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JOB TITLE: Intern

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ENTITY: Amnesty Nigeria Section

LOCATION: Abuja

JOB SUMMARY:

The internship program is designed to provide immersive, practical experience across three key tracks that contribute to the mission of Amnesty International Nigeria, providing multi-disciplinary support in the design, implementation, and monitoring of human rights programmes,facilitate rigorous financial stewardship through accurate transaction documentation and submission of filings and deliver cross-functional assistance in organizational visibility and day-to-day administrative functions.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor human rights developments including decisions by national, regional and international human rights bodies in Nigeria.

• Support in the development, organisation and implementation of campaigning, communication, human rights education and growth activities by searching for and collating relevant information, developing short notes or briefings and documenting materials in a systematic manner for easy retrieval.

• Support daily entry of financial transactions on payment vouchers, maintaining priority Class, Project, and regulatory deduction

• Assist in the preparing payment vouchers and reconciling Income & Expenditure statements with bank records

• Assist in drafting social media posts, press releases, and monthly newsletter updates regarding Amnesty Nigeria's activities

• Track local and international news daily for information on human rights, rule of law, or democracy in Nigeria.

SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or relevant professional qualifications.

Degrees in social sciences or international relations, law would be an advantage.

• A master's degree is a plus;

• Demonstrated interest in human rights, e.g. through previous work, membership of an organization, involvement in advocacy of human rights, etc

• Good interpersonal skills, a helpful and personable attitude;

• Good oral and written communication skills in English; other relevant local Nigerian languages or additional foreign languages desirable;

• Ability to work under pressure, manage conflicting demands, multi task and work to deadlines to achieve results;

• Able to work in a manner that is consistent with the organisation's core behaviours and competencies.

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and a willingness to learn cloud-based systems like QBO would be an advantage

• Good understanding and use of social media e.g.

Facebook, Twitter

Please see the JD for a full list of duties.

EQUALITY STATEMENT

Equality and diversity are at the core of our values and staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Public or other activity, affiliation to or support for any group or organization, personal association or other factor which may generate a real or perceived conflict of interest with Amnesty International Nigeria principles (specifically independence and impartiality), or raise a security concern, or otherwise prevent the candidate from carrying out key functions of the specific post and would therefore disqualify the candidate from being appointed.

Amnesty International Nigeriaoffers a competitive Internship scheme that offers an opportunity to contribute to important human rights work while developing knowledge and professional skills in the role.

A great emphasis is placed on research and developing this capability.

The scheme is designed to support the career development of future leaders in the human rights field.

Internships are fixed for a certain contracted period and cannot exceed 1 year.

There are no guarantees of employment at the end of the internship.

Documents

• Job Description - Interns 2026.pdf (156.15 KB)

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