Graduate Advocacy & External Engagement Intern

Graduate Advocacy & External Engagement Intern

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities

• The AU Advocacy and External Engagement Graduate Intern will undertake administrative tasks, research, planning, note-taking, and policy analysis, supporting the objectives outlined in the MoU between World Vision and the African Union (AU), and aligned with the AU Liaison Office Partnership Strategy. The intern's role encompasses contributing to four key Advocacy and External Engagement Outcomes, including ensuring no child is left behind through the 2030 Agenda and SDGs, supporting campaigns to end child hunger, malnutrition, and violence against children, prioritizing children's rights in humanitarian responses, and aligning with relevant AU frameworks. Moreover, the intern will engage in a structured learning component, participating in training, workshops, and mentorship programs to enhance their advocacy and external engagement skills while contributing to the organization's mission and their own professional development.

• This internship is a 12 months’ talent incubation programme aiming to give young Christian graduates real work experience, personal, spiritual and professional development through on- job mentorship and coaching.

• Major Responsibilities

• Monitor and Report on various AU engagements and events that relate the work of the AULO.

• Schedule, send the agenda and take meeting notes during meetings organized by the office or in meetings where the AULO participates in

• Update the event tracker and partners contact list

• File and organize all AULO Advocacy documents in Box

• Draft the quarterly engagement report including people reached, children reached and policy changes

• Update the key events AU events and moments in line with the AU calendar

• Research and Analysis

• Draft 4 policy briefs or other papers or articles (one per quarter)

• Update the AULO statistics table quarter

• Networking and External Engagement

• Participate and learn from the monthly Working Groups e.g. Regional Protection WG, Regional GBV WG, Inter-Agency (IAWG) Working Group – Advocacy and Communications

• Administrative Support, Planning and Reporting

• Support the drafting and monito