The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ethiopia (FCDO-E) is offering two internship opportunities for fresh university graduates to join the Development Team, based in the British Embassy, Addis Ababa.
FCDO Ethiopia’s Development Team leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier and more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.
Why we are launching an internship programme?
The purpose of the internship positions is to support young people with the potential to make a lasting contribution to Ethiopia’s development. The placement will focus on developing knowledge and experience in specific parts of our portfolio with the aim of contributing these skills to the broader development sector upon completion of the placement. We are launching an internship programme because:
We are looking for two interns that will support the FCDO Ethiopia’s Development Team in delivering development activities across an exciting and diverse portfolio, with a focus on the following:
Position 1: The successful candidate will be based in the Operational Excellence Team focusing on the team’s delivery of the development team’s strategic initiative of programme and people excellence. The candidate will provide support in the delivery of the strategy and will be engaged in key compliance areas such as portfolio and programme risk management. Furthermore, the candidate will work with teams to identify and coordinate events including internal lesson learning sessions and will be engaged in diversified set of tasks including analysis, financial management, and logistics.
Position 2: The successful candidate will be embedded in the Human Development Team, focusing on supporting the implementation of Water Sanitation and Hygiene programme, and Health programmes. The candidate will provide programmatic and corporate tasks for the delivery of the programmes and will be engaged to bring youth and adolescent lenses in future programming and policy priorities in the Health and WASH sector. Furthermore, the candidate will be engaged in diversified set of tasks including analysis, financial management, logistics and programme management.
This position would require a commitment of six (6) months; the internship does not guarantee any future employment with FCDO Ethiopia.
About you
The opportunity is available to graduates of 2018 and 2019, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree of any field of study and with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00. The successful intern must have formal or informal competency skills in:
This can be demonstrated through your cover letter and how you demonstrate these competencies.
Expected learning outcomes
Upon completion of the internship, the trainee is expected to have developed professional skills that they can use in the wide variety of fields in their future career, particularly in sustainable development, gaining a better understanding of working in an international environment. The position also offers the opportunity to increase skills in communication, participating in various activities and working with others. The internship will also provide structured on the job learning dependent on individual experience and interests.
Compensation package
FCDO Ethiopia will provide a modest monthly stipend for successful interns to help cover expenses during the internship period.