasks
- A formal reference letter from MiR leadership on successful completion
- Access to MiR’s growing network of academic, UN, and civil society partners
- Mentorship from practitioners with decades of field experience across the UN system and international NGOs
How You Will Be Supported
MiR is small but structured. Every intern is assigned a direct point of contact within our team who will oversee your work and provide regular feedback. You will receive a structured induction covering MiR’s mission, values, safeguarding framework, and current priorities. We hold regular team check-ins and will not leave you to figure things out alone.
We take your development seriously. We want you to leave with more skills, more confidence, and a clearer understanding of how impactful organisations communicate in complex environments – and how humanitarian organisations respond to large scale disasters and migration crises.
Eligibility
If you are a student or early-career professional with a genuine interest in MiR’s mission: using sport and movement to improve lives in some of the world’s most challenging humanitarian settings. You have a feel for social media, you understand what makes content land, and you care about telling stories with integrity. A background in communications, media, marketing, journalism, or a related field is an advantage, but not a requirement. What matters most is creativity, consistency, and a genuine connection to the work.
How to apply
Fill out the form on the link to apply: https://forms.gle/7ticz5feyswagYgR7
Please also share links to any social media accounts you’ve managed or grown (personal or otherwise), or a short example of content or captions you’ve created.