Strategic Partnerships Intern At International Rescue Committee

IRC (International Rescue Committee) Brussels office is looking for a Strategic Partnerships Intern to support the Strategic Partnerships Team with German and European institutional donor engagement (GFFO, BMZ, GIZ, KfW, DG INTPA, DG NEAR)

About IRC

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is among the world’s leading non-profit humanitarian relief and development organizations. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC’s mission is to assist those whose lives and livelihoods have been shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control over their lives.

The Awards Management Unit is responsible for building, maintaining, and strengthening relationships with public and institutional donors and position IRC as a partner of choice for delivering programs for our clients. This means working to expand IRC’s portfolio and diversify our relationships, as well as supporting the successful and compliant management and implementation of awards, whether directly or through partners. The intern will be part of the Strategic Partnerships Team (SPT) which is responsible for relationship management of IRC’s public and institutional donors.
Purpose of the role To strengthen our capacity, we are currently looking for an intern to support our donor engagement.

Key Accountabilities

• Undertake research and preparation of background analyses
• Support in the preparation of briefings for discussions with institutional donors
• Undertake translation (English to German or vice versa) of strategies or relevant documents/communications
• Support in the coordination of visits of IRC staff to donor capitals, including logistics, briefings, appointment coordination, etc.
• Support in the implementation of donor strategies, through preparation, participation and follow-up of meetings and working groups
• Collate and prepare project / program related information e.g. through fact sheets, website articles, and social media contributions
• Participate in relevant donor meetings, together with the Senior Advisors
• Support the updating of internal database (Customer relationship management) and documents such as donor profiles.

Requirements

• You should be fluent in German and English languages, both written and spoken
• You are interested in working in an international NGO and have knowledge and/ high interest of the humanitarian/development working sectors
• You have strong communication and organizational skills
• You work independently, accurate, with an eye for detail and enjoy working in a team (also working with virtual teams)
• You feel confident in using MS Office (especially Word, Excel (eg Pivot Table), Outlook, Teams)
• You work proactively and conscientiously. Our Offer
•A meaningful task supporting humanitarian and development work in a highly motivated, multi-cultural team of experts
•Experience working in a leading international humanitarian aid organization with over 17,000 employees worldwide

Flexible working hours, based in Brussels (with travel to Bonn/Berlin), regular home office possible.
Conditions: Paid Internship: Convention d’immersion Socio Professionelle (960 euros / month) + Food voucher (6.91 euro per working day) + additional allowance (100 euros / month).