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Trust offers internship positions as Junior Officers (JOs) in various teams throughout the duration of the internship.
- This is a 3–6 months in person full-time internship (40 hours a week), or part time (20-25 hours aweek);
- During this internship, interns will go through various phases of third-party monitoring projects (The intern will be involved in a current project in Mardin).
- This is an unpaid internship.
Joining Departments
After orientation, interns will join a team(s) in departments as Trust can offer, namely in Third-party Evaluation (TPM), Proposal Writing and social media. Each intern will have an assigned line manager. Depending on the workload in each department, there might be changes in departments during an internship period; some interns may remain in one team throughout the whole internship.
When possible, interns will join projects relevant to their preferences:
- Humanitarian sectors (education, health, protection, food security, livelihood, WASH, social cohesion, and more);
- Themes and modalities (gender, disability, cash and voucher assistance, and more) and;
- Countries (Syria, Turkey,Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, and more).
Interns will be involved in some or all of the following tasks, depending on preferences, capacities and projects we have in Trust at the time, which will be discussed and agreed upon with their line managers. Some of the tasks can include:
- Scoping new opportunities/searching for TORs
- Proposal writing (monitoring and evaluation)
- Data analysis; quantitative and qualitative
- Report writing
- Data collection tools design
- Data collection
- Data/report visualization
- Other (based on interns’ interests/experience and needs in Trust; this can include support to media, digital marketing, arranging for webinars, training materials preparation, training delivery, and more)
The application must include the following:
- CV (preferred not more than 2 pages) and;
- Cover Letter (maximum 2 pages and preferred 1 page) expressing their interest in Trust
- Written sample (essays, MA thesis, reports, publications, proposals,…..)
Candidates have to send their application to join-trust@trustconsultancy.org with “Internship_First name_Last name_Damascus” as the email subject. (For instance, “Internship_Maya_Mousa_Damascus”)
The one-page Cover Letter shall clearly state the following: (all these points should be included in the cover letter; otherwise the applications might be ignored)
- Education background: degrees and specialization
- Relevant experience: humanitarian and development sector/monitoring and evaluation
- Motivations to Join Trust as an intern
- Expectations to be met by the end of the internship
- What you can bring to Trust as an intern (Added value: why we need to consider your application more than other candidates)
- When you can/prefer to join Trust and for how long (minimum 3 months to maximum 6 months).
- Sectors of interest: health, education, shelter, protection, food security, livelihood, etc.
- Areas/theme of interest: cash and vouchers, displacement, gender, human rights, displacement, market system development, localization, etc.
- Confirm that you live in Damascus, intend to live in Damascus as you will be working in the trust office in Damascus
- Mandatory or not mandatory internship: Please mention in your cover letter if this internship will be mandatory by the Organization/university you work/study in
- Any other skills/ knowledge/ experience in other areas such as media, marketing, markets, HR, training …..This will be very helpful as you might be involved in some of these aspects in Trust
- This is an in person (Damascus) and unpaid opportunity. Please confirm this in your cover letter.
- Please indicate in your cover letter factors affecting you joining the humanitarian/ development sector (family/ parents, friends, displacement, ....)
- Confirm this is a full time internship (40 hours a week) or part time (20-25 hours a week))
- If you do not cover all above mentioned information in your cover letter, your application will not be considered.
Application deadline is 31 October 2025; however, we will start interviews before this date.
Trust will notify all applicants of the outcome of their application. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a Zoom interview on a rolling basis after their applications are received.
Looking forward to receiving your applications and to work with you!
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