INTERN, FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE

The Food Security & Resilience (FSR) intern will support the FSR team, which provides a wide range of technical, operational, and management services to a robust portfolio of integrated food security and resilience projects, as well as advancing departmental systems strengthening and business development initiatives at CARE.

Responsibilities:

• Copy edit and format technical reports and evaluations, tables and graphics, manuals, presentations, training materials, knowledge management products, and other communications materials;
• Support FSR systems strengthening initiatives, including contributing to the development of internal tools, surveys, checklists, databases, distributions/contact lists, and templates.
• Assist with the roll-out and communications for new departmental initiatives;
• Support FSR Technical Leads in new business development activities, such as writing and customizing capability statements and conducting research to assist with proposals.
• Review external and internal reports and publications and summarize relevant findings.
• Translate technical reports and other documents from French into English (preferred).
• Contribute ideas and take part in Program Strategy Impact Team (PSI), Food Water Systems (FWS), and FSR team-wide initiatives and events.
• Arrange and attend meetings, send out agendas or request agenda inputs, and take notes, as requested.
• Aid with logistics and communications for meetings and other events.
• Assist with departmental procurement of goods and services and Undertake additional communications, operational, and administrative tasks as directed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field. Preference given to qualified candidates with Master’s in relevant field.
• English, with additional fluency in French strongly preferred
• High level of verbal proficiency.
• High level of writing proficiency.
• Strong writing skills and command of the English language
• Outstanding and demonstrable copy - editing experience.
• Experience producing communications materials for external audiences.
• Exceptional attention detail.
• Fluency in French preferred.