Search for Common Ground’s (SFCG) International Internship Program is a summer internship program designed to encourage young people interested in pursuing a field in conflict transformation to gain invaluable field experience. The program is open to students (preferably at graduate level) and recent graduates in the USA and internationally, who are self-funded and available to work between 2 and 3 months from June 2010.
Search for Common Ground International Interns:
• Serve in a minimum eight week summer internship with a focus on either program learning or program support;
Program learning focuses on capturing knowledge and documenting results, best practices, and lessons learned from SFCG activities and tools.
Program support involves working with the program teams on aspects of designing and/or implementing conflict transformation projects.
• Gain exposure to peace-building field operations and apply academic theory to practical realities on the ground;
• Experience firsthand the operations of an international NGO by engaging with local partners and staff on a daily basis; and
• Assist country directors with specific projects, including producing a strategic output to assist the country program with its work.
In 2010, SFCG expects to offer international Internships in 13 of its country program offices. The complete list of internships will not be finalized until after the application deadline but will likely include the following countries: Angola, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Guinea, Indonesia, Israel/Palestine (based in Jerusalem), Kosovo, Liberia, Nepal, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.
Internships are generally 3 months long, but may vary. Depending on the countries where they are placed, Interns will begin work between May & June 2010 and will complete their internships between August & September 2010.
Application instructions:
Please submit your CV and cover letter by email by the deadline of February 5th, 2010. References may arrive by post or email, but should be post marked no later than the 5th of February, 2010.
• All applications and related documents should be sent to iip2010@sfcg.org
• For applicants who wish to apply to programs in African country programmes, please address applications to Mr. Sophien Ben-Achour.
• For applicants who wish to apply to programs in any other region, please address applications to Ms. Sarah McLaughlin.