Job Title: Intern, Africa Program OperationsDepartment: Global OperationsCenter Background: The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) is a global human rights organization working to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights around the world. With offices in New York City, New York; Nairobi, Kenya; Bogota, Colombia; Geneva, Switzerland; and Washington, D.C., the Center is a non-profit, non-partisan organization changing law and policy throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States. Our 230+ diverse professionals are committed to advancing the Center's human rights mission through game-changing litigation, legal policy, and advocacy work. This has powered the Center's exceptional growth to an operating budget of over $50 million and won the respect of law firms in countries around the world, with an additional $29 million annually of donated legal services, representing the work of countless lawyers from more than 46 countries. The Center's Strategic Plan sets a high mark for impact: By 2030, half of the world's population will be living under stronger protections for reproductive rights than they are today. The Center has a track record of success to back up this ambitious goal. Since our founding in 1992, the Center has transformed how reproductive rights are understood and applied by courts, governments, and human rights bodies worldwide on issues including maternal health, abortion, assisted reproduction, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We have won groundbreaking cases before national courts, U.N. Committees, and regional human rights bodies. Additionally, the Center has led the development of historic, proactive legislation advancing robust protections for reproductive rights and has built the legal capacity of women's rights advocates in more than 65 countries and counting.The Role: Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, Africa, the incumbent will support the day-to-day administrative work for the Nairobi Office and Africa Program, respectively. The incumbents will primarily work within the office operations team and will be expected to collaborate with the other units when called upon. The Center's Nairobi Office is looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful, and highly organized intern committed to reproductive rights issues to engage in various administrative tasks and projects. This internship will provide experience in many aspects of the Center as well as insight into the inner workings of organizational management. The internship will be full-time, from May 1 to October 31, 2024.This internship will be in a hybrid model of 3 days working in-office and 2 days working from home.Primary Responsibilities:As an intern with the Nairobi Office, your primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Assist with organizing/ maintaining operations and finance documents.Become familiar with SharePoint software and upload financial information.Data entry and information organization and organize the office storage room.Support in preparing and submitting credit card expenses, travel advances, and expenses.Assist in backing up office services functions as required (purchase of kitchen and office supplies, scanning, copying, printing, and distributing documents as needed, help desk, filing, etc.)Assist with shipments and delivery as needed (national and international).Coordinating and supporting travel arrangements and event logistics when required.Assist in the coordination of services with vendors when requested.Assist with special projects as needed.Reception and other administrative tasks, as needed. Qualifications: To be eligible for this internship, the candidate must be enrolled in a college or university or have recently completed a degree in (in the past 1 yr.) a business, project management, or other related degree.Must have exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal presentation skills.Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a growing group.Outgoing, personable, approachable, enthusiastic, resourceful, and highly organized.Ability to handle & maintain confidential matters appropriately.Have the capability to multitask and adjust priorities as needed.Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Don't meet every single requirement? At the Center, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Behavioral Competencies: Develop & Manage Self & Others: Take ownership of individual growth to achieve full potential; recognize the value of team members and help them develop their full potential while also achieving set objectives. Collaboration (People First): Works intra- and/or cross-departmentally to support the goals and overarching strategies of the Center and its strategic plan.Feedback (Improve & Innovate): Actively engaged in feedback cycles: Gives and requests feedback to and from peers, supervisors, and direct reports about work products, behaviors, values, style, and approaches with a view on how this impacts self, other individuals, and teams.Accountability: Follow through on each commitment made to individual contributors, teams, and partners and proactively inform others of any delays that occur along the way. Work Competencies: Project Management: Works effectively on project teams to achieve long-term project goals and objectives.Problem Solve & Make Decisions: Identifies, analyzes and resolves existing and anticipated problems, using common sense to make timely decisions in order to reach the best solutions for the organization.Internal/External Focus: Anticipates internal and external partner's needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions that align with overall goals and objectives of the organization.Communication & Influence: Communicates with and influences others to gain agreement and commitment to the strategic goals of the organization.
