(National) AIDA Advocacy, Research and Communication Intern - Jerusalem

Rights Respected, People Protected

NRC in Palestine

“A seven-year-old child in Gaza has already witnessed three wars in their lifetime. This is unacceptable.”

Jan Egeland, NRC’s Secretary General

Large-scale displacement took place during the wars of 1948 and 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.  Many of those displaced have never been able to return. There are currently over 5 million Palestinian refugees spread across Palestine, as well as in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Through our programme in Palestine, we protect and assist those affected by or threatened with displacement. NRC Palestine has offices in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Hebron and Gaza, where we provide legal counselling to promote access to human rights, shelter, water and sanitation, and quality education.  Nationally and globally, we advocate for the rights of displaced Palestinians. We work to reach Palestinians who are displaced or who face imminent threats of displacement. Together with local authorities and community-based organisations, we establish mechanisms monitoring the needs of displaced Palestinians, and promoting community-owned solutions.

Role Specific Information

 AIDA

AIDA is a membership body and coordination forum of over 80 international non-governmental and non-profit organizations (INGOs) that share common values and a shared interest in promoting quality development and humanitarian programs in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).   

AIDA aims to be a proactive and accountable network of INGOs, which work in a coordinated and coherent way to respond to emergencies or humanitarian crises and towards sustainable and equitable development, human rights, social inclusion, poverty reduction and good governance in the oPt. AIDA works to achieve this by addressing issues that affect members’ ability to deliver effective and accountable humanitarian assistance and development programming.

AIDA supports its members to apply a rights-based, gender sensitive, and conflict sensitive approach, focusing on advocacy and policy change addressing practices or violations of international law that create vulnerability and poverty.

Scope of the Internship

AIDA would like to offer an internship for a person that wants to gain experience from an INGO coordination body, interacting with NGOs, local civil society and international community. The intern would join our small team at the AIDA Secretariat in East Jerusalem for a period of four months (Sept-Dec). The intern would gain experience in the internal and external work of the Secretariat and AIDA members in the following areas:

• communication-related responsibilities including support to newsletter, updating of homepage, maintaining mailing lists, drafting of key communication products etc.;
• research-related tasks such as researching relevant reports, keeping abreast of humanitarian and political developments, collating information and relevant data to inform advocacy etc.;
• support to AIDA’s Advocacy Working Group and other sub-groups including through preparation of minutes, briefs and other material.

Terms

The internship is unpaid, but medical insurance will be covered. Working hours will be Monday to Friday.  The deadline for applications is 15 August 2017.  Expected start date is 1 September 2017.

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Specifications for the intern

An optimal candidate will possess the following:

• Understanding of and interest in the oPt context, including legal, humanitarian, socio-economic, political and historical aspects;
• Fluency in English and Arabic (both oral and written);
• Relevant Master Degree (or currently studying) in international relations, public policy, law or related field;
• Experience with data management;
• Good IT and communication skills;
• Good drafting skills;
• Interest in and potentially experience with international advocacy;
• Travel easily between Jerusalem and West Bank.