Humanitarian Affairs Intern

**Position Status**: Temporary (6 months)
**Activity Rate**: 100%, (37.5 hours per week)
**Status**:Must be legally authorized to work in Canada

**Benefits**:Flexible work hours, employee assistance program (EAP), vacation days, sick days, and floater days, and a positive and innovative office culture grounded in our core values of humanity, integrity, and results.

**Impact Statement**:
The Humanitarian Affairs Intern will support MSF Canada’s mission and Strategic Plan by assisting with the coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs team’s humanitarian advocacy and diplomacy, with a focus on helping to building awareness and understanding across MSF Canada of the team’s activities and priorities, especially those that pertain to the organization’s broader strategic goals. The Intern will also maintain awareness of relevant humanitarian contexts and related issues to support MSF Canada advocacy campaigns, grant proposals and government relations and general awareness raising, and will assist with reporting and other activities related to funding grants from government donors.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Ensure the Humanitarian Affairs team has access to key operational and advocacy information from across the MSF movement by monitoring regular operational updates and summarizing/compiling them to inform stakeholder briefings; update the Humanitarian Affairs internal SharePoint page with relevant details from our priority contexts, and document the team’s engagements with external stakeholders
- Improve MSF Canada’s internal understanding of specific MSF field operations and advocacy initiatives through bi-weekly presentations to the MSF Canada office, with guidance from members of the Humanitarian Affairs team

**Job Specific Competencies**:

- **Research, writing, and analysis; **Professional-level English-language writing and editing skills, capable of distilling complex materials into compelling and accessible language with clear narratives
- **Communications; **Accurately and professionally represent and communicate predetermined positions and priorities of the Humanitarian Affairs teams in meetings, exchanges, and presentations with other MSF Canada departments
- **Collaboration; **Maintain responsive and professional lines of communication with colleagues to advance projects, programs and areas of collaboration

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**Core Competencies**:

- **Commitment to MSF’s Principles**; Proficiency Level 2: Acts towards the fulfilment of MSF’s Social Mission
- **Cross-cultural Awareness; **Proficiency Level 3: Demonstrates an integrating attitude
- **Analytical Thinking**; Proficiency Level 1: Compiles information and breaks down a problematic situation
- **Teamwork and Cooperation**; Proficiency Level 2: shares information and coordinates with team and others
- **Results and Quality Orientation**; Proficiency Level 3: Improves performance; sets ambitious, realistic goals

**Knowledge and Experience**:

- Demonstrated experience writing synopses, reports, or communications materials at an advanced level, and creating topical presentations
- Familiarity with, and interest in, the medical and advocacy work of MSF, and with issues and current events relevant to the international humanitarian sector
- Familiar and comfortable with the Microsoft Office 365 suite of programs
- Experience with, or interest in, Microsoft SharePoint or other basic web-publishing tools, apps or software
- Knowledge of, or familiarity/interest in health and sciences

**Education, Certifications, and Languages**:

- Fluency in written and verbal English
- Fluency in French is an asset
- Post-secondary graduate with a focus on political science, international studies, health sciences, communications, or other areas relevant to MSF’s social mission

**Application**:
**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary, Internship, Apprenticeship

Pay: $15.00 per hour