Assistant to the Global Partnerships Sector (Intern)  

Position Start Date: ASAP

Duration: 6 months

Working time: 80%

Location: Lausanne HQ, Switzerland – 2 days teleworking per week

Terre des hommes does not set closing dates for this position; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled.

Context:

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organization for children’s aid. Through our health, protection, and emergency relief programs, we assist yearly over seven million children and members of their communities in 30 countries in Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Asia. https://www.tdh.org

The Global Institutional Partnership Sector leads strategic fundraising to ensure resources are available for projects in the field. The sector plays an active role in intelligence gathering and engagement with the most important institutional donor agencies.  

General Responsibilities: 

·         Support the sector in building and disseminating the internal fundraising intelligence.

·         Conduct research and analysis on donors, financing and/or other fundraising-related issues.

·         Support the ongoing strategic engagement with the key institutional donors.

·         Proactively monitor and update donor/potential donor profiles. This will require research into donor-specific trends, priority themes/countries in donors’ aid programs, political trends, key actors, budget cycles, etc.

·         Maintain a comprehensive global donor data base, including tracking the donor engagement outreach and communication at the global, regional and country level. 

·         Assist the team in organizing meetings and creating materials (such as PowerPoint Presentations) tailored to individual donors or potential donors.

·         Support the coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

·         Perform any ad hoc task assigned by the team as needed.

Specific Responsibilities: 

The full job description will be shared with the short-listed candidates.

Profile:

Competencies:

This function requires possession of fundamental personal, social and leadership skills, including the following:

• Produces quality reports (form and content)
• Sorts, analyzes and manages information/data.
• Manages time and priorities, meets deadlines and is punctual.
• Good communication and team support.
• Demonstrates flexibility, availability and adaptability.
• Autonomy in work.
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility.
• Solution-oriented mindset.

Training/Qualifications: master’s degree in the relevant fields

Languages: Perfect fluency in English. French and German are assets.

IT: Good Use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, Project Management Software.

Salary: 2450 CHF gross x 13 months.

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

·       Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff

·       Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies

·       Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.

We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.

Are you interested? Do you want to face this challenge?

Procedure:

Please applying directly online: https://hiring.tdh.org/assistant-to-the-global-partnerships-sector-intern/

Application files sent through our official website will be processed only if complete (CV + cover letter). Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later stage.

We will be in touch with the shortlisted candidates only in the selection process – with the large number of applications received, we unfortunately cannot provide personal follow-up to the larger candidate pool. Thanks for your understanding.

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