Intern - United States

Democracy International (DI) is seeking to hire an Intern for a full-time, eight-week, paid internship in a democracy and governance firm. This is open to undergraduate students currently.

This is a paid internship ($17/hour). This role is scheduled to be a hybrid remote/in-person internship at DI's offices in Bethesda, MD. We will only consider applicants who are based in the DC area and willing to work a hybrid in-office/remote schedule. 
 

Responsibilities:

The intern will provide programmatic and administrative support to DI HQ by performing the following duties:

• Researching about politics, governance and elections in foreign countries;
• Report writing and editing;
• Preparing proposals and budgets;
• Reconciling expenses;
• Assisting with office administration;
• Managing logistics for foreign travel;
• Communicating with overseas consultants and staff members; and
• Attending lectures and other events;
• Providing administrative support for home office financial activities and Accounting Team;
• Maintain files on DI shared drive
   

Skills and Qualifications:

• Coursework/demonstrated interest in international affairs, area studies, comparative politics or international development;
• work experience in an administrative support position preferred;
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple demands, prioritize and produce high quality work under pressure;
• Commitment to accuracy in all tasks and attention to detail and follow up is essential;
• Ability to take initiative, function independently and exercise good judgment;
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications;
• Fluency in English and excellent writing and communications skills; and
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
   

Environmental Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, printers, and moderate traffic).
• Ability to work in a confined office space/area.
• Ability to sit and/or stand at a computer desk for an extended period of time.
• Ability to travel on long plane flights across several time zones and at irregular hours.
   

Physical Requirements Required to Perform Essential Responsibilities:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to;

• Stand, sit; talk, hear, use of hands and fingers, and perform repetitive motions to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Reach, stoop, or kneel, to adjust computer and/or telephone equipment.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Hearing abilities required due to telephone.
• Light to moderate lifting is possible.
• Travel will require moderate lifting, sitting for extended periods of time, overnight flights across multiple time zones;
• Regular, predictable attendance is required; as business demands dictate.

Democracy International is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its employment process for individuals with disabilities to meet any and all physical requirements of our jobs.


Application Process:

Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and CV. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will be filled as soon as a qualified candidate is identified. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. 

All interested applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application. DI will not sponsor applicants for work Visa.