Policy Intern at IPAS Nigeria

IPAS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortions. Through local, national and global partnerships, IPAS works to ensure women can obtain safe, respectful and comprehensive abortion care; including counseling and contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Policy Intern

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Provide both technical and administrative support to the Policy unit’s initiatives including providing educational materials, logistical support for internal and external policy conferences and meetings.
• Contribute to the production of factsheets and other IEC materials as well as workshop presentations.
• Contribute to the development of strategies and projects to improve the enabling environment in support of women’s ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.
• Prepare Policy unit activities reports including specific reports for database.
• Support the unit’s advocacy and mobilization efforts including strengthening local networks with partners and supports awareness campaigns at the national and local level in the promotion of sexual and reproductive rights.
• Any other duty as may be assigned by the unit head and/or the Country Director.

General Requirement/Experience

• A young female professional with a Master's Degree in Social Sciences and/or Human Rights
• Preferably below 35 years with appreciable secretariat and communications skills
• Fluent in both written and oral English.

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Resume/CV and Cover Letter as one document on their suitability to: IpasNigeria.Procurement@ipas.org Applicants Must indicate the position applied for as the Subject of the mail.

Note

• All CV’s/resume/applications MUST be in either word format or PDF.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.