• Type of contract: Paid internship
• Contract duration: 6 months
• Work time: Full-time
• Reporting to: Regional Coordinator for Africa
• Location: Flexible (Geneva, Switzerland or home-based)
• Start date: 21/07/2025
• Application deadline: 22/06/2025

Background

The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Its mission is to enhance access to reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence around the globe, thus responding to a gap long identified by survivors. GSF acts to provide interim reparative measures in situations where states or other parties are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities. GSF advocates for duty-bearers and the international community to develop reparations programmes. It also guides states and civil society by providing expertise and technical support for designing reparations programmes. GSF’s survivor-centric approach is the cornerstone of its work.

Role Summary

The intern will be responsible for supporting the activities of the ACT team working on interim reparative measures projects and will report to the Regional Coordinator for Africa. In addition, the intern will provide support to other members of the ACT team, in particular to the ACT management team and the IRM Projects Assistant.

Position Responsibilities

 Key responsibilities include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Contribute to data analysis, research, drafting of note and reports related to ongoing or upcoming interim reparative measures projects;
• Participate and report on projects meetings, including with partners;
• Support the organisation of exchanges on lessons learnt;
• Support ACT internal coordination, including the collection of quotes, the update of projects flowcharts, of the mission calendar and other reporting documents;
• Support the research and translation of tools in the ACT toolkit, from and into English/French, and Spanish if possible;
• Participate and report on ACT team meetings;
• Participate in GSF team meetings.

Position Requirements

This internship is part of an academic training program, a professional training program or a socio-professional integration program, and must meet the conditions set by the Conseil de surveillance du marché de l'emploi (CSME).

Other Essential requirements

• Master's in international relations, international law, or another related topic;
• Full working proficiency in English and French;
• Spanish is an asset;

How to Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org with “ACT Intern Application” as email subject, by 22 June 2025. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Global Survivors Fund (GSF) is dedicated to fostering diversity, gender balance, and inclusion, reflecting the varied landscapes where we operate and the communities we work with. We welcome applications from qualified professionals of all backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. We particularly encourage candidates from regions where GSF is active to apply.

At GSF, we are committed to enforcing stringent Safeguarding policies, covering protection from exploitation, abuse, harassment, misuse of power, and discrimination, as well as child safeguarding and financial and fiscal integrity. We uphold a zero-tolerance approach to any form of unacceptable behaviour.

As part of our recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be required to provide references from previous employers and complete a self-declaration.

GSF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, or hiring processes (i.e. application stage, interview stage, validation stage, appointment, or training). GSF will never request applicants’ bank account information.

Please note that candidates must be authorised to work in the country where the position is based at the time of application.

Your Data - If you choose to apply for this position, you will be providing us with your personal data, which will be processed solely for the purpose of selecting a candidate for this position. We will retain the personal data you share with us as part of the application process for six months from the application deadline, after which it will be deleted. Your personal data will be accessed only by our HR Staff managing the recruitment process and members of the selection panel. You have the right to a) request access to your personal data and information about how we process it, b) ask us to rectify any inaccurate personal data we hold about you c) request the deletion of your personal data or restrict its processing, and d) object to how we process your personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact recruitment@globalsurvivorsfund.org . If you have any concerns or complaints about how GSF processes your personal data, please submit them to DataProtection@globalsurvivorsfund.org .