EFE seeks a part-time intern to support the Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives on a variety of tasks related to EFE’s ongoing project in Algeria. Selected tasks under this project include analysis of survey data collected on Algerian employers, research on the Algerian business sector and vocational training situation, research on NGO establishment in Algeria, support to ongoing project reporting, translation between English and French, and support to an initiative to build training manuals relevant to EFE’s work in Algeria. EFE is an ever-growing organization and our interns truly pitch in on significant work the organization is doing to grow, improve, streamline, and implement programs – this is the place where you can help us really build something!
Qualifications
• Undergraduate student with interest and experience in nonprofits and international relations
• Regional knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) business and youth employment environment
• Outstanding writing and organizational skills
• Good graphic design skills, including creating effective presentations, graphs, and infographics
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Visio), Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop.
• Fluency or familiarity in Arabic and/or French are strongly preferred
• Candidate must be flexible, enthusiastic, a quick learner, and able to work independently
Notes
This internship will be paid and part-time. The intern will serve during the 2016-2017 academic year – not including holidays – for a competitive hourly rate, 1-2 days per week, 6-10 hours per week. A full work schedule will be determined based on the selected candidate’s academic calendar. Optimally, interns will work out of EFE’s Washington, DC office but exceptions can be made for exceptional candidates. Flexibility of schedule and office space will be offered to accommodate student course schedule or other job commitments, but will depend on reliability and completion of assigned tasks. While there is only one paid internship available, there are other unpaid internships offered on a rolling basis.
The mission of Education for Employment (EFE) is to create job opportunities for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and in the Persian Gulf by linking world-class job training to job placements and alumni support for continued success and civic engagement. Working in the region with world’s highest youth unemployment rate, EFE has pioneered an innovative, demand-driven model for youth employment, distinctive for measuring results in job outcomes rather than training numbers alone. Another distinctive feature of EFE’s model is to co-create locally-run non-profit organizations or affiliates in each country of operation, led by local business and civil society leaders who have the leverage, insight, and credibility to initiate sustainable change in their societies. Supported by our hub offices in Washington DC, New York, Madrid, and Dubai, our affiliates in Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia lead a variety of trainings for unemployed youth and help them all the way through to being placed in jobs.
This model has led to EFE being recognized as one of the world’s leading social enterprises by the World Economic Forum, United Nations, Clinton Global Initiative, and media outlets like The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Bloomberg, Barrons, The BBC, Al Jazeera, Harvard Business Review and numerous others.
Education For Employment (EFE) is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is EFE’s policy to seek out and hire, at all levels, individuals without regard to race, religion, age, color, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or physical ability. We affirm our policy of offering equal employment opportunities to all individuals through our employment practices.
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