About the Job
- We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee.
- If you are such a person, NRC Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Partnership Intern to join our Country Office in Abuja.
- The intern will support the Partnerships unit in day-to-day coordination and management of NRC’s partnerships and relationships with local implementing partners.
- This role provides an opportunity to learn about partnership management, donor compliance, and humanitarian programming within NRC.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Liaison and Coordination:
- Support communication between NRC and implementing partners
- Assist in organizing partner meetings, selection processes, and workshops
- Take meeting notes and support follow-up on action points
- Help maintain positive working relationships with partners.
Documentation and Filing:
- Assist in maintaining proper filing and archiving of partnership documents
- Support updating partnership trackers, templates, and databases
- Ensure documents agreements, reports, assessments are well organized and accessible
- Help collect required documents from partners.
Compliance and Reporting Support:
- Assist in tracking partner reporting deadlines and submissions
- Support basic review of partner reports for completeness
- Help ensure partners submit required documents on time
- Assist with compiling simple summaries or internal reports.
Programme and Coordination Support:
- Support coordination with Programme and Finance teams on partner activities
- Assist in tracking implementation progress and partner activities
- Help ensure smooth administrative support for sub-grant processes.
Capacity Building Support:
- Assist in organizing partner trainings and workshops
- Support preparation and printing of training materials
- Help with logistics arrangements venue, transport, materials
- Provide basic support during online or in-person trainings
- Assist in documenting training outputs and feedback.
Partnership Processes Support:
- Assist with partner selection processes e.g., drafting documents, organizing meetings
- Support basic partner assessments and data collection
- Help in reviewing partner budgets for completeness administrative check only
- Assist in maintaining and improving partnership tools and templates.
Other Duties:
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the Partnerships Manager/Officer
Qualifications
- Relevant University Degree or Higher Education, preferably in International Relations, Development Studies,Social Sciences, or Project Management
- 0–2 years of relevant experience within the field
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Interest in working in the NGO sector and contributing to humanitarian causes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
Behavioral Competencies:
- Strategic thinking
- Managing performance and development
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Planning and delivering results
- Communicating with impact and respect.
- High level of accuracy and efficiency in reporting.
What’s in it for you?
- Join a workplace that values dedication, innovation, inclusivity, and accountability.
- Learning on the job: Gain practical experience in partnership management and humanitarian programming
- Professional development: Build coordination, communication, and organizational skills
- Exposure: Learn about donor compliance, reporting processes, and sub-grant management
Additional Information:
- Duration: 6 months July 2026 – December 2026, with possibility of renewal
- Grade Level: NRC Grade 2
- Reporting Line: Partnership Coordinator.
Note
- This position is open to Nigerian nationals only.
- We encourage qualified candidates to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the closing date.
