Intern – Portfolio Coordination and Reporting Support (Climate Security)

Key duties & responsibilities

• Support coordination of the Climate Security Team’s portfolio, ensuring activities and timelines are documented, reported, and tracked for timely updates.
• Maintain and regularly update the team’s workplan, document repository, and shared files, ensuring easy access and retrieval.
• Assist in onboarding new team members, organizing introductory materials, and ensuring smooth integration.
• Prepare and send invitations for team meetings, workshops, and relevant activities, and record and distribute minutes.
• Assist with planning and organization of events, workshops, and team-related initiatives.
• Contribute to internal newsletters and updates, highlighting team achievements and activities.
• Collect and update information on fundraising activities, tracking proposal status and donor engagement.
• Provide general and ad-hoc support as required by the team.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Requirements

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a master’s degree in social sciences, International Development, Business and Administration, Communications, Environmental Studies or related fields.
• Strong organizational and detail-oriented skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively, with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and familiarity with online collaboration tools (Microsoft Teams; Zoom)
• Familiarity with project management, prior experience with the management of specific projects would be considered an asset
• Familiarity with project tracking or reporting tools is a plus (e.g. Microsoft Teams; Trello; Asana; Monday.com).