Internship Project Management

Are you ready to put your international development knowledge into practice? Do you want to gain hands-on experience in project management, particularly on projects in Africa? Are you interested in creative storytelling, monitoring, and learning approaches in collaboration with our partners? Free Press Unlimited offers a five-month internship (4 days a week) in project management, starting preferably in May 2025.

Who we are:

Access to information, independent media and freedom of expression are crucial to citizens and social organisations that want to combat poverty and inequality in their society. By reporting independently, and making public debate possible, independent media can contribute to positive change in their society. Free Press Unlimited offers worldwide support to journalists and media professionals through our advocacy work, emergency assistance, advice, training, capacity building and awareness raising. In order to realise our mission, Free Press Unlimited depends on funds from institutional and private donors.

About the internship:

You will gain practical experience in managing international media projects, mainly in Africa. You will support our work with partners in Somalia, Kenya, Central Africa, and possibly West Africa. While learning by doing, you will be involved in grant and partnership management, project administration, and communication. You will also gain insight into monitoring, evaluation, and storytelling, and may contribute to research and context analysis.

Main tasks: 

You will assist the Project Officers and Thematic Programme Lead “Information Integrity and Innovation” with logistics and daily project management tasks. You are also invited to contribute creatively to the storytelling and monitoring around our projects.

You will learn:

• To support different stages of report writing and drafting (keeping track of reporting requirement for selected programs, contribute and finalize progress reports with the mentoring of the team, organise and save the documents etc);
• To keep track of action points with partners (write minutes and track follow up);
• Everything about MEAL (Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning) processes, contribute to data collection for Story telling and reporting on preset indicators;
• To contribute to research for current and upcoming programs especially in the field of information integrity and innovation (Mis- and disinformation, new technologies, risks etc) , mapping of (potential) partners;
• To link with the communication department;
• To integrate gender, diversity and inclusion aspects for the Africa programme;
• To contribute to logistics (helping out where needed).

What we ask from you:

• You are a Master’s or Bachelor’s student – (Research University or Applied Science University) in Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, African Studies, International Relations, Communication Science, Journalism, or other relevant studies;
• Keen interest in media, media development, freedom of speech and freedom of press; 
• Flexible working style, self-motivated, curious and eager to learn
• Good oral and written communication skills, fluent in English – French is a plus
• Computer skills (incl Spreadsheets, Presentations - movie clips/ social media would be nice)
• A hands on, pro-active mentality and ability to work independently;
• Commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Free Press Unlimited;

What we offer:

• The opportunity to contribute to a special mission; in a dynamic and international environment.
• Internship supervision where we meet regularly to discuss your goals, with room for your personal input; 
• An internship allowance of € 400 per month (4 days a week) and a work laptop; 
• Reimbursement of travel costs; 
• A working space in our nice office in the centre of Amsterdam, where you will work with a small team of Project Officers and the Thematic Programme lead.

Interested?

Inspired by this internship and the tasks? Then please send your CV and a short motivation letter in English (PDF format) before 15 May 2025 to Fenke Elskamp, Thematic Programme Lead at vacancies@freepressunlimited.org

For the letter of motivation, please address the following in maximum 1 page:

• Which aspect of Free Press Unlimited’s mission most interests you the most, and why? (specifically in relation to Africa)
• What specific skills and experiences do you bring to this internship, and what would you like to learn?

At Free Press Unlimited we know the importance of diversity, and creating a working environment where everyone feels welcome and appreciated. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better organisation - one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better results. That is why we encourage everyone to apply.

A screening is part of the selection process. Interviews will be held soon after the closing date.