Communication Intern

Communication Intern

14/07/2022
Application deadline closed.

Job Description

International Disability Alliance

Description

IDA is seeking a Communication Intern.

  • Position Start Date: September 1, 2022
  • Location: preferably Geneva

1/ Missions

The communication intern will have the opportunity to evolve in an exciting and fast-pace environment, in close supervision with the Senior Communication Manager and to learn from the other team members, in Geneva and around the world. The main missions of the Communication intern will be as follow:

 Website & digital campaigns

  • Writing and publishing news, updating pages, coordinating translation requests
  • Support for monitoring digital campaigns in collaboration with an e-marketing agency

Social media

  • Creation and publication of content (posts, stories, videos) on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube
  • Online community management (interactions, response to messages and comments)

Support to the Communication and other teams

  • Support for the creation of various communication media with graphic designers and internal staff
  • Support for the communications around events, production of photos and videos
  • Help with email responses
  • Processing changes and additions in photo and other databases
  • Photo library updates
  • Other tasks requested by the team

2/ Skills and Requirements

The ideal candidate should

  • pursuing a higher education with a specialization in marketing or communication, ideally in digital marketing
  • already have a first experience in the field of communication (another internship, etc.)
  • show excellent writing skills in English (knowledge of French or German an asset)
  • have an ability to work in an organized and rigorous manner,
  • desire to learn and find solutions, curiosity,
  • have a proven sense of quality
  • be perfectly comfortable with the usual IT tools and the digital world Interest in editing photos and videos (ideally knowledge of software such as: Canva, Photoshop, iMovie, Adobe Suite)

3/ Background

We are an alliance of networks. IDA brings together over 1,100 organisations of persons with disabilities and their families from across eight global and six regional networks. Together we promote the rights of persons with disabilities across the United Nations' efforts to advance human rights and sustainable development. We support organisations of persons with disabilities to hold their governments to account and advocate for change locally, nationally and internationally.  The cornerstone of our work is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). We promote the effective and full implementation of the UNCRPD, and compliance by governments and the UN System, through the active and coordinated involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities at the national, regional and international levels. The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals are also integral to IDA's work to promote inclusive, sustainable development in line with the UNCRPD.

With member organisations around the world, IDA represents the estimated one billion people worldwide living with disabilities. This is the world’s largest – and most frequently overlooked – marginalised group. IDA, with its unique composition as a network of the foremost international disability rights organisations, is the most authoritative representation of persons with disabilities on the global level and acknowledged as such by the United Nations system both in New York and Geneva.

The Communication Intern will be managed by the Senior Communication Manager and will learn from her directly on IDA’s communication, in its various aspects.

How to apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@ida-secretariat.org, before the 5th of August 2022, 8pm CET.