Internship: Africa Program

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is a Washington, DC based non-profit organization dedicated to transforming conflict into cooperative action. SFCG’s mission is to transform how people deal with conflict - away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative solutions. We design and implement multifaceted programs that aim to resolve conflict and prevent violence. We seek to help conflicting parties to understand their differences and act on their commonalities.

The Africa Program runs operations in Angola, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Morocco, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. The Africa Team in Washington, DC provides programmatic, logistical, and finance support to SFCG's projects in the region.

Duties for this unpaid internship position include but are not limited to:

• Contributing to the production of donor reports and grant proposals;
• Attending policy meetings, representing the Africa Program;
• Backstopping the Africa Team and country offices overseas with research requests and similar substantive programmatic tasks;
• Tracking relevant legislation and positions of Washington-based policy-makers;
• Assisting with website, program literature and database system maintenance; and
• Assisting with general administrative tasks, as well as logistics for international travel, including visa and health requirements.

The ideal candidate will exhibit:

• French or Portuguese written proficiency (required);
• A self-starting, enthusiastic and flexible approach to the organization;
• Demonstrable interest in African issues and/or conflict resolution;
• Good writing, editing and communication skills; and
• NGO and/or international experience (preferred).

Start date:
Interns are accepted year round on a rolling basis.

To apply:
Interested candidates should email or fax a cover letter and resume to Roy Schlieben, Email: rschlieben@sfcg.org, Fax: +1 202 232 6718.

No phone calls please. Only applicants who are invited for an interview will be contacted.

In your cover letter, please clearly state why our program is of interest to you, what you can bring to it and what you hope to gain from the internship. Also, please include the dates of your availability and the number of hours per week to which you can commit. For this position, we prefer commitments of no less than 30 hours per week. Please note that this position is unpaid. Credit can be arranged for students with their institution. We are currently recruiting for fall internship positions beginning on September 5, 2006.