‘flexible, independent with excellent planning & organizational skills’
You
You are interested in working in an international organization and eager to learn. You are enthusiastic, result driven and have great communication skills. As an intern in this role, you support the human resources team with ongoing projects focussing (but not limited to) on: global rewards study, duty of care project and HRIS project. This is a multidimensional project management internship in which you have contact with various departments and stakeholders.
You provide hands on project support the HR team. There is operational work to do, but you will also be involved in more tactical and strategic discussions. Obligations you may have in relation to your study will be discussed with you in order to ensure that the time with War Child will benefit your start in the job market.
Your Responsibilities are (but not limited to):
- Create / update/maintain project plans
- Data collection, processing and analysis
- Project communications
- Support achieving milestones
- Create proposals and presentations for stakeholders and decision makers
- Create training and implementation plans
- Provide support to further project results
Your Profile
- Student with a specialization in Human resources, business studies or other relevant studies.
- You are enrolled in a Dutch higher education institute for the whole duration of the internship
- Ability to produce quality work outputs within agreed priorities and to deadlines
- Ability to maintain contacts at different levels
- Excellent planning & organizational skills
- Problem solving skills, can-do mentality
- Pro-active, independent and flexible
- Interested to work and communicate with people from various backgrounds
- Strong teamwork and communication skills including presentation preparation and delivery
- Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written. Other languages such as Spanish, French or Arabic are a bonus
- Available for 4-5 days a week
- Available to start September 2024 for a minimum period of 6 months. Preferably 10 months or more.
Please note that War Child interns need to be registered students at a Dutch educational institution. This is a hard requirement. Students must be enrolled for the duration of their internship. Please note that this internship does not suit students who are in their thesis writing semesters.
Our offer
- Internship allowance of €300 based on 40 hours a week
- Laptop
- Compensation of commuting costs and work from home allowance
- Pleasant working conditions, good atmosphere, great colleagues and of course the meaningful purpose of our work!
Our Organisation
War Child is a dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused, and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. War Child Alliance offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace in Amsterdam.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before August 31st 2024. Make sure to upload your English CV (maximum of two pages) and cover letter by using the following hyperlink:
https://www.warchild.net/internships/HR-PROJECTS-TRAINEE/
By submitting your application you certify that all of the statements made in your application are true, complete, and correct and are made in good faith. You understand that falsifying, misrepresenting or intentionally withholding information will be grounds for rejection of your application or withdrawal of any offer of appointment or, if an appointment offer has been accepted, this will be ground for employment sanctions, such as, but not limited to, instant dismissal. In addition, you understand that you need to submit a Criminal Record Certificate and that, if you fail to submit it, no employment relationship can be established.
War Child is an international organisation, and we are committed to be a diverse and inclusive employer,placing human and child rights at the centre of our existence and work. We hire our new colleagues based on their talents, competences and shared values; we do not distinguish them based on their age, gender and gender identity, race, color, ethnicity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, disability etc.
The safety of children and youth is a paramount and essential to War Child’s work. War Child has a zero tolerance policy towards any form of abuse. To prevent placing children and youth at any risk this subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures. Moreover, the accepted candidates will be required to state their commitment/ intent to be aware, consider and adhere to the minimum standards applicable in development and humanitarian settings, such as humanitarian values and principles, Sphere Humanitarian Charter, Standards in the Humanitarian Standards Partnership, Core Humanitarian Standard, International Humanitarian Law, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
Disclaimer
• Only applications received via our website are processed.
• If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
• It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.