Communication and Programs Intern – IFES Tunisia عودة إلى الفرص

Position: Part -time paid internship 

Location: Tunis, Tunisia 

Duration: 5 months

IFES in Tunisia

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organization engaged in the field of electoral technical assistance around the world. IFES has worked in Tunisia since February 2011 and supports the democratic transition through innovative electoral assistance programs.

Job Responsibilities:

The Communication and Programs intern is five months, part-time paid internship. The Intern will assist with communications, logistical, research, and administrative support for the IFES Tunisia office, primarily on an activity related to journalist training. The Intern will have the opportunity to gain experience in program administration and communications to shape IFES’ work in Tunisia. 

Under the supervision of the Project Officer, the general duties of the Intern include but are not limited to: 

Project management tasks:

• Follow up on the media productions of the Mourasiloun participants and provide a translation into English of those productions.
• Assist in the logistics and the administrative aspects of the project
• Assist the team in other projects assigned by the supervisor 
• Provide logistical and administrative support on the Mourasiloun activity
• Attend and report on internal and external meetings and other discussions about assigned projects
• Assist with organizing events and meetings in Tunis and in other cities 

Communication tasks: 

• organize social media content to promote for different IFES projects but mainly the Mourasiloun project on different IFES social media outlets. 
• Contribute to social media quantitative and qualitative analytics reporting.
• Edit and format photos and videos for social media and web
• Report preparation for meetings and presentations
• Take pictures and videos during IFES events and workshops
• General administrative and communications support as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree – ideally in international affairs, political science, business management, communication, journalism, marketing or similar or graduate student
• Knowledge in project management 
• Knowledge in digital communication   
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English as well as in Arabic and French
• Demonstrated knowledge and/or interest in digital communication
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, working with different groups, partners and nationalities
• Good level of proficiency with Adobe family software (photoshop, illustrator, premier…) .
• Strong level of proficiency with MS Office Suite, specifically Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.

The starting date of the internship is November 1st, 2021 and the end date in March 31st,2022