Sample Internship Placements - Political Science

DISCLAIMER

This is a collection of past internship placements. There is no guarantee that these same placements and/or project roles will be available for future terms.
Your internship placements will be determined through an interview process to match you with a company or organization aligned with your skills and interests.
This is not a comprehensive list of all possible global internship placement opportunities.

Bali

Biorock
Kopernik
Terra Water Indonesia
PKP Community Center
Pratisara Bumi Foundation

Biorock

Company Description: Biorock undertakes coral reef surveillance and restoration, community education and advocacy.
Coral restoration projects are vital for the continuation of coral reefs. Climate change, mass coral bleaching, and pollution all are threats to the future of coral reefs. Over half of Indonesia’s coral reefs have already been destroyed, threatening the livelihoods of around 33 million people.
Biorock leads restoration projects by working in collaboration and partnership with local communities. Along with implementing restoration projects, it works with communities, government, and private sectors, to create a sustainable cycle of impact through science, conservation, and advocacy.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Researching the practice of unsustainable fishing practices in Indonesia.
  • Researching and identifying the factors that prevent small-holder fishers and fish farmers from moving to more sustainable practices in different regions.
  • Analyzing campaigns and suggesting ways to optimize future ones.
  • Researching and compiling donor personas for the organization.
  • Preparing stakeholder communications on the environmental impact of Biorock’s programs that cater to various stakeholder audiences.
  • Producing a series of recommendations, presentations and materials to be used by Biorock as part of its campaign and education work.
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Kopernik

Company Description: Kopernik is an R&D lab for social and environmental challenges.
Kopernik takes innovative approaches to solving seemingly intractable challenges and works to find efficacious solutions that reduce poverty by experimenting with potential solutions that address common challenges facing people living in rural areas.
Examples of recent projects include water conservation projects, reducing reliance on agricultural chemicals, supporting coffee farmers, and promoting women-run businesses in rural areas. The organization caters to many different stakeholders and is looking for a way to measure the impact of its unique model of experimentation to help it to grow.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Gaining a familiarization with Kopernik’s experimental model.
  • Producing a benchmarking report of impact measurements used by leading NGOs.
  • Supporting the creation of a robust methodology for Kopernik to assess the effectiveness of its experiments across a range of core objectives, possibly encompassing both quantitative or qualitative methods.
  • Devising ways to incorporate these methodologies into funding proposals.
  • Participate in the decision-making process about the key outcomes of interest, within the context of impact measurements.
  • Developing ways to present impact measurements that will resonate with key stakeholders.
  • Preparing reports on key finding.
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Terra Water Indonesia

Company Description: Terra Water is a foundation that focuses on widening access to clean, safe drinking water across Indonesia. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, with a population of 273 million people and is Southeast Asia’s largest economy, but many rural communities and residents of some less developed urban areas struggle with infrastructure and poor health. For many families, water sources are distant, contaminated or expensive, and household sanitation is unaffordable. Currently, around 18 million Indonesians lack access to safe water and many people do not understand safe practices around accessing clean water.
Terra works with a network of local and international organizations that help identify and deliver filters to families in Indonesia with the most need, and educate them on good WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) practices. While its focus is UN SDG 6 (Safe and Sustainable Water and Sanitation for All), its activities in the field either directly or indirectly touch on multiple other SDG’s.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Familiarization with IRIS+ System and the UNDP SDG Impact Standards.
  • Supporting the development of a new Theory of Change (TOC) methodology for planning, monitoring, and evaluating future initiatives.
  • Identifying additional areas for data collection to support future grant applications.
  • Assisting planning and production of impact reports, writing content for the website, social media platforms, and newsletters.
  • Supporting the design, development and implementation of public awareness campaigns.
  • Assisting with stakeholder engagement initiatives. Reviewing existing procedures, devising new approaches to improve relationships and engagement with key stakeholders, such as partner organizations, and donors.
  • Supporting the development and implementation of the communication strategy.
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PKP Community Center

Company Description: The PKP Community Center (PKP) started as a daycare for disabled children, so their mothers can go to work. It has since expanded to provide life skills training and wellbeing programs for women who are mothers of disabled children, divorced, single mothers, infertile, transgender, and who have financial struggles.
Although the earliest Balinese women’s rights movement dates back to the 1930s, cultural norms still dictate the opportunities offered to Balinese women. As a result, PKP Community Centre has an overall goal to facilitate women’s empowerment and to foster gender equality of Balinese women and girls in the local area, which it pursues through multiple programs. As part of their mission, PKP provides job skills training and support programs, helping women earn a living from selling food and English classes – and provides support for divorced women who face stigma in the community. The job training that PKP provides helps families who feel stressed due to financial difficulties.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Research and Data Analysis

  • Defining ways to improve data collection and analysis on the impact of PKP’s programs on the lives of Balinese women and girls.
  • Exploring innovative approaches for addressing economic empowerment challenges for women.
  • Researching and presenting on emerging social enterprise models.
  • Researching new potential partners.

Policy Development and Evaluation

  • Assisting in the evaluation approaches of existing programs such as job skills training, cooking and English classes.
  • Identifying areas of improvement and proposing evidence-based solutions.
  • Preparing reports on research findings and program evaluations. These reports will be used to inform PKP’s strategies and to communicate with stakeholders.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

  • Engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs and perspectives. This may involve conducting interviews, focus groups, or surveys.
  • Identifying opportunities where PKP can influence the debate on women’s issues.
  • Researching content and updating written materials and website content in English.
  • Attending team meetings and community outreach programs.

Fundraising

  • Developing themes for fundraising campaigns.
  • Identifying new funding sources for the organization and writing grant proposals for international organizations and prospective funders.
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Pratisara Bumi Foundation

Company Description: Pratisara Bumi Foundation (PBF) supports young people and women champions in rural Indonesia in the design of solutions for sustainable development centered on local wisdom, environmental protection, and economic justice.
PBF works closely with women and youth groups at the grassroots level to support their work and growth journey to be leaders in their communities. As such, PBF supports a range of UN Sustainable Development goals, including SDG 1 (End Poverty), SDG 4 (Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 9 (Innovation, Sustainable Industrialization, and Resilient and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
The foundation is partnering with the United Nations to design programs to assist under-resourced communities across Indonesia to build sustainable communities. The foundation’s programs include the Women’s Earth Alliance Grassroots Accelerator and E.thical: Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Incubation. To date, they have run workshops and seminars for 500+ young people and university students and empowered 3000+ local community members across Indonesia.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Reviewing existing stakeholder reports, identifying sector best practices and improvements.
  • Producing new reports for existing partners.
  • Finding data to support applications for international grants and funding.
  • Assisting with the planning of programs and events.
  • Writing applications for international grants and funding.
  • Identifying opportunities for refining the organization’s funding strategy.
  • Assisting in the organization of events that support the organization’s objectives.
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Berlin

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1. Armacell
2. Berlin Economics
3. BridgehouseLaw
4. The German Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG)
5. GRID eSports

Internship Descriptions

Armacell

Company Description: As the inventor of flexible foam for equipment insulation and a leading provider of engineered foams, Armacell develops innovative and safe thermal and mechanical solutions that create sustainable value for its customers. Armacell focuses on insulation materials for technical equipment, high-performance foams for acoustic and lightweight applications, recycled PET products, next generation aerogel technology and passive fire protection systems.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • General Support to the Legal & Compliance Team
  • Corporate Law: feed secretarial documents into database, research on corporate laws and
    regulations of any of the 19 countries where Armacell is present,
  • Commercial Law: drafting of NDAs and commercial agreements, research on contract law,
  • Compliance: support the team in communicating new compliance policies to members of our organisation / raising awareness to compliance topics,
  • IP: Assist the team in creating a new IP database on Microsoft Dynamics and migrating
    documents from current database, update IP training,
  • Data Protection: research on data protection laws and regulations

Berlin Economics

Company Description: Berlin Economics is an economic consultancy with experience in advising primarily public sector clients in emerging and transition economies. With its strong in-house team and external network of experts, researchers and modelers specialised in economic, trade, energy and climate policy, Berlin Economics provides robust, data-driven advisory and support decision-makers at the highest levels of government.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Support literature reviews and background research for upcoming studies and project proposal
  • Take part in internal meetings, brainstorming sessions, and review processes
  • Conduct research, clean, organize, and process datasets to support policy analysis, policy
    proposals, and modelling in areas such as carbon pricing (ETS, carbon tax, CBAM), electricity
    market reform, energy efficiency, green industrial policy, and the development of a green labor
    force
  • Contribute to the drafting of policy studies, briefings, evaluations, memos, and other written
    deliverables
  • Prepare concise internal briefings summarizing political, regulatory, and economic
    developments in the target countries
  • We are committed to shaping the internship around the intern’s interests and learning goals,
    and actively encourage the exploration of new topics and the development of new skills

BridgehouseLaw

Company Description: BridgehouseLaw is a dynamic international commercial law firm providing strategically focused legal services across North America, Europe, and Central America, with offices in Charlotte, Atlanta, Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Guatemala City, and Vancouver. From corporate law, business transactions, foreign direct investment, and real estate, to immigration, employment, litigation, estate planning, and landlord–tenant disputes, their multilingual team offers seamless, cross‑border support tailored to startups, multinationals, and individual clients. In Germany—and broadly across the DACH region—BridgehouseLaw serves as a trusted “one‑stop‑shop”, combining legal, tax, and industry‑specific consulting for sectors like technology, healthcare, renewable energy, and real estate, while leveraging deep cultural and linguistic understanding to enable smooth market entry and growth.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Accompanying and supporting the legal professionals in the processing of mandates
  • (if possible) attending appointments with clients and court hearings with the handling lawyer
  • Legal research
  • (according to the level of knowledge) Drafting memos and opinions
  • Participation in communication with clients
  • Collaboration in the front office of the law firm

The German Federal Association for Sustainability (BVNG)

Company Description: Berlin-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development through education, advocacy, and collaborative projects. It works across sectors to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on innovation, policy, and community engagement. BVNG supports sustainability through policy consulting, civic engagement, education, and climate-related projects at both national and EU level.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Contribute to drafting a legal proposal for dedicated industrial hemp regulation, addressing
    gaps in current cannabis law in Germany.
  • Support youth-oriented sustainability workshops and educational outreach.
  • Contribute to the CODE Hemp Project through outreach, research, and awareness on
    industrial hemp’s sustainable potential.
  • Support research on integrating circular economy into vocational training.
  • Manage social media and communication channels to promote BVNG’s sustainability
    campaigns.
  • Co-create a youth-led sustainability campaign that uses storytelling, social media, and
    interactive content to raise awareness on climate justice.
  • Contribute to project documentation, stakeholder briefs, and internal communications
  • Participate in team meetings and assist with general project coordination and
    documentation tasks.

GRID eSports

Company Description:GRID Esports GmbH, founded in 2018, is a Berlin-based data and technology company serving the esports industry. Their platform offers real-time, official in-game data feeds, analytics, and fan-facing tools, supporting gaming publishers, broadcasters, fantasy platforms, and betting operators with products like GRID Stream, GRID Widgets, and GRID AI Insights. The team is highly international, with diverse headquarters in Berlin and Wroclaw and a staff of around 100 professionals.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Supporting the GRID legal function by assisting the General Counsel and Paralegl
  • Legal research for issues facing the GRID business, including potential articles from this output
  • Assisting with contractual drafting
  • Assisting with the GRID contract repository
  • Assisting with litigious matters
Bogota

Bogotá Cómo Vamos
Cámara Colombo China de Inversión y Comercio
Casa de la Mujer
El Foro Nacional por Colombia
Fundación Ideas para la Reconciliación
Redepaz

Bogotá Cómo Vamos

Company Description: Bogotá Cómo Vamos is an organisation that measures the quality of life in Bogotá through the analysis of technical indicators and citizen perception, with the aim to improve the quality of life for citizens in the city. With more than 20 years’ experience, they believe that measuring the quality of urban life is essential to know the progress, challenges, and perspectives of the city and to know how the government, private organizations and citizens contribute to everyone’s wellbeing.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Support in the systematization of the Citizen Perception Survey
  • Analyse Data: Citizen Perception Survey – EPC (2015-2022)
  • Use & management of tools: Stata/R, ArcGIS, MATLAB & Python
  • To devise together with the team a Citizen Perception Survey dissemination product through web development tools.
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Cámara Colombo China de Inversión y Comercio

Company Description: Intern Colombia is working in partnership with a non-profit organisation that promotes commercial, political, economic, and cultural relations, projecting itself as a fundamental tool for the Colombian business sector, where businesses, entrepreneurs and academia converge in search of great opportunities to benefit the growth of the Colombian economy. The company also offers academic exchange through the creation of academic programs and university scholarships.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Providing support in the organization of International Fairs and work agendas for entrepreneurs
  • Undertaking industry/sector studies/investigations
  • Resolving and addressing consultations in the field of foreign trade
  • Attend networking events with Chinese companies and businesses
  • Provide information to Colombian companies and businesses about the Chinese market (varying sectors)
  • Support the team in the day to day running of the organization when needed
  • These tasks will be assigned as needed and to match the intern’s interests and background
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Casa da la Mujer

Company Description: Intern Colombia is working in alliance with one of Colombia’s leading feminist NGOs. Our partner was founded in 1982, and their aim is help construct a Colombia with peace, social justice and with the equal and active participation of women. They have impacted over 90,000 Colombian women of different ethnicities and contribute to the strengthening of approximately 1,000 women’s organisations and groups across Colombia. Regularly they produce and publish research, documents and proposals related to Women’s Rights and raise awareness about multiple forms of discrimination that affect women and document injustices and cases of violence. Our partner has received and been nominated for numerous international and awards that recognize the incredible work they are doing in Colombia. Since 1982, they have promoted political dialogue as the tool for the termination of the internal armed conflict in Colombia and actively participated in the peace dialogue which led to Colombia’s Agreement to End Conflict and Build Peace between the national government and the FARC-EP.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting the team by updating project documents in English and Spanish
  • Research and some writing on Colombia related issues, including human rights, women’s rights, gender violence and post-conflict reconstruction
  • Assisting with the preparations for research reports concerning levels of gender violence, displacement, human rights abuses, and other activities that may be taking place
  • Global and regional news monitoring concerning women’s rights
  • Assisting in the organization of events & workshops, and attending events & workshops
  • Projects vary according to the intern’s area of expertise and/or interests, but generally include support in fundraising, monitoring systems, project/investigation and translations, and special project support
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El Foro Nacional por Colombia

Company Description: The Foro Nacional por Colombia (National Forum for Colombia) is a non-governmental, non-profit civil organization that was founded in 1982 as an initiative of Colombian academics and researchers interested in contributing to the strengthening of democracy in Colombia, building peace, coexistence, diversity, plurality, and active citizenship. Following the ratification of the new Colombian Constitution in 1991, they opened new fields of work such as advising government entities on issues of management and public policies. Later in 2016, following the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC, they have also orientated work to contributing to the construction of peace and coexistence in Colombia. The organisation works throughout Colombia and their principal activities include, but are not limited to; research, investigation and the publication of studies, advice and support for organizations, peacebuilding, reporting of political incidences and the dissemination of information, among others.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • The Intern will support the organization across all departments and projects vary by department, but generally include administrative, analytical, research and special project support. Other activities may include:
  • Assisting the team by updating project documents in English and Spanish
  • Research and some writing on Colombia related issues, including environmental conflicts; the internal armed conflict; peacebuilding, transitional justice, human rights, coexistence, among others.
  • Assisting with the preparations for program activities, including events, workshops, publications, community visits and other activities that may be taking place during the internship placement
  • Research on citizen involvement in public decision-making, current affairs within Colombian politics, anti-corruption, transparency, among others.
  • Internal armed conflict: Implementation of the Peace Agreement, transitional justice, victims, peacebuilding, coexistence, among others.
  • Citizen participation, citizen control mechanisms, anti-corruption mechanism and transparency.
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Fundación para la Reconciliación

Company Description: We are working with an organization which contributes to the construction of peace in Colombia and the world by promoting a culture of care, forgiveness and reconciliation. They believe that it is not enough to resolve conflicts militarily or with the best official agreements, as peace is fragile. It is to ensure that victims and perpetrators forgive and reconcile in such a way that both advance in the construction of worthy life projects, while recovering three fundamental pillars of existence: the meaning of life, self-assurance and socialization. In 2006, the NGO received an Honorable Mention in the UNESCO Education for Peace Prize for its practical contributions and impact on the creation of a culture of coexistence and peace.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting the team by updating project documents in English and Spanish
  • Research and some writing on Colombia related issues, including the armed conflict, human rights, post-conflict reconstruction and International Law
  • Assisting with the preparations for research reports concerning levels of violence, displacement, human rights abuses, and other activities that may be taking place
  • Research on peacebuilding and the implementation of the Colombia’s Peace Agreement
  • Projects vary according to the intern’s area of expertise and/or interests, but generally include administrative, analytical, research and special project support
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REDEPAZ

Company Description: REDEPAZ (National Network of Citizen Initiatives for Peace and Against War) was founded in 1993 as an expression of disagreement with the violent solution of conflicts and as a strategy from organized civil society to deactivate the mechanisms of war and peacefully transform conflicts. REDEPAZ has developed actions and methodologies that seek to promote citizen participation in the construction of comprehensive peace with social justice, local and regional democracy, articulating processes such as the National Movement of Women Peace Builders, the Movement of Girls and Boys for Peace, the Youth Network for Peace, among others
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Researching and logging instances of violence within Colombia, where and when they happened, what happened, who were the victims, the perpetrators, and any other important details and then using that information to create bimonthly reports on the state of violence within the nation.
  • Writing a comparison on the current peace process with ELN with the 2016 peace process with the FARC.
  • Generating a database of potential future international partners, analyzing the legal frameworks that might limit or prevent these partnerships and drafting introduction letters to send to the organizations and governments.
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Buenos Aires

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)
Asociación Sustentar
The Buenos Aires Herald
Econsultora
Fundación Varkey
Innocence Project
Matriaca
SUMANDO
TECHO Argentina
Other Internship Companies

Asociación por los Derechos Civiles

Company Description: ADC is an Argentina-based civil society organization that, since its creation in 1995, has worked to defend and promote civil and human rights in Argentina and Latin America. The organization promotes and defends the fundamental rights of people, encourages democratic strengthening and advocates for an inclusive society, with special attention to groups in vulnerable situations, through the identification and investigation of cutting-edge issues, the development of advocacy strategies and communication, and in particular, the use of strategic public interest litigation.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • The objective will be to investigate an innovative and cutting-edge topic on the defense of human rights in intersection with digital environments and technologies, and publish a policy brief on it.
  • The policy brief must have a maximum length of 8,000 words (16 pages) and will be published on the ADC website with the corresponding granting of credits.
  • Work schedule: 2 weeks of research, 3 writing, 3 correction and editing.
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Asociación Sustentar

Company Description: Asociación Sustentar is a community of leaders and professionals with a multidisciplinary profile dedicated to promoting comprehensive and sustainable human development. Its mission is to promote and activate the integration of sustainability, equity and respect for the environment in the public and private agenda in the decision-making process.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Improvement of Sustentar’s newsletters (tool, format, content)
  • Adaptation of institutional presentation to each segment of contacts/type of actor (i.e.: private potential funders, public potential funders, embassies, etc.)
  • Create a comprehensive action package designed to foster networking, bond relationships, and cultivate potential alliances during and after an on-site event.
  • Assistance with other good engagement practices identified by previous internship.
  • Additionally, the intern will participate, together with the supervisor, in meetings with executive directors of local NGOs in order to explore common challenges of the sector in our country.
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The Buenos Aires Herald

Company Description: The Buenos Aires Herald is an English language daily newspaper published in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1876 to 2017. Build up the Herald’s lifestyle, features and enterprise reporting As a newly-relaunched publication, the Buenos Aires Herald is in the process of developing a news site that offers comprehensive coverage of Argentine news, travel, lifestyle, culture, and society.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • During the first week of the internship, the intern will:
    • Write simple news stories (for instance, covering transport strikes, simple announcements, etc). Objective: for editors to assess their writing
    • Conduct thorough checks of the Argentine news websites each day at the start of their shift. Objective: familiarize themselves with the Argentine news agenda and media landscape; start to develop Spanish vocabulary for core issues in Argentina
  • By the end of the first month, the intern will:
    • Write original stories with at least one interview (for example: interviews with restaurant owners, social leaders, artists and entrepreneurs doing interesting work)
  • In the second month, the intern will:
    • Attend events such as cultural performances and sports matches and cover them for the Herald
  • By the end of the internship, the intern will:
    • Produce at least one reported feature of 1,000-1,200 words, including three interviews and research (for instance, citing relevant reports by NGOs) on a subject on the Argentine news agenda that fits with the intern’s interests
    • Write at least one opinion piece based on an aspect of their experience and views on their time in Argentina
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Econsultora

Company Description: Ecoconsultora is a consulting company that specializes in strategy, business management, process improvement and marketing. Services include consulting & management, press & communication, digital marketing, graphic design, web & ecommerce, web positioning, outsourcing, and commercial management.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Generation of customer campaign reports
  • Assembly of dashboards for project and campaign management
  • Participation in consulting projects, survey and documentation development
  • Participation in project management and consulting processes
  • Collaboration in the preparation of commercial proposals, presentations and texts for the consultant’s website -Preparation of business proposals
  • Ideas for new business units
  • Prospecting in the USA
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Fundación Varkey

Company Description: The Varkey Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to improve the education standards in the world. The mission of this foundation is for each child to have a great teacher. With this objective, the foundation actively works to develop educators’ skills and to place higher value on their role. The fundamental belief is that if the quality of teaching is guaranteed, the results will improve.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Templeton Programme Foundation (Felicitas Irazusta): Prepare the biographies of the teachers or professors that visit us, research material that would be useful for the program, help to organize the workshop agendas, and recollect information needed by the leader of the project.
  • Comms Team (Yasmin and Juan Pablo): Record the teacher interviews (Spanish or English), research articles and useful information for the team, write notes, letters and press releases for social media. Help to organize different things in that area.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation Team (Paola and Natali): Provide general support and be available for any new project.
  • Project Investigation Team: (Lucila Malnatti): Provide general support and be available for any new project.
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Innocence Project

Company Description: The Innocence Project is an NGO with three main objectives: research, analysis, and litigation for cases of people who have been wrongfully convicted; the promotion of related legislature and public policy; and the training of students on this area of law.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • The intern will be in charge of the preliminary analysis of the cases under study by IP Argentina. In this sense, the intern must analyze the sentences and the resources of each one of the assigned causes. Based on its reading, the intern must define if it is appropriate to reject the case or, on the contrary, if it should be analyzed in depth, according to the intervention criteria of the Innocence Project Argentina. Likewise, for each case in which the intern works, they must make a presentation before the IP Argentina team in order to present the main points and the arguments for which she considers that it should continue under study or be rejected. In some cases it may be necessary to carry out an activity on the ground before making a decision, such as interviewing the person requesting our intervention. In these cases, the intern will be in charge of completing the proposed task, with the support of the program coordinator.
  • On the other hand, if on the date of their internship we have a trial in progress that we must attend, the intern will be the one who will represent IP Argentina in the hearings. The objective of this task is for them to understand how an oral debate is developed in Argentina. Furthermore, the intern is expected to develop management tasks and assist the Innocence Project Argentina staff with the purpose of becoming actively involved in the organization and daily operation of an NGO. These tasks involve, among others, assistance in the administration of material resources, assistance in the organization of institutional project activities, etc.
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Matriarca

Company Description: In 2011, with many other people and organizations, we participated in the birth of something new in the Great South American Chaco. It took us two years to understand what and how: We wanted to build a sustainable company that leveraged the development of marginalized rural areas. We wanted to do it together, articulating public bodies with the private sector. Being able to change paradigms building a sustainable future. So in 2013 we made a decision without much information but with our whole hearts… Matriarca is born in response to a market’s need to solve the coordination of the network of production and sustainable consumption of various groups in rural areas.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • The intern will specialize in Marketing duties for the US and Europe. Continuing past intern’s works, she will keep a thorough track of Pinterest and Etsy, listings organizations, finding insights and archetypes, joining etsy teams, generating relationships with partner brands, creating boards, making research of hashtags and key SEO words, updating brand’s pictures, SWOT analysis for partnerships, public relationships inside USA and answering clients messages in time. She will also do a weekly follow-up of our shopify page and will bring and showcase new objectives and ideas to connect Matriarca to the rest of the world.
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SUMANDO

Company Description: SUMANDO Argentina is a civil society organization founded by youth in 2006 to promote responsible citizenship.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Review of calls for sponsorship of international projects.
  • English translation and revision of Sumando Argentina projects to be presented in the calls.
  • International funds analysis.
  • Knowing the 21-24 neighborhood reality and seeing the project’s direct impact.
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TECHO Argentina

Company Description: This organization seeks to overcome the situation of poverty for millions of people living in popular settlements, through the joint action of their inhabitants and the young volunteers who work with the organization in nineteen Latin American countries. In Argentina, the organization works in nine provinces and has a powerful leadership team of young professionals who are making a big impact. The organization works together with impoverished communities to improve their living conditions, to promote economic and social development, and to encourage civic action and advocacy.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Primary objective: Carry out an evaluation and audit process of a project taking place during 2021-2022 in Buenos Aires with the national government. This is the construction of a Multipurpose Room in the neighborhood of Villa Bote, Escobar (Early Construction Project, ECP).
  • Specific objectives: Evaluate the participation of the community in the different stages of the project. Carry out and systematize interviews with the different actors. Systematize main difficulties and achievements in the execution of the project (internally). Generate a report of results and conclusions on compliance with the agreement.
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Other Internship Companies in Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • American Solidaria
    Company Description: We are an international NGO with 20 years of experience, without political or religious affiliation, working for the rights of children and adolescents in the American continent.
  • Cefeidas Group
    Company Description: Cefeidas Group is an international advisory firm that helps its clients advance their objectives in Latin America. We provide professional services in Public Policy, Risk & Strategy, Corporate Governance, Stewardship & Sustainability and Strategic Intelligence & Research.
  • Fundación Instituto David Hume
    Company Description: The David Hume Institute Foundation – Center for Research in Regulatory and Institutional Evolution – is a research center and academic think tank that aims to explore various lines of thought in the areas of law, the humanities and social sciences, with the aim of understanding the evolution of norms and institutions and make public policy proposals. It carries out its activities under the direction of Dr. Eliana María Santanatoglia, who serves as Executive Director.
  • SAHDES
    Company Description: Sahdes is a non-profit Civil Association, born in 2003, made up of an interdisciplinary work team, which aims to contribute to the development and equity in vulnerable communities, with a focus on improving maternal and child health, and influencing public health policies.
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Cape Town

Kelly Stone
The Scalabrini Centre
Viva Con Agua
Other Internship Companies

Kelly Stone

Company Description: Kelly Stone is a Policy Development and Research Advisor based in Cape Town, South Africa, with more than twelve years of international human rights experience. Kelly holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Sociology and Philosophy from the United States and has been working to advance the social, political, and economic rights of persons across Africa since 2006. Kelly is well-versed in legal analysis and research, and has provided technical expertise in developing legal norms and standards, assessing risk management and strategies, and has assisted government actors in developing policies and protocols relating to safety and security, ranging from national to provincial to local government. Kelly is also a certified facilitator and has trained government officials, NGOs, and community leaders on a variety of topics, including law, policy, safety, and development.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Support Current projects
  • Director of Research and Capacity Building for the Global Index on Responsible AI which aims to establish human rights-based benchmarks for measuring responsible use of artificial intelligence in more than 120 countries across the world. I am doing this on behalf of Research ICT Africa, which is funded by the IDRC in Canada
  • Designing, developing and conducting a facilitation skills course and curriculum for social workers and community engagement mobilisers based in communities across the Cape Flats which will take place in July. The course will equip participants in participatory methodologies for engagement on discussions around gender based violence and gender transformative approaches. I am doing this on behalf of MOSAIC Centre for Trauma and Healing based in Cape Town
  • Writing an assessment on behalf of the Incarceration Nations Network inaugural programme of the Global Freedom Fellowship that took place in Cape Town in March 2023 which aimed to establish a global network of formerly incarcerated persons working on global justice movements. The assessment will capture and document the impact of the programme on participants’ sense of transnational solidarity and investment in future collaborations with fellows from across the worl
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The Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town

Company Description: The Scalabrini Fathers have been providing welfare services in Cape Town to displaced communities since 1994. Beginning as religious assistance to different communities of migrants, the Fathers were soon confronted with the problems experienced by refugees from Angola, the Congos, Rwanda, Burundi and other African communities, and it became necessary to offer more tangible assistance. Starting with the distribution of food and clothing under the Welcoming Programme in 1998, expanding to include a development agenda in 2003, followed by the establishment of Lawrence House, a home for abandoned and orphaned refugee children in 2005; the Fathers formed a secular non-government organisation, the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town (SCCT) to run these projects.
Scalabrinians care for the needs of migrants and refugees, displaced people, seafarers and others affected by human mobility.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Review and analyze existing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, systems, and processes within the programme.
  • Conduct research and gather relevant data and information to inform the revision of the M&E framework.
  • Assess the effectiveness and relevance of existing M&E indicators, tools, and methodologies.
  • Propose modifications or new indicators, tools, and methodologies to enhance the programme’s M&E practices.
  • Provide guidance and training to staff members on the revised M&E framework, including the use of new indicators, tools, and methodologies.
  • Regularly communicate and report on the progress and findings of the M&E revision process to relevant stakeholders, including management, and program teams.
  • Continuously evaluate and adapt the revised M&E framework based on feedback, lessons learned, and changing programme needs or priorities.
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Viva Con Agua

Company Description: Viva con Agua is a community and network of people and organisations committed to humane access to clean drinking water and basic sanitary care. Our vision is to be part of the change, being part of the different projects by keeping to our 4 mottos. Activate: To motivate individuals and organisations through universal languages of music, sports and art, to take part in a process of positive societal change. Inspire: To inspire people to get involved creatively and enthusiastically with the global issue of water. Connect: With the help of committed and synergy-oriented partnership, to bring our local supporters together, thereby developing a stable platform with leverage for initiating positive societal change. Transform: By implementing WASH projects in South Africa, Viva con Agua drives societal change as part of the WATER for ALL philosophy, and contributes time, money and energy, thereby serving an overarching purpose.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Work directly with Phelisa on a variety of operational projects.
  • Direct involvement in the Sport for Wash program. Sport for WASH is a project for children of all abilities which uses the power of the world’s popular sports to inspire change in the behaviour of children. Not only does Sport for WASH improve the understanding of children regarding the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene. It is also an engaging and playful way of instilling positive hygiene behaviour in the children.
  • Support the Wash in Schools program. WASH in Schools (WINS) is a project to improve Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Schools. Through this project, the organisation builds toilets and rehabilitates sanitation infrastructure such as water tanks, gutters, and drainage. They seek to enrich learners’ health and educational outcomes by creating a safe and clean learning environment.
  • Facilitate Community engagement events.
  • Fundraising
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Other Internship Companies in Cape Town, South Africa

  • Open Up
    Company Description: We partner with government, organisations, industry leaders and civil society to identify, gather and make accessible information that supports open communities and an empowered citizenry.
  • Refugee Legal Advocacy Centre (RLAC)
  • The Commission For Gender Equality
    Company Description: Established in terms of Section 187 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa in order to promote respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality. The CGE shall advance promote and protect gender equality in South Africa through undertaking research, public education, policy development, legislative initiatives, effective monitoring and litigation.
  • The One South Africa Movement
    Company Description: We are a community-driven, activist movement led by Mmusi Maimane that seeks to unite a broad coalition of South Africans who want to see change in South Africa. This involves the mass-mobilisation/organisation of citizens from all walks of life and a broad coalition of business, civic organisations and communities acting as one. One South Africa Movement (OSA) is committed to providing innovative policy solutions to South Africa’s development challenges.
  • The Parliamentary Monitoring Group
    Company Description: The Parliamentary Monitoring Group, an information service, was established in 1995 as a partnership between Black Sash, Human Rights Committee and Idasa with the aim of providing a type of Hansard for the proceedings of the more than fifty South African Parliamentary Committees for these three advocacy organisations. This was because there is no official record publicly available of the committee proceedings – the engine room of Parliament – and this type of information is needed by social justice organisations to lobby the Parliament of South Africa on pieces of legislation, matters of democratic processes and parliamentary oversight of the executive.
  • Urban Econ
    Company Description: Urban-Econ Development Economists is a specialist-consulting firm in the arena of development economics, local economic development and all related fields. Over the past 38 years, Urban-Econ has established itself as a leader in providing innovative, practical and sustainable solutions for economic development problems, in accordance with each client’s unique requirements.
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Prague

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1. Arrows
2. Endors
3. Eversheds Sutherland
4. Ministry of Education
5. PRK Partners

Internship Descriptions

Arrows

Company Description: We are a law firm specializing in both Czech and international law. With our global reach, we provide comprehensive legal and tax solutions to clients worldwide. Our integrated approach allows us to effectively address legal and tax challenges under one roof, ensuring seamless and efficient services for our clients.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • International client support: Assisting in delivering excellent customer service to our international and Czech clients.
  • Network expansion: Contributing to expanding our professional network by identifying potential partners, initiating contact, and fostering relationships to promote collaboration and business growth.
  • Administrative assistance: Providing administrative support, including managing correspondence, organizing meetings, preparing documentation, and maintaining records, to ensure smooth operations within the organization.
  • Partner relationship management: Collaborating closely with our partner offices, assisting in maintaining regular communication, sharing best practices, and identifying areas for potential synergies and growth.

Endors

Company Description: A Czech law firm with the goal of forming a close partnership with our clients, enabling them to effectively address the real problems and challenges of their business using the most effective tools in the field of legal advice.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Legal research
  • Proofreadings
  • Preparation of legal articles
  • Comparison of legislation
  • Support of senior team members
  • Preparation of sample documentation
  • Translations

Eversheds Sutherland

Company Description: Eversheds Sutherland is a global top ten law practice and has a particular strength in looking after the business interests of multinational corporations with global operations, including 72 of the US Fortune 100, 119 of the US Fortune 200 and 62% of the FTSE 100. Eversheds Sutherland invests considerable effort in deepening cooperation among its offices and the Prague office is an active member not only at the level of client projects, but also in the area of sharing global know-how, team integration and, last but not least, the possibility of short-term work placements in one of the other Eversheds Sutherland offices. The Prague office of Eversheds Sutherland is regularly ranked in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR1000, as well as in the Law Firm of the Year competition.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Drafting of simple contracts
  • Simple legal research in the field of competition law
  • Simple legal research in the field of data privacy
  • Consolidation of contractual documentation, particularly transactional documentation and contracts for work or IT/IP contracts
  • Consolidation of clients’ HR templates
  • Consolidation of legal audit reports in the field of IT and Cybersecurity

Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic

Company Description: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic is the central body of state administration in the field of education. It prepared documents for public policy-making, draft legislation and strategies of national importance.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • International desk-research in the field of legal regulation of pedagogical staff
  • Preparation and assistance in arranging of an international conference of pedagogical staff
  • Preparation of a national strategy for the reform of Undergraduate Teacher Training

PRK Partners

Company Description: PRK Partners, one of the leading Central European law firms, has been helping clients achieve their business objectives for 30 years. Our team of lawyers, based in Prague, Ostrava, and Bratislava offices, has a unique knowledge of Czech and Slovak law and of the business environment.

Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Research for business development department
  • Cooperation with associates on legal work
  • Insight into our firm’s legal cases
  • Cooperating with the marketing department
  • Proofreading of existing documents
  • Ad hoc administrative work
Singapore

Make-a-Wish
Singapore Red Cross Society
TOUCH Community Services
United Women Singapore
WE CARE Community Sercives

Make-a-Wish

Company Description: Make-A-Wish Singapore is part of the world’s largest wish-granting organisation and the only wish-granting organisation of its kind in Singapore. It was born from the transformational effects of a wish on the wider community, where our founders pledged to ‘share the power of a wish’. The Singapore affiliate started our amazing journey in March 2002.
We believe wishes provide children the strength to look past their situations and limitations, assist families in overcoming their anxieties, and have the potential to galvanize entire communities in creating hope, strength, and joy for the children as well as their loved ones. Most importantly, we believe that wishes can improve a child’s quality of life, giving them a better chance of recovery.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Develop fundraising activities guidebook
  • Donors data management
  • Event management
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Singapore Red Cross Society

Company Description: To realise the Singapore Red Cross as a leading and distinctive humanitarian organisation that brings together people and institutions in aid of the vulnerable. Mission – We are dedicated to protecting human life and dignity, relieving human suffering and responding to emergencies. The Singapore Red Cross is a homegrown humanitarian organisation, dedicated to relieving human suffering, protecting lives and dignity and responding to emergencies since 1949. We serve the vulnerable through our blood donor recruitment programme, home and day activity centre for the disabled, transport aid, food aid, and community first aid, and we build capacity and resilience through our training academy, and volunteer and youth development. Beyond our shores, we mobilise and translate contributions from the donor community to relief and recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, with the aim of helping communities affected by disasters.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Collection of qualitative and quantitative data for potential marketing initiatives
  • Support the development of marketing collaterals for Occupational First Aid course (OFAC), Diabetes Education & Care Programme (DECP), Humanitarian Education Experience (HEX) and the Psychosocial Support (PSS) training programmes
  • Research and identify potential leads for OFAC, DECP and PSS programmes
  • Support the Academy in planning and preparing for outreach meetings, including the delivery of presentation as and when needed
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TOUCH Community Services

Company Description: TOUCH Community Services is a not-for-profit charity organisation in Singapore. We were officially registered in 1992 and have been a member of the National Council of Social Service since 1994. The work of TOUCH started in 1986 as a service for latch-key children in the neighbourhoods of Clementi and Jurong.
Touched by the obvious need of low-income and single-parent families with difficulties making ends meet, much less raising their children in a positive environment, a group of seven volunteers in their 20s organised activities to help the children. This small attempt has today become a multi-service organisation with an integrated network of services located at different parts of Singapore, including Bukit Merah, Clementi, Geylang Bahru, Hougang, Serangoon, Toa Payoh, Ubi and Yishun.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the core of a shared global blueprint for peace and prosperity. As stakeholders of the global community, TOUCH supports the SDGs ofm”Good Health and Well-being” through the Community Enablement Project, “Quality Education” through TOUCH Young Arrows, and “Reduced Inequality” through TOUCH Centre for Independent Living and TOUCH Family Support among others, in our work with vulnerable groups in our local community. At TOUCH, we do our best to ensure that those under our care are not left behind.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Design and curate curriculum content for our children and teens in line with the CASEL Framework of Social Emotional Learning
  • Assist in establishing agile modes of learning engagement and curriculum across face-face and online formats
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United Women Singapore

Company Description: United Women Singapore (UWS) is a local non-profit organisation with Institution of Public Character (IPC) status. It advances women’s empowerment and gender equality and builds a pipeline of women leaders and influencers in Singapore. The organisation works towards narrowing the gender equality gap through education and raising awareness and advocacy on issues such as anti-violence and women’s empowerment, with the support of key stakeholders including corporate partners, government agencies, academia, the diplomatic community, non-profit and community groups and the wider community.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Program development including creating decks and work plans for events.
  • Outreach and communication work including social media outreach.
  • Conduct research on relevant gender equality and women’s empowerment issues, compile data, and prepare reports to support UWS’s advocacy efforts.
  • Provide administrative support, such as data entry, document management, and logistical assistance for various projects.
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WE CARE Community Services

Company Description: WE CARE Community Services is an addiction recovery centre funded by charity. We provide support and treatment programmes for all forms of addiction, including drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, and various other compulsive behaviours. Our services are open to all persons who are in need of help to cope with an addictive disorder. We also assist family members who need guidance and support on how to support a family member with addiction issues.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting in public education talks
  • Contributing to social media efforts (design and/or content writing), taking of photos or videos to support the centre’s activities,
  • Writing for the newsletter, compilation of the 18th Anniversary book, participation in activities, assisting in fundraising events, and any other tasks that are assigned.
  • Coordinate some government surveys we need to conduct – will have to involve, staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries, depending on which survey they are helping out with
  • Write stories/articles – on addiction-related matters, and possibly interview persons in our community
  • Participate in outreach talks. Would like their 3rd party observations on our delivery and the audience engagement
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Virtual

Sweden (Virtual) – Distribute Aid
México(Virtual) – SilMexico

Location: Sweden (Virtual)

Distribute Aid

Company Description: Distribute Aid delivers humanitarian aid to communities in need.
By coordinating end-to-end shipments, we make it easy for donors to connect with frontline aid organisations, understand the needs on the ground, and get their aid delivered.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • The intern will be involved in the drafting of our quarterly report. This involves data gathering and processing, design, graphics, context research, and drafting text. This is done to show Distribute Aid’s humanitarian impact each quarter, and have accountability to our donors in terms of the people we have helped and the budget we used. The intern will work with a manger to find all the data, and input it into a pre-existing report layout using Canva.
  • The second project is impact reporting. It is similar to the first project, but in this case the information is specifically aimed at our charity partners, to show them the impact our partnership has had in terms of serving humanity. The intern may be involved in meetings with the partner to share the impact our cooperation has had over the past month or quarter.
  • Communications – the intern will help DA with brand management and external communications via social media channels and in reports to our partners. This requires knowledge of DA’s policies, image-sharing protections, and language guide. They will gain experience with common practices and policies regarding communication in the humanitarian sector.
  • Social media – The intern will be involved in drafting social media communications on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. On a weekly basis, the admin team will lay out posts they would like highlighted that week with a few bullet points and image ideas. The intern will be asked to draft posts or compile research into topics such as regional context for refugees.
  • The intern will keep one of our internal reporting datasets up to date to help keep track of our humanitarian aid shipments. The daily tasks will require the intern to collect data from our shipments and inputting it in the correct format on the data spreadsheets. The intern will gain experience with data management, and software services like google sheets, notion, and gsuite.
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Location: México(Virtual)

Silmexico

Company Description: To offer the best consultancy service in Mexico on and to create valuable business for our corporation and society. To make it a joy for all clients to work with us. To help our clients and our people excel.
Intern Role and Responsibilities: Your general role & responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

  • Legal Research & Analysis: The intern may be involved in conducting extensive research of legal doctrines from different countries, helping to draft memos, writing letters, and keeping the team updated on current global legal events that may affect the practice of the law in certain cases. The intern may assist in proofreading and reviewing various forms of document, contracts, legal drafts, and correspondences and prepare legal reports. The intern may review, analyze, and compare various laws, doctrines and regulations on tax law, corporate law, property law, international law in various jurisdictions. Such analysis may be centered on how the various laws and practices differ from our practice’s region and jurisdiction.
  • Digital Legal Counsel Support: The intern may support may include reviewing, drafting, and be part of the negotiation process of all types of commercial agreements, non-disclosure agreements, investments agreements, purchase and sale agreements, letters of intent, powers of attorney, trademark registrations, joint ventures agreements, advising on collateral warranty documents, supplier/service agreements and consultancy agreements. The intern may be guided on advising legal experts on a broad range of globally trending commercial and regulatory matters, and structuring, drafting commercial transactions. They may provide day-to-day advice in a wide range of legal areas, including tax law, corporate law, civil law and commerce law according to the Mexican law but also some other international laws that may apply in some cases, and regulatory compliance.
  • Legal Writing & Legal Memorandum Assistance: The intern may be involved in drafting legal agreements, writing articles on various practices of corporate law, commercial laws, arbitration, tax law, IP law, arbitration law, business, and financial laws under the keen supervision of the assigned supervisor. The intern is expected to reference all legal research materials and sources used in executing the draft articles but also promote itself as a formal writer in the social media of the firm. The intern may support the curation of legal memos based on current drafts to deliver a short thesis sentence that briefly identifies the issue and the applicable rule and states a short answer. The intern may ensure that the procedural posture of the case and the burdens and standards of proof of well-noted and any additional references or research is cited.
  • Case Study Review & Creation: The intern may study local cases relevant with civil, criminal and tax law and keep our clients posted with updated news and information including in-depth analysis on the cases and full report on this regard. Depending on skills the intern can recommend possible precautionary measures and points the client may have to take into consideration. The intern may also be curating and editing materials for release of information on various legal issues and topics to the public. These may include blogs, videos, infographics, art cards, public service announcements. Aside from editing, interns may be asked to do some research on the materials to be covered and included in the content.
  • Research Project: The intern may conduct a large-scale research project within our defined focus. The intern may need to acquire the data, organize the data, analyze the information, and create a full report with key findings. This project may require strong organization, data analysis, data collecting, research, written communication, and project management.
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