Internship in the SAFE Unit: Rights in Crisis Campaign (Humanitarian Advocacy)

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

Salary: €450 per month based on a 36-hour work week, pro rata for fewer hours.

Company

hirify.global works on humanitarian advocacy, safe and resilient communities, support for people on the move, and campaigns addressing conflict, war, oppression, and human rights.

What you will do

• Conduct background research and support drafting policy documents, briefs, statements, and lobby asks on conflict and humanitarian situations.
• Support advocacy strategies, influencing activities, lobby tours, visits, and coordination with civil society actors.
• Prepare quarterly reports and assist with proposal writing and donor reporting for the SAFE Unit.
• Participate in team meetings and brainstorming sessions.
• Support notetaking, event organization, logistics, administration, translation, and editing.

Requirements

• Be a student aged 18 or older and be enrolled at a Dutch university or HBO institution for the entire internship.
• Be currently enrolled in a relevant bachelor’s or master’s programme, such as conflict studies, international relations, political science, sociology, law, or a related discipline.
• Have an interest in or experience with conflict, human rights, advocacy, policy analysis, campaigns, politics, social change, or civil society.
• Have excellent research, writing, editing, organizational, and coordination skills.
• Be an analytical and independent thinker with creative problem-solving skills and an affinity with coordination, communications, and knowledge management.
• Be highly motivated, proactive, result-oriented, and creative, with strong cultural sensitivity and gender awareness.
• Fluency in Dutch and English is required.
• Have less than three years of relevant full-time work experience and have not previously been employed by hirify.global.
• Understand that the internship is work experience for developing career objectives and is not a thesis internship.

Nice to have

• Fluency in French and/or Spanish.

Culture & Benefits

• Internship contract for approximately five months, from February to June 2027; the period cannot be modified.
• Hybrid work with remote flexibility and supervision by the SAFE Unit Manager and a designated colleague or buddy.
• Reimbursement of commuting costs if a student OV card is not applicable.
• Work guided by empowerment, accountability, inclusiveness, courage, solidarity, equality, and feminist principles.
• A character reference will be requested from the selected candidate, and safeguarding and integrity are addressed during the application and selection process.

Hiring process

• Apply through the application portal before 22 November 2026; applications submitted after the deadline or through another route will not be considered.
• The selected candidate must provide a contact for a character reference.