Start date: 01/27/2025

Contract type: 6-month internship

Location : France, Clichy

Founded in 1980, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is a non-governmental organization working in the field of conflicts and natural disasters. The association’s mission is to provide assistance as quickly and effectively as possible to people whose lives are threatened, by covering vital needs:

• Drink
• Eat
• Take shelter

After responding to the emergency, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams support the most vulnerable families and communities until they regain their means of subsistence and autonomy to face, with dignity, the challenges of an uncertain future.

Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsanitary water, the leading cause of death in the world, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL operates in France and internationally by developing expertise in the field of access to drinking water and sanitation, but also in the essential areas of food security and reconstruction.

Its action is organized around four areas of expertise:

Access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene
Food security and livelihoods
Housing reconstruction assistance
Emergency responses

The DOAP aims to provide technical support to teams in the field or at headquarters, assist in defining mission strategies, provide a critical perspective on the quality of the projects implemented, contribute to the technical development of the association, and improve the skills of technical teams through the development of tools and training materials.

Integrated into the Operations Directorate, the Deputy Operations Directorate for Programs (DOAP) is made up of:

1 deputy director
1 head of the SERA and Quality Approaches division
1 technical referent for Monitoring and Management of program information
1 technical referent for Protection and Accountability
1 technical referent for Evaluation and Learning
1 MEAL flyer
1 head of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation division 1
WASH technical referents
1 GRE referent
1 AQA coordinator
1 WASH flyer
1 WASH assistant
1 head of the Food Security and Livelihoods division
1 Technical referent for Food Security and Livelihoods 1 Technical referent for Food Security and Livelihoods
1 SAME flyer
1 SAME assistant
1 technical referent for Monetary Transfers and Markets
1 technical referent for the environment

Job Description

Position : Assistant to the Director of Operations and Deputy Operations Director for Programs

Tasks related to THE DEPUTY OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE FOR PROGRAMS (DOAP)

• Provide support to DOAP in the search for technical and/or thematic information (bibliographic research, documentary synthesis, etc.). For example, on the themes of “Environment and Climate”, “Cash Transfer Programs”, “Protection”, “Agroecology”, “Rapid Response Mechanism”, “Research and Innovation”, etc.
• Support the capitalization process: proofreading, correction, translation and distribution of capitalization documents (activity sheets, internal notes, manuals, etc.)
• Attend workshops to reflect on the DOAP vision by 2030
• Participate in the organization of events (Programs week): coordinate logistics (venue reservation, teambuilding activity, etc.), write the report
• Attend weekly DOAP meetings and take minutes
• Support the design and sending of the DOAP newsletter to field teams
• Monitor the DOAP budget
• Support the organization of internal training (preparation for program departure)

Tasks related to THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

• Attend brainstorming sessions on intervention sectors, strategy, and location
• Attend the following meetings and provide reports at the request of the DO: thematic and coordination meetings of the operations department; thematic meetings on major projects at headquarters and the mission management (NGO strategy); other meetings at the request of the DO
• Participate in the organization of events supported by the operations department (webinars and Country Directors week)
• Update data/indicators on the internal IS dashboard
• Participate in the writing and help with the translation of documents produced by SI
• Ensure humanitarian monitoring
• Can provide technical support for the submission of project proposals

The tasks to be performed are transversal, therefore requiring autonomy, rigor and versatility. Knowledge, or at least a desire to understand the humanitarian environment and its constraints is essential. The tasks described in this announcement are likely to evolve according to the projects in progress at headquarters and according to needs.

SI is committed to offering the intern a variety of tasks as well as internal training in preparation for departure, allowing him to usefully strengthen his training/experience with a view to a future humanitarian commitment. This internship is an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of how a humanitarian NGO works, its constraints and the different approaches.

Education and experience:

Higher education in the field of humanitarian project management, political science or international relations. Technical training in the field of water and sanitation or agronomy is an asset.

Required skills:

• Strong writing skills in French and English.
• Advanced writing and synthesis skills in French
• Fluent French and English required, Spanish is an asset
• Knowledge of the humanitarian project cycle

Interest in the sectors of water, hygiene and sanitation and/or agriculture/rural development and/or monitoring/evaluation, quality of humanitarian action.

Sensitive to the quality approach in the implementation of programs

Required qualities:

• Real interest and motivation for community and humanitarian work
• Critical thinking and ability to propose, rigor
• Adaptability, autonomy and responsiveness (several files to follow at the same time)
• Diplomacy and interpersonal skills, stress management and availability
• Good computer skills (Office Pack)

Internship based at the SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL headquarters in Clichy (92), Mairie de Clichy metro station
Intern with mandatory internship agreement.
Compensation: 4.90 euros/hour
Compensation 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 SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL
Meal vouchers at 8.90 € / actual day of internship, with SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL contributing 60%

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 before the deadline of the announcement. 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 collaborators, harm to persons and/or property, fraud, corruption, undeclared conflict of interest, financing of activities that violate human rights – that could be perpetrated in the context of its interventions. SI applies zero tolerance to any type of abuse, particularly acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is a fair employer that fights all forms of discrimination. SI will never ask for any remuneration in order to participate 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.