Type of contract: Internship

Contract duration: 6 months

Work time: Full-time

Reporting to: Head of Projects for Interim Reparative Measures

Location: Flexible (Geneva, Switzerland or home-based)

Start date: January 2025

Application deadline: 02/11/2025

Background

The Global Survivors Fund (“GSF”) was launched in October 2019 by Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureates 2018. 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 (IRM) in situations where states or other parties are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities. GSF advocates for duty bearers as well as 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 projects for interim reparative measures, 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
• Support the organisation of exchanges on projects 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

• Interest and/or work experience on one or more of the following areas: reparations, transitional justice, conflict-related sexual violence, women's rights;
• Excellent research and analytical skills;
• Ability to draft high quality texts, briefs, or other documents;
• Strong teamwork skills;
• Good computer skills;
• 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 Sunday 02 November 2025. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Global Survivors Fund is dedicated to fostering diversity, gender balance, and inclusion, mirroring 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.

We adhere to several safeguarding policies, including Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, and Fiscal Integrity.

Please be aware 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, that will be processed for the purpose of selecting a candidate for this position only. We will keep the personal data you share with us as part of the application process for six months from the deadline for application, after which it will be deleted. Your personal data will be accessed only by our HR Staff managing the recruitment process, as well as the members of the selection panel. You have the right to a) ask us for access to your personal data and for information about how we process it, b) to ask us to rectify the personal data we have on record for you, c) to ask us to delete your personal data or restrict its use, and d) to object to our processing of 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 .