Corporate engagement internship

Type:

Internships

Description

Are you passionate about contributing to change that matters and do you want to support advocacy work at Solidaridad? We offer you a challenging internship in an inspiring international setting with the opportunity to learn and make a difference in the world.

Corporate Engagement internship
starting as soon as possible 32 / 36 Hours / week

Job description
Solidaridad is a global civil society organization working on fostering solutions for sustainable production practices across various supply chains. Our mission is to bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, thus ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes benefit for all. Solidaridad is an international network organization consisting of eight Regional Expertise Centers (RECs) located around the world (Asia, Southern Africa, East and Central Africa, West Africa, South America, Central America, North America and Europe), each with their own specific expertise and focus.

RESPONSIBILITIES
We are looking for an intern to support the work of the Corporate Engagement and Partnerships
team. Your role will include carrying out the following tasks in particular:

• Performing desk research at the request of and with the guidance from one of our team members
  (as the need may arise);
• Maintaining our information and customer relationship management systems;
• Supporting preparation of pitches and proposals
• Developing external communications materials (presentations, brochures, etc.);
• Other tasks as agreed with your supervisor.

Profile

You are inspired by the job and responsibilities as described above, and you recognize yourself in the following:

• Following a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Business, Economics, International Affairs, International Development, or another relevant field at a Dutch HBO/University;
• Affinity with the vision and mission of Solidaridad;
• Commitment to sustainability, with an interest in learning about corporate social responsibility;
• Ability to work independently (with guidance from your team and/or team supervisor);
• Willingness to learn “on the job” in a supporting role;
• Service-oriented and a team player;
• Ability to connect and work with people from all backgrounds and cultures;
• Excellent command of English is required, knowledge of another European language is an asset;
• Experience with Salesforce or another CRM system would be an asset;
• Allowed to work in the Netherlands.

Application Procedure

Our offer

• Onboarding, support and coaching to enable you to learn;
• A unique and challenging internship within an inspiring and international setting;
• Flexibility in combining the internship with study requirements;
• 4 to 6 months internship starting 1 September 2022;
• Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands;
• Travel costs reimbursed;;
• The chance to contribute to a more sustainable worldl.

Next steps
Do you recognize yourself in the candidate profile? Then please send your one-page motivation letter
and two-page resume in English, to hr-europe@solidaridadnetwork.org, stating "Application: Intern
CEP” in the subject header. Closing date for this vacancy is 1 June 2022. If you already have ideas
about what you would like to learn during your internship at Solidaridad Europe, please indicate this
in your motivation letter. Also indicate clearly when you are able to start.

Questions can be addressed to hr-europe@solidaridadnetwork.org. No agencies please.

Any personal data submitted in an application is treated confidentially and processed for the sole purpose of filling a vacancy, and compliant to the GDPR directive. After the selection process has been completed (upon date of filled vacancy), all personal data of applicants who have not been selected will be destroyed immediately, unless we have your explicit approval to store your personal data for a period of maximum a year.

Background
Solidaridad envisions a world in which all we produce and all we consume can sustain us, while respecting the planet, each other and the next generations. We bring together supply chain actors and engage them in innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all.

Solidaridad is an international network organization consisting of eight regional expertise centers located around the world (Asia, South America, Southern Africa, East and Central Africa, West Africa, Central America, North America and Europe), each with their own specific expertise and focus. Globally, Solidaridad works across 13 commodities.

Solidaridad Europe focuses on market development, policy influencing, communications and donor relations. We seek to inspire the private sector, governments, civil society organizations and consumers in Europe to contribute to sustainable economic development.

For more information please refer to our website: http://www.solidaridadnetwork.org.

Preference for bachelor or master student:

No preference

Starts:

September

Occupation:

Fulltime

Language:

Dutch or English

Compensation:

paid

Apply Before:

30/06/2022