Humanité & Inclusion recrute 01 Humanitarian and protection of civilian advocacy trainee

Handicap International is changing his name and becomes « Humanity & Inclusion ». HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since the organisation was first founded in 1982, we have set up development programmes in 62 countries and responded to many emergencies. Today we have a budget of around 150 million euros, with 3500 employees worldwide.

HI is engaged in an employment policy in favour of disabled workers.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

CONTEXT:

Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International-HI) is looking for an enthusiastic trainee to assist the advocacy team in Paris, with a focus on specific crisis and issues pertaining to Humanitarian Action and Disarmament.

You will join the Federal Advocacy and Institutional Relations (AIR) at HI office in Paris. This unit coordinates, organizes, manages and implements the activities related to advocacy for HI network. You will work under the under the supervision of the Humanitarian advocacy Manager, and in close collaboration with the other members of the Advocacy team members, specifically the disarmament and protection of civilians team. Throughout the traineeship, you will be given opportunity to experiment varied tasks, and be given regular feedback on your performance to help you improve your professional skills in the field of advocacy.

OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNSHIP:

You will support the advocacy team in Paris:

• Mapping of stakeholders (especially the European Union and the position of different states on the crisis HI is working on)
• Desk research on relevant thematics (Protection of civilians, disarmament, humanitarian access, counter terrorism measures etc…) and on geopolitical context and crisis resolution mechanisms
• Identify policy processes in link with the crisis HI is advocating on and update relevant calendars
• Support the production of advocacy related documents and materials (factsheets, statement, collection of data, lobby letter, policy papers etc…) in link with the field teams
• Translation and editing of documents

PROFILE SOUGHT:

You have training in international relations and/or political sciences

You have very good writing skills in French and English

You are dynamic, self-organized and rigourous

You are comfortable working in a multicultural environment

You have an interest in the disarmament and humanitarian action sector

You are proficient user of Microsoft Office package

Diversity encouraged, applications from people with disabilities welcome.

You will receive:

• A monthly indemnity of €577,50
• Luncheon vouchers with a face value of €8.96 (60% paid by HI, 40% by you)
• Payment of 50% of your travel card

An internship contract issued by a French teaching or training establishment is mandatory. This internship is not suitable for people on sandwich courses.

TO APPLY:

Internships offered by HI give students an opportunity to work in an international organisation and take part in Humanity & Inclusion’s action. We believe that interns who have a positive experience with us today are our talents of tomorrow.

Please send us your CVS and cover letter to l.salavert@hi.org

Applications will be considered as they come in. We would encourage anyone interested to apply as rapidly as possible.