Internship: Local Value Chain Learning Framework Support for Rooted in Diversity Project

Location: Hybrid, with on-site work in The Hague at least two days per week and remote work flexibility. The internship takes place from February to June 2027 for approximately five months and cannot be modified.

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

Company

hirify.global is a development organization working through the Seeds for Resilience program within the GREEN unit on food security, climate-resilient local food systems, agrobiodiversity, and livelihoods.

What you will do

• Review the Local Value Chain Learning Framework and project data, monitoring information, assessments, partner reports, and learning products.
• Create an evidence inventory covering sources, countries, topics, periods, relevance, limitations, duplication, and gaps.
• Help develop a shared repository or index with file-naming, tagging, metadata, retrieval, and maintenance procedures.
• Create a learning log or decision tracker covering findings, implications, actions, responsibilities, and follow-up.
• Support evidence-based blogs, briefs, and preparation for the mid-2027 LVC learning meeting, including cross-country synthesis.
• Prepare a user guide, support handover, participate in team meetings, and complete ad hoc team tasks.

Requirements

• Master’s student in food systems development, local value chains, agribusiness, or a related field.
• Good data management, qualitative and quantitative research, synthesis, analytical, and writing skills.
• Interest in continuous learning, evidence-informed programming, and knowledge management, with a practical and independent problem-solving approach.
• Strong coordination and communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and gender awareness.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Applicants must be at least 18 years old and enrolled at a Dutch university or HBO institution for the full internship period.
• Applicants must have the legal right to live and work in the Netherlands or be prepared to obtain the right to undertake an internship as part of their Dutch study program.
• The internship is work experience, not a thesis internship; applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time work experience and must not have previously been employed by hirify.global.

Nice to have

• Working French.
• Understanding of seed systems and agrobiodiversity.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with remote flexibility and at least two on-site days per week in The Hague.
• Internship contract for the fixed period from February to June 2027, with supervision from the HRPC Unit Manager and a designated colleague or buddy.
• Monthly allowance of €450 based on a 36-hour work week, pro rata for fewer hours.
• Commuting costs can be reimbursed if a student OV card does not apply.
• Work guided by empowerment, accountability, inclusiveness, courage, solidarity, equality, and feminist principles.

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.