Legal interns are crucial contributors to Relief International. This office is responsible for providing high quality, cost-efficient, legal and related services to our projects throughout the world.

The General Counsel (GC) offers challenging and diverse work assignments for legal interns. The GC handles a wide variety of legal issues including commercial co-ventures, nonprofit tax, contracts, employment and labor, corporate law, sanctions and overall risk management.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Conduct legal research and prepare legal memoranda, contracts, and other legal documents
• Participate in meetings with international staff, legislative and regulatory meetings and other projects
• Attend legal training offered through local opportunitie

Position responsibilities and duties include providing day-to-day technical support and guidance to local users, creating and maintaining email user accounts and groups, creating and maintaining user accounts and group policies in Active Directory, configuring and setting up workstations and laptops, as well as helping the IT manager and officer to research for new IT projects.

The Human Resources Intern will report directly to the Senior Human Resources Generalist, and will occasionally assist other team members with a wide range of projects related to Human Resources Operations and Administration including: compliance and employee relations. This internship is designed to provide exposure to a variety of Human Resources initiatives that will help the Intern gain knowledge and provide direct corporate experience at Relief International.

The HR (Organizational Development and Training) Intern will support the Human Resources – Organizational Development and Training Unit by performing administration and data analysis functions for the RI Academy. This internship will provide the Intern with experience in the five aspects of training; assessment, design, development, implementation and evaluation and provide experience managing a learning-content management system.

The Finance Intern will assist the accounting department with Report Preparation and Budget Analysis.

The Intern would assist the Executive/Administrative Assistant with tasks related to the Executive Office and general office administrative tasks.

The Team Leader is the head of RI’s dynamic rapid deployment team, deployed from his or her home base, typically for 1-4 months. The assignment may be to set up a new program, a new country office, or filling a gap between two long-term managers. S/he will play a strategic role in the mobilization and effective scale up and management of RI programs. S/he is typically responsible for identifying needs and resources and elaborating program recommendations. S/he will develop and manage country support functions and negotiate and network at an international level. S/he will ensure that all relevant RI policies and procedures with respect to HR, safety and security, code of conduct, equal opportunities and other relevant policies are in place. When not on assignment, s/he will support country offices, revise policies and proposals, assist with strategic initiatives, similar to the role of other headquarters-based staff.