AI & Digital Transformation Internship in the ICT Unit (AI)

Location: Hybrid; on-site in The Hague at least two days per week, with remote work flexibility. Applicants must be enrolled at a Dutch educational institution for the full internship 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.

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

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit organization modernizing its digital landscape and using data and technology to support its mission.

What you will do

• Identify repetitive tasks and practical AI use cases across finance, programs, knowledge management, and ICT.
• Build and test small proof-of-concept solutions using Python, APIs, Microsoft Azure AI services, and approved tools.
• Explore AI-assisted search, document classification, summarization, information extraction, validation, and routing workflows.
• Support controlled data integrations through the Microsoft Azure environment.
• Evaluate AI accuracy, usefulness, reliability, limitations, incorrect results, bias, and other risks.
• Document technical findings, test results, and recommendations, and present demos to ICT and business colleagues.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong interest in AI engineering, generative AI, machine learning, and practical automation.
• Basic Python programming skills and interest in APIs, JSON, and datasets.
• Analytical, curious, and able to demonstrate problem-solving, testing, documentation, collaboration, and clear communication skills.
• Must be a student aged 18 or older and enrolled at a Dutch educational institution for the entire internship.
• Must 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 the study program; a tripartite internship agreement is required.
• Must have less than three years of relevant full-time work experience and must not have previously been employed by hirify.global.
• This is work experience for developing career objectives and is not a thesis internship.
• English communication skills are required.
• Commitment to privacy, ethical AI, human oversight, data protection, confidentiality, security, and hirify.global's values.

Nice to have

• Awareness of large language models, prompting, evaluation, or retrieval-augmented generation.
• Interest in Microsoft Azure AI tools, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Dutch language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with remote flexibility and at least two office 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 ICT Unit Manager and a designated colleague or buddy.
• Monthly allowance of €450 based on 36 hours per week, with commuting reimbursement where a student OV card is not applicable.
• Work guided by empowerment, accountability, inclusiveness, courage, solidarity, equality, and feminist principles.
• Commitment to preventing and eliminating harassment, exploitation, abuse, misconduct, abuse of power, integrity violations, and financial misconduct.

Hiring process

• Submit the application through the application portal before 22 November 2026; only applications received by the deadline and through the portal will be considered.
• The selected candidate must provide a contact for a character reference, which may be from a university or other source.
• Misconduct prevention and integrity topics are addressed during the application and selection process.