Intern: Communications
Omschrijving van de vacature
Search for Common Ground
In a world often divided, Search for Common Ground stands for the power of bringing diverse people together to find solutions. By meeting this moment with Search, you join a powerful global peace movement that believes in the profound impact of courageous multipartiality - that all voices should be heard and respected in shaping a better, more connected world and collaborative vision is essential for lasting peace.
Search for Common Ground takes a dynamic approach by building solutions that are based on the needs of communities. We engage with leaders and elected officials to advance dialogue and collaboration. We are community leaders. We are youth activists. We are women. We are Peacebuilders. We have been doing this work for over 40 years, we have developed our understanding of what peace looks like, being able to quantify our impact and design more effective programming. Peace moves at the speed of trust, so we invest for the long haul. When we’re no longer needed, we leave, leaving behind people and institutions with the ability to manage future conflicts.
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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct here and our privacy policy here .
Gewenst profiel
Responsibilities
Event Support
- Assist in the planning and coordination of communications for upcoming events
- Help develop and schedule event promotion across digital channels (social media, newsletter, website)
- Support logistics and outreach efforts
French Copywriting & Content Creation
- Draft and edit communication materials in French, including newsletters, press releases, social media posts, and web content
- Maintain internal communications calendars, contact lists, and documentation
- Support translations and proofreading between French and English when required
- Attend and help organise meetings where required
- Support with video content if required
- Support with any other tasks the communications department may have
Requirements
- Current student in communications, public relations, marketing, event management or journalism with internship being a mandatory part of the study programme
- Good level of French and English
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills in French
- Strong organisational, interpersonal skills and attention to detail
- Interest in event organisation and digital communications
- Self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working in a multicultural team environment
Behavioral Competencies
- Working with people: The ability to respect the views and contributions of other team members, showing empathy, listening, supporting consulting with others and sharing information and expertise, building team spirit and adapting to the team.
- Flexibility: The ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities, to tolerate ambiguity, and to adapt personal style to different people and situations.
- Communication: The ability to effectively exchange information with others, to effectively deliver critical information, to gather information and communicate with others.
- Ethical Practice. The ability to integrate Search vision, mission and core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
- Commitment to Search Values: Audacity, Tenacity, Cooperation, Empathy, Results.
Duration: The intern should be able to commit to working for Search for Common Ground by preference for at least a 3-month initial period.
Compensation: The intern needs to be part of an internship programme at their university. This internship is unpaid; a small stipend will be provided to cover food and transport costs.
Residency requirement: Please note that EU residency is required for this internship.
Location: Brussels.
Deadline: Candidates are asked to submit their application by July 1st.
How to apply
To apply please submit your (1) Cover Letter, (2) Resume. In your cover letter, please clearly state why this position is of interest, what you can bring to it and what you hope to gain from it. Also, please include the date you can start the internship, and your availability (in months).
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Ons aanbod
Intern Communications
The Communications Department of Search for Common Ground (Search) is seeking a student to intern in the Brussels office. Ideally, the candidate will be available between four and six months in the beginning of 2025. This internship requires a minimum commitment of 4 days per week.
Department
The Communications department focuses on developing Search’s media engagement, as well as effectively representing and positioning Search’s programmatic and policy priorities around the world via external channels such as our website and social media as well as internal channels such as our newsletters.
General Responsibilities
The intern will contribute to media, social media and communication related projects on a range of topics. The intern will learn about media monitoring for European countries, creating effective social media content, liaising with the press, and organizing meetings and events.