Desired start date : early July 2025

Duration of the internship : 6 months

Location: SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL headquarters in Clichy

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid organization that, for nearly 40 years, has been providing relief to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the world’s leading cause of death, SI’s interventions leverage expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essential areas of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty countries, SI’s teams—a total of 2,000 people, including expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers—operate with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

Within Solidarités International, the Accountability and Partnership Development Department (RDP) plays a key role in funding management. The RDP is composed of four departments: the External Audit Department, the Grants Management and Implementation Partnerships Department, the Institutional Cooperation Department, and the Private Partnerships Department. This offer specifically concerns the Private Partnerships Department.

The mission

The assistant will carry out their duties under the authority of the Head of the Private Partnerships department, within a team composed of the Head of department, the Private Partnerships Officer and the assistant.

He/she will actively contribute to the management and monitoring of private partnership relationships, as well as to the prospecting and development of new potential private partnerships in order to finance and develop the NGO’s projects.

His duties will require him to work in close collaboration with other departments (development and communication, programs, finance, operations).

The tasks to be performed are cross-functional and therefore require autonomy, rigor, and versatility. Knowledge and/or a desire to deepen understanding of the humanitarian sector is essential.

The tasks described in this announcement are subject to change depending on the work in progress at headquarters and as needed.

Main tasks:

1/ Support for partnership management:

· Support in drafting framework documents (preparation of project sheets, reports, letters, etc.);

· Support for monitoring partner data (updating partnership and prospecting monitoring tools (CRM), etc.).

· Support for communication on partnerships on social and professional networks and support in the organization of events and meetings with partners.

· Support in writing pitches and proposals for grant applications and project presentations.

2/ Monitoring and Prospecting:

· Maintain a watch on news from private partners and calls for projects to be disseminated internally.

· Actively participate in the effort to prospect and contact potential private partners.

IF YOU WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS

· Internship based at the headquarters of SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL in Clichy (92), Mairie de Clichy metro station.

· Intern with mandatory internship agreement.

· The interns’ compensation is set at €5.2 per hour.

· The gratuity is calculated in proportion to the actual hours of presence over the month (on average 1 month = 154 hours, or 22 days of 7 hours/day).

· Public transport covered 50% by SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL.

· Meal vouchers at €8.90/day of actual training, with SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL contributing 60%.

· Teleworking possible.

· Higher education (political science, humanitarian studies, international relations, business studies, communication, commerce);

· Autonomous and proactive with strong writing skills;

· Sensitivity to the mission and causes of SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL;

· Fluency in French and English;

· Previous experience (internship) in a company or association is a plus.

Do you recognize yourself in this description?

If so, send us your CV and cover letter.

Applications containing only CVs will not be considered.

Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment process before the deadline. Thank you for your understanding.

And to find out more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org

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Solidarités International (SI) is committed to preventing and combating any type of abuse—any act of sexual exploitation, abuse, and/or harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or its employees, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflicts of interest, or the financing of activities that violate human rights—that may be perpetrated in the context of its operations. SI has a zero-tolerance policy for any type of abuse, particularly acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is a fair-trade employer that combats all forms of discrimination. SI will never request any compensation for participating in a recruitment process.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of abuse, notably acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.