Ashoka Arab World – Internship Program Fellow Search and Selection Intern Brief about Ashoka: Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, we have elected over 3000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in 80 countries. With our global community, we develop models for collaboration and design infrastructure needed to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector. Our Fellows inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful change makers. Position Title: Venture Intern Reports To: Country Representative Internship: Unpaid, full time Office Hours: 9AM - 5PM Working Days: Sunday – Thursday Main Activities: The Search and Selection intern will work closely with the Venture Assistants to conduct the following activities: Outreach to nominators (searching for and engaging new nominators, maintaining current nominators and reaching out to them continuously to keep them engaged Participate in the candidates’ preliminary interviewing process Support in writing and editing of Fellowship candidates’ profiles Perform background research about Fellowship candidates as well as country research Perform Field Visits to the candidate and his/her organization Support the team to prepare materials for the panel selection Support the team with panel preparation and logistics Profile Needed:
Excellent English writing and editing skills (required)
Good online research skills
Good communication skills
Proficient in Arabic (optional)
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Flexible and creative
Passionate about social development issues in the Arab World
The Person:
Must be creative within her/his scope of work and very resourceful in problem solving
Must understand Ashoka’s vision and work.
Must demonstrate her/his commitment with social change.
Must be a deeply trustworthy person.
Must be service-oriented and flexible.
Must be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple high-priority tasks at once.
Must be a team player with a high level of commitment.
Must maintain cooperative working relationships and interact with others in a helpful, courteous and friendly manner.
Must demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for, a diverse population and be able to work with
persons of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds across all areas of the
world. How to Apply: Interested candidates should send their application package to Rana Rizk at ventureassist@ashoka-arab.org with “Fellow Search and Selection Intern” in the subject line. Application package should include: Updated CV in PDF Writing sample of at least 400 words about any topic of interest
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