Request for Applications – Internship to support PIND’s Integrated Peace and Development Unit (IPDU)

PIND seeks to engage an Intern to support the IPDU. The Intern will provide the needed additional human resources in order to improve the quality of IPDU deliverables. The Internship opportunity is at PIND’s Economic Development Centre in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It is expected that this assignment will run for a total of 6 months starting from January 2021 and renewable for another 6 months from July to December 2021.

 

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

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The intern would assist the Research Coordinator to provide technical support to organisations on how to use the Peace Map and Early Warning/Early Response infrastructure, and to regularly register Peace Agents on the P4P Peace Map. The intern will also provide support for coding and formatting of over 400 incident reports every month, forwarding of conflict early warning reports to Prevent Committees for early response, and weekly correspondence with P4P Peace Monitors and Prevent Committees.

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

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The objectives of this internship are as follows:

1. Assist the IPDU Research Coordinator to collate and code conflict data from 6 sources (Nigeria Watch, CIEPD, ACLED, P4P SMS, MWAN, and GADA).
2. Support the IPDU Research Coordinator to collate data for weekly/quarterly trackers, policy briefings and special conflict reports.
3. Weekly telephone engagement with over 50 active P4P Peace Monitors across the 9 states of the Niger Delta on conflict incident reporting.
4. Monitors the IPDU SMS platform in real-time and send conflict early warning alerts to P4P Prevent Committee members and other stakeholders.
5. Daily analysis of online and print media to monitor and collate data on conflict and instability in the Niger Delta.
6. Regularly update a distribution/mailing list for the SMS platform to ensure seamless.
7. Register peacebuilding organisation into the Peace Map at the end of every P4P/IPDU trainings, workshops and other stakeholders’ engagements.
8. Update Peacebuilding’s weekly program activities on the PIND’s Monday Morning Meeting drive, as well as monthly reports.
9. Provides administrative and secretariat support to the IPDU.
10. Perform other related responsibilities as needed.

 

QUALIFICATIONS 

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• A minimum of BSc/BA/HND in relevant field of studies.
• A self-starter with good time management and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Must be computer literate with strong analytical and numerical skills.

 

Additional Qualifications

• Basic understanding of databases.
• Excellent knowledge of data analysis and word processing tools (Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

 

HOW TO APPLY

Application letter and CV should be emailed to internships@pindfoundation.org with ‘IPDU Intern’ as subject of email. Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.

 

DEADLINE: 

Not later than December 10, 2020.

 

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