Job Title: Partnership Intern, Nigeria
Job ID: 21152
Location: Abuja
Duration: 6 months (July 2026 – December 2026), with possibility of renewal
Grade Level: NRC Grade 2
Reporting Line: Partnership Coordinator
Description
- We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee.
- If you are such a person, NRC Nigeria is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Partnership Intern to join our Country Office in Abuja.
- The intern will support the Partnerships unit in day-to-day coordination and management of NRC’s partnerships and relationships with local implementing partners.
- This role provides an opportunity to learn about partnership management, donor compliance, and humanitarian programming within NRC.
Key Responsibilities
Partner Liaison and Coordination:
- Support communication between NRC and implementing partners
- Assist in organizing partner meetings, selection processes, and workshops
- Take meeting notes and support follow-up on action points
- Help maintain positive working relationships with partners.
Documentation and Filing:
- Assist in maintaining proper filing and archiving of partnership documents
- Support updating partnership trackers, templates, and databases
- Ensure documents (agreements, reports, assessments) are well organized and accessible
- Help collect required documents from partners.
Compliance and Reporting Support:
- Assist in tracking partner reporting deadlines and submissions
- Support basic review of partner reports for completeness
- Help ensure partners submit required documents on time
- Assist with compiling simple summaries or internal reports.
Programme and Coordination Support:
- Support coordination with Programme and Finance teams on partner activities
- Assist in tracking implementation progress and partner activities
- Help ensure smooth administrative support for sub-grant processes.
Capacity Building Support:
- Assist in organizing partner trainings and workshops
- Support preparation and printing of training materials
- Help with logistics arrangements (venue, transport, materials)
- Provide basic support during online or in-person trainings
- Assist in documenting training outputs and feedback.
Partnership Processes Support:
- Assist with partner selection processes (e.g., drafting documents, organizing meetings)
- Support basic partner assessments and data collection
- Help in reviewing partner budgets for completeness (administrative check only)
- Assist in maintaining and improving partnership tools and templates.
Other Duties:
- Perform any other tasks assigned by the Partnerships Manager/Officer.
Qualifications
- Relevant University Degree or Higher Education, preferably in international relations, development studies, social sciences, or project management
- 0–2 years of relevant experience within the field
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication, coordination and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Interest in working in the NGO sector and contributing to humanitarian causes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Behavioural Competencies:
- Strategic thinking
- Managing performance and development
- Empowering and building trust
- Managing resources to optimize results
- Planning and delivering results
- Communicating with impact and respect
- High level of accuracy and efficiency in reporting.
Application Closing Date
24th June, 2026; 12:55 AM.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via link below