Online Internship at ASEAN Foundation in Indonisia 2021

The ASEAN Foundation is offering an internship opportunity, as it seeks an intern to support the programme function of the organisation, led by the Programme Manager. The Programme Management Intern provides substantive, organisational and logistical assistance to the programme staff of the ASEAN Foundation. In this process, the intern will gain knowledge of the substantive and operational aspects of the foundation’s programmes.

Internship duration:

Throughout 2021 for a period of 8 – 24 weeks.

Qualifications and skills:

• Enrolment in an undergraduate/graduate degree programme of a recognized institution in a relevant programme
• Good written and oral communication skills in English
• Ability to plan and organise work
• Resourcefulness, initiative, enthusiasm and detail-oriented
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural team environment
• Very good computer skills including knowledge and experience in all Microsoft Office software (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)
• Tech-savvy with knowledge of social networking tools, etc., is an asset
• Demonstrate commitment to ASEAN Foundation mission, vision and values
• Display cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

Tasks of the intern:

The intern would be supervised by the Programme Manager and would work closely with programme staff and s/he is expected to deliver the following tasks:

Resource Mobilisation:

Participate in and prepare input for preparing proposals for funding consideration including budget preparation

Programme Management:

1. Assist programme management in the organisation’s four thematic areas of education, arts and culture, media and community building, for example by elaborating on work plans implementation
2. Support the review of project budgets and financial reports
3. Develop minutes of meeting

Monitoring and Evaluation:

1. Support the Programme Manager in developing the M&E system to include research models of the M&E
2. Support the development of standardized reporting formats
3. Support the programme team to regularly report on progress and implementation of activities
4. Support reporting processes based on the performance of individual projects/initiatives and agreed outcomes, outputs, indicators
5. Support and initiate the development of graphs to illustrate accumulated data for reports and presentations to stakeholders

Reporting and Communication:

1. Support the writing of substantive reports and written contributions for various purposes, including inputs for donor reports, speeches, e-News, web-stories, fundraising efforts and other needs.
2. Support research on specific topics, when needed

Organisational Tasks:

1. Assist in other programme implementation work, including programme assistance functions, such as mailing, logistical arrangements (meeting and travel arrangements, etc) and organisational coordination (liaison with participants, etc)
2. Maintain a resource database of experts, officials and institutions, ensuring the most relevant and up-to-date information, to facilitate programme related contacts and communication.
3. Undertake other tasks and activities as requested

Remuneration:

The internship is voluntary and unpaid.

About ASEAN Foundation:

Established by the ASEAN Leaders in December 1997, the ASEAN Foundation was mandated to strengthen people-to-people interaction, increase participation, and develop human resource potential of ASEAN people, as well as to alleviate poverty and bring about shared prosperity in the region.

For more than 20 years, we have been steadfastly building strong partnerships with diverse institutions, from Governmental bodies, International Non-Governmental Organisations, to Private Sectors, to implement initiatives under our four thematic areas of Education, Arts and Culture, Media, and Community Building.

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