Jobs & Internships

The Humanitarian Centre is committed to offering good quality internships to young people looking for experience in the sector. We also occasionally advertise for paid staff at the Humanitarian Centre or with other Cambridge organisations.

We currently host two 10-month internships, placed by EWB (Engineers Without Borders) UK. They start in September of each year and are usually advertised in April / May. Interns are responsible for running Humanitarian Centre programmes, and are involved in every aspect of the organisation.

We can also offer short-term and part-time volunteer positions, usually involving work on specific projects. Please visit the volunteering opportunities page for current vacancies.

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Humanitarian Centre

The Humanitarian Centre does not currently have any job or internship vacancies.

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Job Vacancies and Internships – member organisations

Institute for Democracy & Conflict Resolution joint Internship Programme: Nepal.

The Institute for Democracy & Conflict Resolution at the University of Essex and the Mountain Trust are launching a joint Internship programme from February 2012. It is designed to enable MA & MPhil students of International Development, law, education as well as civil & human rights to put their theoretical learning to the test in Nepal. Applications are welcome from equivalent / significant others with a clear interest in these fields.

At the end of their courses, the programme offers students the chance to visit Nepal for a month and work with experienced human rights, development and political groups to help build their capacity and to make a positive contribution in a voluntary capacity. Depending on a candidate’s course options / modules, our aim is to design an assignment and place each person or small group with (I)NGOs etc. where they can both contribute and learn how realities pan out on the ground to the maximum benefit. Dependent upon each candidate’s studies, some may be tasked with researching and preparing policy changes which will be presented to the relevant Minister(s) in the Government.

For more information, please see: Joint Mountain Trust & IDCR Internships Nepal 

Enquiries should be sent with a CV to Charles Malcolm-Brown, Chairman of the Mountain Trust: cmb@mountain-trust.org

 

Web Developer, Aptivate

Are you looking to use your technical skills for social benefit? We are a not-for-profit organisation focusing on IT in international development, and we are looking for an exceptional software engineer to join our team.

The person we’re looking for would be passionate about:

• Software engineering and open source technology;
• International development;
• Being part of a small, supportive team where everyone mucks in.

We use:

• Agile practices for our software development and project management;
• Participatory methods to engage with our clients and users;
• Consensus decision making to organise ourselves.

…so you should be at least interested in these practices, and any experience would be a distinct advantage.

We will consider talented individuals from any background, however demonstrable experience of web development and confident HTML / CSS usage is essential, and knowledge of the following technologies would be an advantage:

• Python / Django
• Linux
• CMS integration, e.g. WordPress / Drupal / Joomla etc
• Testing frameworks

While we expect you to be doing a lot of technical development with us, we don’t have, or seek, people that just do one thing – we all wear many hats. We’re looking for capable people who are good at learning and love working as part of a team.

To find out more and apply, visit http://www.aptivate.org/job-web-developer

  

Internship, Touch of Africa

Touch of Africa is a new fashion house based in Cambridge run by four students from Cambridge University. We are bringing African inspired and ethically produced clothing to the European Market.http://www.touch-of-africa.co.uk/store/

 

 The role will primarily involve:

- Helping to update the Touch of Africa website and coordinate our presence on new media sites such as Facebook and YouTube.

- Help plan any upcoming fashion events

- Taking part in team weekly meetings and meetings with external colleagues where future events are planned and upcoming work priorities are discussed.

 

 If you are available up to 10 hours per week to volunteer for Touch of Africa in Cambridge for a 3 month period, and would like to gain experience please email sela@touch-of-africa.co.uk with a CV and cover letter explaining your interest in International Development. This is an unpaid position, with travel & food costs to our events paid. If you have a keen interest in International development and Social Enterprise then we hope to hear from you. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Please also see the Humanitarian Centre’s member organisations and follow the website links to find other job vacancies and internships.

Member organisations can advertise their job vacancies or internships by emailing the details to info@humanitariancentre.org.