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Intern Donor Relations
Are you passionate about contributing to change that matters and do you want to support fundraising processes at Solidaridad? We offer you a challenging internship in an inspiring international setting with the opportunity to learn and make a difference in the world.
Intern Donor Relations
(5/6 months, 32/36 hrs/week, based in Utrecht)
Job description
Solidaridad is a global civil society organization working on fostering solutions for sustainable production practices across various supply chains. Our mission is to bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, thus ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes benefit for all.
Solidaridad is an international network organization consisting of eight Regional Expertise Centres (RECs) located around the world (Asia, Southern Africa, East and Central Africa, West Africa, South America, Central America, North America and Europe), each with their own specific expertise and focus.
This internship is geared towards providing hands-on support for various activities of the Donor Relations (DR) team at Solidaridad Europe, and thus offers a practical on-the-job working experience in an ever changing and fast moving international organization. If desired, the position will also focus on a learning or research plan developed together with the intern and in close cooperation with the associated Knowledge Institute/university.
The work of DR is based around two pillars:
- To diversify and increase income from new and existing institutional donors and foundation
- To manage grants and partnerships with new and existing donors to the highest standards
Support with intelligence building: researching potential donors, scanning websites, call for proposals, etc.
Support with analysis and summary of calls for proposals
Support with developing a proposition pipeline (includes ideas, rejected proposals, etc)
Support with maintaining fundraising opportunity reports (e.g. request or calls for proposals) in our Management Information System
Support with maintaining track records along EU format (one-page table format describing a project or programme)
Support during proposal development; admin work, research, textual inputs/edits, minutes of meetings (where required)
Learning objectives
To learn about the inner workings of a global network organization
To learn about fundraising processes within the Solidaridad network
To increase understanding of how donors work, think, and make their decisions
To learn about programmes focusing on sustainable supply chains and support to farmers, miners and workers
Possibility to propose a specific research assignment based on a relevant theme or programme within Solidaridad that is directly relevant to the study programme the intern is enrolled in (1 day own research – 4 days internship tasks)
Period: 5/6 months (min 24 – max 36 hours per week)
Start date: September 2023
Candidate’s profile
You are inspired by the job and responsibilities as described above, and you recognize yourself in the following:
Following a Master’s degree in development studies, international relations, or business
Affinity with the vision and mission of Solidaridad
Skills in processing information and summarizing it in short papers
Excellent analytical and writing skills
Collaborative, proactive and a team-player
Pragmatic, flexible and self-motivated
Ability to connect and work with people from all backgrounds and cultures
Professional fluency in English
Able to meet deadlines
Allowed to work in the Netherlands
Our offer
Support in the development of your learning or research plan
Onboarding, support and coaching to enable you to learn
A unique and challenging internship within an inspiring and international setting
A 6-month contract, internship compensation (EUR 250/300 per month), and reimbursement of travel costs
A working space in our inspiring office in Utrecht, The Netherlands
Travel required: primarily Solidaridad office, incidental travel to external meetings in NL. No international trav
el.
In Solidaridad, diversity, equity and inclusion are key to our collective mission, vision and values; We enable farmers and workers to earn a living income, shape their own future, and produce in balance with nature by working throughout the whole supply chain to make sustainability the norm.
We aim for Solidaridad Europe to be an inclusive place where all people feel heard, seen, and valued for their diverse identities, experiences, perspectives and skills.
We are therefore committed to ensuring a safe and healthy working environment by treating everyone with dignity and respect, enabling and empowering us to be ourselves and achieve our full potential as individuals and our collective mission as an organization.
Next steps
Do you recognize yourself in the candidate profile? Then please send your one-page motivation letter and two-page resume in English to
, stating “Application: Intern DR” in the subject header.
If you already have ideas about what you would like to learn or research during your internship at Solidaridad Europe, please indicate this in your motivation letter. Also indicate clearly when you are able to start.
Questions can be addressed to
. No agencies please.
Any personal data submitted in an application is treated confidentially and processed for the sole purpose of filling a vacancy, and compliant to the GDPR directive. After the selection process has been completed (upon date of filled vacancy), all personal data of applicants who have not been selected will be destroyed immediately, unless we have your explicit approval to store your personal data for a period of maximum a year.
Background
Solidaridad envisions a world in which all we produce and all we consume can sustain us, while respecting the planet, each other and the next generations. We bring together supply chain actors and engage them in innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all.
Solidaridad is an international network organization consisting of eight regional expertise centres located around the world (Asia, South America, Southern Africa, East and Central Africa, West Africa, Central America, North America and Europe), each with their own specific expertise and focus. Globally, Solidaridad works across 13 commodities.
Solidaridad Europe focuses on market development, policy influencing, communications and donor relations. We seek to inspire the private sector, governments, civil society organizations and consumers in Europe to contribute to sustainable economic development.
For more information please refer to our website:
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