Stagiaire - Appui à la section "Résilience"
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and fighting hunger. In Madagascar, WFP supports the government's efforts to address immediate humanitarian needs while building community resilience against climate, economic, and social shocks. The organization works to ensure effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions globally.
Job Purpose
The intern will gain practical experience in WFP program management, particularly in emergency preparedness and response. This role involves supporting the Resilience Section's activities, contributing to data collection and analysis on disaster risk, humanitarian challenges, and climate impacts. The intern will assist in preparing reports, developing project proposals, and enhancing coordination with local authorities and international partners. This position offers an opportunity to develop key skills in program management, analysis, writing, and humanitarian work within a dynamic international environment.
Responsibilities
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity through food assistance. WFP works with people recovering from conflict, disasters, and extreme weather shocks. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities, encouraging applications from all qualified candidates. WFP offers a multicultural and inclusive work environment, investing in employee development through training, coaching, and internal mobility. A career at WFP provides opportunities to work globally with passionate colleagues on impactful projects. The organization is committed to integrity, collaboration, commitment, humanity, and inclusion. WFP celebrates its recognition as a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and strives to create a work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and abuse. The WFP Leadership Framework guides common standards of behavior to achieve its mission. Reasonable accommodations are provided for individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are advised that the UN does not charge any fees for the application or recruitment process.
Work Experience
The position requires a student currently enrolled in higher education, pursuing a degree in renewable energy, energy engineering, electromechanics, agronomy, rural development, environment, or a related field at the Bac+4/+5 level. Candidates must have taken courses within the last 12 months or be recently graduated within six months of application, having completed coursework in the last 12 months of university enrollment. Prior experience with disaster risk management agencies, UN agencies, or NGOs is an advantage but not mandatory. Proficiency in Malagasy and French is required, with English being a plus.
Skills
Data analysis, Report writing, Project development, Coordination, Disaster risk management, Climate change adaptation, Renewable energy, Rural development, Communication, Teamwork