Intern: Institutional Funding - Research

Your mission

War Child is looking for a:

Intern:
Institutional Funding - Opportunity Research

You support the members of the Institutional Funding and Grants Delivery (IFGD) team and beyond in researching, identifying and tracking relevant funding opportunities from a variety of institutional donors and foundations. The core objective of this is to support the timely and proactive preparation and positioning of the War Child Alliance for relevant funding opportunities, which is key to successful fundraising and quality project development processes and outcomes.

Obligations you may have in relation to your study will be discussed with you in order to ensure that your time with War Child will complement your learnings and provide meaningful career development.

• In collaboration with Account Managers and other relevant staff, map sources and channels (platforms, newsletters, websites, portals, etc) from which funding opportunities are typically identified ;
• Consistently track funding opportunities based on pre-identified or newly identified funding sources on a weekly basis;
• Assess the feasibility and relevance of identified funding opportunities in relation to War Child’s organizational and fundraising strategy and programmatic priorities based on various criteria (thematic, geographic, eligibility) and application guidelines;
• Through regular check-ins with Account Managers and other relevant staff, bring together relevant perspectives for a complete relevance and feasibility assessment of identified funding opportunities;
• Based on past funding trends, map the regularity of relevant funding opportunities and consider ability to forecast the opening of funding windows;
• Assist in updating and maintaining pipeline tracking tools (including War Child’s central data system) with upcoming deadlines for funding opportunities;
• Contribute to internal knowledge management by ensuring that insights and strategy of donor and funding trends are captured and accessible across the team by updating the donor profile two-pager on a regular basis;
• If needed, support coordination of go/no-go decisions by preparing inputs for internal discussions based on the assessment of funding opportunities;

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor/Master degree in International Relations, Humanitarian/Development Studies, Political Science, Public Administration/Policy or a related field;
• You are enrolled in a Dutch higher education institute for the whole duration of the internship;
• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources;
• Proactive and able to work independently while also collaborating with team members;
• Interest in learning about humanitarian aid, international development, fundraising or grant funding processes;
• Good organizational and planning skills and attention to detail, especially for tracking deadlines and managing data;
• Ability to assess opportunities based on strategic fit, eligibility criteria, and feasibility;
• Strong written communication skills in English;
• Comfortable working with Excel, databases, and online research tools;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a structured way;

Our Organisation The War Child Alliance is a network of fundraising members and an implementing arm (the War Child Alliance Foundation) with country teams and global teams. The Institutional Funding and Grants Delivery (IFGD) team within the War Child Alliance Foundation provides the strategic direction for and leads the coordination of its fundraising members. Through effective engagement and partnership building with institutional donors and foundations, the IFGD team is also directly responsible for raising funds from institutional donors where there is no Alliance Fundraising Member.

Alongside this, the team’s investments in systems, tools, policies and processes are helping to build a more resilient funding model in which War Child can continue to deliver meaningful support to children and communities affected by conflict in a rapidly changing global funding environment.

Our conditions We are looking for an intern who will join…