VACANCY: YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

An NGO in Abuja invites interested and qualified young graduates into Youth Internship Program to address climate change. In furtherance of the vision to inspire and provide opportunities for young person to develop themselves and contribute to community/nation building, highly motivated interns will be recruited and trained as advocate to address Climate Change challenges driven by young persons. The project will build on the global and national opportunities and gaps identified in the climate change discussions, to design interventions that will engage young persons to maximize impact and contribute to national development.

• Youth Internship Program is aimed at maximizing the potential of youths and developing them through opportunities in leadership, innovative partnerships, as well as enhancing their contribution to the community and national development, and as change-makers.
• The climate change project seeks to help build the resilience of individuals and communities to anticipate, organize for and adapt to change, and reduce their vulnerability to social and environmental shocks and disasters
• Youth Internship Program will create opportunities for young persons to take on leadership roles and support them by enabling their access to training and learning.
• It will connect and amplify the voices and agency of young people to challenge climate inequalities and injustices.

ELIGIBILITY
• Interested candidate must be a young graduate between the age of 18-35 years
• Applicant must be available to work full time for a period of 6 months
• He/She must be highly motivated individual with passion for social and development work especially with focus on addressing climate change challenges.
• He/She must be able to research on various climate change topics, such as renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, waste management, or ecosystem conservation etc.,
• He/She should have interest in analyzing climate change data, policies, and local environmental challenges to identify potential advocacy opportunities.
• He/She must be resident of FCT or Nasarawa with proximity to the FCT C where the project is located.

Scope of Work:

The focus of this Youth Internship Program is an advocacy for climate change. However, selected interns will be trained and work to support the projects in the following broad categories:
 Advocacy and media campaigns using social and digital media.
 Project management
 Sustainable agriculture and renewable energy
 Policy and research analysis
 Monitoring and evaluation and learning
 Partnership and networking
 Community outreaches.

Benefits:
• Successful interns will be provided with a monthly stipend to cover feeding, transportation and communications.
• Successful interns on basic Health Insurance package during the period of the internship program.
• Successful Interns will have opportunities to be trained in advocacy, strategic communications, climate change issues and project management.
• Selected Interns may be placed on job placement to other organizations with similar program focus.
• Selected Interns also stand a better chance of getting a job offer in the development sectors.
• Selected Interns will participate in coaching and mentoring program through courtesy visits to international organizations working in the areas of climate change, advocacy and media campaigns at national and global level.
• Selected Interns will undergo employability training workshops to enhance their skills for technical, professional and career development.

Duration of Internship: 6 Months
Location: Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
DEADLINE: May 31, 2022.

Submit your CV and a covering letter (max 1 page) stating why you believe you are well suited for this post to cvdefprocurement2023@gmail.com latest by 31st May 2023. Successful applicant must be ready to resume within two weeks after successful interview.