Tanzania - Youth Reporters Network Intern

YOUTH REPORTERS NETWORK INTERN

Closing date: 5pm (East African Time), Tuesday 4th November , 2014
Contract Length: 8 Months
Reports to: Project Officer
Interview date: TBC
Salary: TSH 440,000 per month
Location: Mbeya, Tanzania (with frequent travel to Mbeya and Iringa Villages)

Restless Development is the national banner carrier for youth-led development. We’ve been in Tanzania since 1993, growing, changing and responding to the most urgent issues facing young Tanzanians.

The Young Reporters Network (YRN) falls under the Mabinti Tushike Hatamu(MTH) project delivered in partnership with UNICEF and Tanzania AIDS Commission, and implemented in Mbeya, Iringa and Temeke. MTH aims to test, evaluate and share strategies for reducing the vulnerability of adolescent out-of-school females aged 10-19 to HIV and AIDS, pregnancy and violence.

Working alongside the MTH project teams, you will support the YRN to grow in Mbeya. You will focus on educating, training, and mentoring the young women and girls in radio reporting, writing, editing and production of children’s programmes and mediated radio products. You will provide young girl reporters with basic journalism skills; and increase active participation of children and young people in the production of children’s programmes in the districts.

You will support MTH volunteers to mobilize children to identify issues affecting them, and gather information and stories for broadcasting on community radio stations; Nuru FM (Iringa) and Generation (Mbeya).

Are you an ambitious, self-driven, experienced young professional who is ready to be challenged? Are you ready to push yourself and maximize your potential? If so, Restless Development Tanzania is looking for YOU!

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To apply please follow the instructions in the job description, sending a completed application form to:jobstanzania@restlessdevelopment.org, stating the vacancy job title Tanzania - Youth Reporters Network Intern

Closing date for this position is 5pm (East African Time), Tuesday 4th November , 2014

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The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is seeking law students in the final years of their degree, graduate students, and law graduates, with a strong background in international law and strong legal research skills, and a good knowledge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for Fall 2014 legal internships. The internship requires fluency in written and spoken English; additional French language skills are strongly preferred. The legal internship is full-time; however, for exceptional candidates based in the Netherlands, part-time internships may also be possible.

Legal interns will make an essential contribution to the work of the Legal Team. Tasks may include: monitoring, summarising, and analysing filings, decisions, and proceedings of the ICC; research projects on the work of the Court and issues of gender and international criminal law; contributions to our events and program work; English/French translations; and some administrative work. The legal internship will provide an excellent opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge about the work of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and the work of the ICC.

This is an unpaid internship based in our Hague office.

How to apply:

In order to apply for the legal intern position, please send the following information to info@iccwomen.org,with “application for Fall 2014 legal internship” in the subject line:

1. Curriculum vitae
2. Dates of availability. The Fall legal internship period is 3-4 months commencing in August/September 2014
3. Details of self-funding
4. One A4-page (about 500 words) explaining why you are interested in the internship. Please include in this letter your connection to gender and women’s rights issues as well as a description of your expertise and how that may be of benefit to our work. Please include any other information you think might be of relevance, e.g., international experience, proficiency in languages other than English and French, experience working for an NGO, etc.
5. Contact information for two references, including one employer; those selected for interviews will also be asked to provide a writing sample.

Before sending your application, please carefully review the information on our website (www.iccwomen.org).

The deadline for applications for Fall 2014 internships is 22 June 2014.

Only short-listed individuals will be invited for an interview. No phone calls, please.

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