- Location: Washington, DC
- Sector: Non Profit
- Organization URL: http://www.vitalvoices.org
- Experience: Internship
- Last Date To Apply Dec-23-2011
- Date Posted Dec-10-2011
Description
Middle East & North Africa Development Internship
Vital Voices Global PartnershipWe are currently accepting applications for the Middle East and North Africa Grants and Development Spring 2012 Internship position. Individuals with a demonstrated commitment to and experience in Middle East issues and/or international women’s advocacy, grants and proposal writing, human rights, economic empowerment, and/or civil society development are encouraged to apply.
The internship requires an ideal commitment of 40 hours per week. Start and end dates are flexible, with a preference being given to interns able to start on or around January 11th, 2012. This position is unpaid.
Internship description:
Our mission is to identify, invest in and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities. Through leadership development and training programs around the world, Vital Voices works to expand women’s role in generating economic opportunities, increasing political participation, and protecting human rights.Our international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, have trained and mentored more than 8,000 emerging women leaders from over 127 countries in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East since 1997. These women have returned home to train and mentor more than 500,000 additional women and girls in their communities. They are the Vital Voices of our time.
Vital Voices Global Partnership is committed to working with women from throughout the Middle East and North Africa to provide them with the tools they need to safeguard human rights, pursue economic empowerment, promote a vibrant civil society and increase women’s political participation. For almost 10 years, the Vital Voices MENA team has worked with extraordinary women across 12 countries to increase entrepreneurship, improve domestic violence services, advocate for more women friendly policies, and reach across divides. We are uniquely positioned as a regional partner with an impressive network that includes current and aspiring political leaders, high-powered businesswomen, and civil society leaders.
For more information on Vital Voices’ programs in the Middle East and North Africa, please visit our website at www.vitalvoices.org.
Specific responsibilities interns will include:
- Produce briefings on key reports and maintain research database in relation to Vital Voices programming in the Middle East and North Africa
- Identify and track high priority donors for the region in economic development, human rights, and political participation
- Work closely with Middle East and North Africa team and consultants to ensure utilization of key messages, research, and statistics
- Produce and maintain database of key strategic partners and donors whose objectives and criteria match Vital Voices MENA programming and objectives
- Assist in the development of proposals, including USG, foundations and private sector proposals
Qualifications
- Strong business development/fundraising/proposal writing experience
- Strong desk research experience
- Ability to write concise to the point briefs highlighting most relevant donor information
- Knowledge of corporate and foundation giving
- Masters Degree (completed or in progress) and/or 1-2 years of work experience
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa context strongly preferred
Contact Details
- Contact: Sophia Aziz
- Email: sophiaaziz@vitalvoices.org
Application Instructions
Please e-mail a cover letter indicating your availability (full time or part time), resume, one writing sample of no more than 5 pages, and two references with contact information to sophiaaziz@vitalvoices.org no later than December 23rd. If you are applying for more than one internship with Vital Voices please indicate so. Please use "Grants and Development _YOUR LAST NAME" as the subject of your e-mail. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested candidates should submit applications as soon as possible. Only complete applications will be reviewed.
