Internship for Oxfam in Europe

Location: Hybrid, with on-site work in The Hague at least two days per week and remote work flexibility. Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the Netherlands or be prepared to obtain the right to complete the internship as part of their studies at a Dutch educational institution.

Monthly allowance: €450 per month based on a 36-hour work week, pro rata for fewer hours. Commuting costs may be reimbursed if a student OV card is not applicable.

Company

Oxfam in Europe is a collaboration between 11 Oxfam affiliates and Oxfam’s EU Office working on inequality, social justice, advocacy, research, campaigning, and cross-affiliate collaboration.

What you will do

• Prepare and distribute the monthly Oxfam in Europe newsletter.
• Coordinate knowledge exchange webinars, meetings, working groups, and internal logistics.
• Maintain internal websites, collaboration platforms, shared resources, documents, and Box folders.
• Prepare meeting materials, take notes, follow up on action points, and support information sharing across affiliates.
• Support public engagement, campaigning activities, external events, stakeholder engagement, and external communications materials.
• Maintain donor data and funding opportunity information, and support donor communications, fundraising, and partnership development.

Requirements

• Be a student aged 18 or older and remain enrolled at a Dutch university, HBO, or other Dutch educational institution for the entire internship.
• Relevant studies such as international communications, international relations, or a related discipline.
• Interest in or experience with inequality, human rights, campaigns, politics, and social change.
• Excellent writing, editing, organizational, and coordination skills.
• Analytical and independent thinking, creative problem-solving, and an affinity with coordination, communications, and knowledge management.
• People-oriented, proactive, creative, culturally sensitive, and gender-aware.
• Fluent English is required.
• Have less than three years of relevant full-time work experience and have not previously been employed by hirify.global.
• The internship is intended as work experience and career exploration, not as a thesis internship.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work: partly from the office and partly from home, with at least two on-site days per week in The Hague.
• Internship contract for approximately five months, from February through June 2027; the period cannot be modified.
• Supervision by the Oxfam in Europe Region Coordinator.
• Work guided by empowerment, accountability, inclusiveness, courage, solidarity, equality, and feminist principles.
• Commuting reimbursement may be available when a student OV card does not apply.

Hiring process

• Submit the application through the application portal before 22 November 2026; late or otherwise submitted applications will not be considered.
• The selected candidate must provide a character reference from a university, higher educational institution, or another source.
• The application and selection process covers prevention of harassment, exploitation, abuse, abuse of power, integrity issues, and financial misconduct.