Centro Internazionale Crocevia’s hiring!

Internship applications are open for graduates and new graduates.

Job description

Scope of the work

An Internship at Centro Internazionale Crocevia will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Support the IPC Secretariat
• Support IPC Working Group on Agricultural Biodiversity for different tasks.
• Produce reports of internal meetings, international events and support for project reporting.
• Participate in FAO processes to give support to the IPC delegates.
• Participation in national events and report of these meetings.
• Search for calls for proposals and draft of project proposal to be presented for Crocevia and IPC.
• Translate texts in English, French, Spanish and Italian.
• Support the logistic work of Crocevia: buy flight tickets, book hotels, management of office needs (stationery, purchase orders…)
• Support the staff in activities as: event and workshop organization, strengthening of activism and voluntary network, maintenance and construction of new partnerships.

Degree of expertise and Qualifications

• At least a Bachelor degree or equivalent related to agriculture, political science, sociology or food chain;
• An excellent knowledge of English (writing and speaking) and at least one between French and Spanish.
• Good understanding of global governance and the FAO system. Acknowledgement of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (http://www.foodsovereignty.org/).
• Ability to interface with a different range of persons (Governments, peasants, social movements, intergovernmental institutions, volunteers, activists).
• Good skills in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Good capacity in reporting.

Reporting, Supervision and Performance Evaluation

• The intern will report to the IPC Secretariat and the Facilitator of the Working Groups, with oversight by the Senior Project Coordinator.
• Each staff who is interfacing with the intern will evaluate his/her performance.

No salary is available; however, there is a possibility to start a “Garanzia Giovani” compensation for those eligible.

To apply, please send an e-mail with an updated resume and a cover letter to info@croceviaterra.it by 20/01/2018.