Paul Lacey International Programs (IP) Intern at American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Strategic institutional planning

1. Acquire knowledge of programs and AFSC’s overall migration approaches
2. Establish a comprehensive understanding of the Global context as it relates to human mobility, forced displacement and migration.

Project coordination & implementation

1. Obtain experience in the use and development of project management and coordination tools
2. Acquire knowledge and skills on how to identify and document shared lessons and program synergies between migration and other programs
3. Basic understanding of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approaches

KEY TASKS INCLUDE:

Support the IP Migration Thematic Director and program teams in reviewing/analyzing global migration situations, contexts and trends

1. Carry out research on migration themes that will be prioritized by the IP MTD and or the program teams
2. Work with IP MTD to collect information and to document existing program models
3. Support in synthesizing country program reports to augment migration related changes.
4. Support program teams in developing material for internal and external communication
5. Assist in identifying/ mapping national, regional, global actors, networks and collaborators
6. Support region staff in developing migration focused proposals for the DEPs and the narrative report and support on the administrative side of DEPs
7. Assist program teams in documenting migration lessons and areas of synergy between migration and other strategic plan goals
8. Explore and document migration approaches from a non-colonial and community lead perspectives.
9. Support Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) to help unpack issues related to the program’s alignment with the Migration Theory of Change (ToC)

EXPERIENCE:

1. Completed tertiary studies in migration and human mobility
2. Knowledge and experience in the development and review of communication materials
3. Basic advocacy skills
4. Basic knowledge in monitoring, evaluation and learning
5. Good writing, organizing and communication skills.

COMPENSATION: This is a paid internship. Compensation will be negotiated upon offer.