Results and Communications Internship
NB: Please note that a Danish citizenship or fulfilling one of the following requirements is required: The applicant has lived in Denmark for a longer period of time (at least 3-4 years), is admitted at a Danish University or Business School and at the time of applying has residence in Denmark.
Would you like to work with us to improve the communication about Denmark’s activities in Kenya and Somalia? Are you interested in international development, and development cooperation in Africa? Would you like to work in a vibrant and challenging environment at the largest Danish Embassy in Africa? You will have dedicated colleagues ready to guide and involve you in the various tasks of the Danish Embassy and live in a city known for its vivid mix of African cultures, entrepreneurs, and international agents.
Communicate results and stories about the Danish development cooperation
An internship at the Danish Embassy in Nairobi will give an in-depth knowledge of how we communicate about the Danish presence in Kenya and Somalia and the broad range of instruments that are implemented under Danish development cooperation in Kenya and Somalia – including the bilateral programmes, Strategic Sector Cooperation, Trade council, Danida Market Development Partnerships and more. The results and communications team works closely with all teams at the embassy to support result frameworks and communicate results and priorities to an external audience on e.g. social media. The intern will assist the team in tracking the results of our engagements and managing the external communication in relation to the Danish development cooperation to Kenya and Somalia.
Together with the responsible teams, we aim to further support Denmark’s ongoing advocacy work on key priorities such as women rights and climate change, in targeted online campaigns. The intern will play a pivotal role in developing, implementing and measuring the success of these campaigns.
Your daily tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Daily coordination of Denmark in Kenya and Somalia’s social media channels on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
- Developing original content for our social media platforms, and source content from teams, reports and partners.
- Production of videos, pictures, and graphics for social media using FinalCut Pro, and Canva
- Creating communications campaigns for events and development priorities
- Assisting with project and events management
- Assistance in developing a results tracker and other results related tasks, including elaboration of success stories to communicate about achieved results.
We are looking for students from communications and development programs with a genuine interest in development, politics and the world around us. Professional experience in social media is a plus. Excellent writing- and organizational skills are required. Additional competencies include:
- Experience in production of social media content
- Ability to shoot and edit video and work on multimedia projects is an advantage
- Ability to work with CMS
- A good sense of storytelling - ability to quickly understand a new subject matter and detect compelling stories in data and results.
- Demonstrates professionalism and understanding of Danish development cooperation and the importance of collecting and communicating results
- Knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint and analytics programs
- You are open, independent, and bring new creative ideas to the table
Learning
As an intern in the Results and communications Team, you will have an opportunity to work closely with the development teams across the embassy to communicate about the priorities and activities related to the two country programs. More details about the programmes in Kenya and Somalia can be found here.
As an intern, you will be acquainted with the practical workings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These include learning about the management of development programmes, the coordination between the Embassy and Copenhagen and getting familiar with the financial and archiving systems used by the Ministry.
Other tasks will come up on an ad-hoc basis.
The intern will accompany the team on at least one field trip the semester.
Qualifications
- A Bachelor degree and admission at master level at a Danish University in a relevant field for this position.
- Experience in communications, public relations, and possessing strong drafting/writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to multitask and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- Innovative, organized, and self-motivated with a keen interest in driving strategic messages to key internal and external role-players.
- Familiarity with development policies, international relations and/or East African or Kenyan politics and dynamics is considered an asset.
- Danish citizenship or fulfilling the following requirements: The applicant has lived in Denmark for a longer period of time (at least 3-4 years), is admitted at a Danish University or Business School and at the time of applying has residence in Denmark.
Practicalities
The Embassy provides a monthly supplement of DKK 4000 of which approximately half is spent on rent for the apartment shared with the Embassy’s other interns. Due to regulation regarding SU and compensation, you will have two options regarding the supplement:
- Choose not to receive SU and get the monthly supplement of DKK 4000 per month.
- Receive SU and hand in documentation of concrete expenses (including flight tickets, vaccines, insurance, etc.) up to DKK 4000 per month.
Due to Nairobi being a city with high security risks there are certain limitations to the movements of the interns. For more information on the security situation in Nairobi, please see the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' recommendations on travelling in Kenya. Regular security briefings will be provided by the Embassy.
Should you have any questions about the position, please do not hesitate to contact Public Diplomacy and Communications Lead, Emma Macharia on [email protected].