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The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) invites applications for its Romani internship programme at its office in Budapest, Hungary, for the period March–August 2011.

 
Interns are provided with accommodation and a cost of living stipend for the duration of their time at the ERRC. The programme includes an in-country component, in which the ERRC and selected interns will work together to implement joint community-based human rights initiatives (small research, advocacy or other related projects) in a Romani community as follow up activity to the time spent at the ERRC office. This component is optional but applicants expressing interest in the follow-up will be given priority in the programme.

 
Internships at the ERRC office will be offered on a competitive basis for periods of 3 to 6 months; upon successful completion of the in-office component a maximum of six months will be supported for the in-country component. The internship requires a full-time commitment.

 
Applicants should have:

• Extensive experience living and working in Romani communities;
• Good command of English, both written and spoken. Romani language skills are a plus;
• At minimum, completed secondary education; university level studies preferred;
• The ability to working a diverse, multicultural environment in a proper, timely fashion with supervision;
• Good organisational and communication skills, commitment and enthusiasm;
• Flexibility and the ability to work independently as well as in a team;
• A proven record of activism in the Romani movement; and
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Applicants should be a minimum of 20 years of age. The ERRC seeks applicants representing all segments (women, LGBT, disabled people, etc) of the Romani community in this programme.
 
All interns will receive professional guidance and be directly supervised by the Human Rights Trainer. Interns will also work together with the other ERRC programmes, including research and advocacy, legal, communications, as well as finance, operations and executive management. Activities and tasks of interns shall include both theoretical learning and practical skills development components, including but not limited to:

• Researching Roma rights related topics;
• Monitoring of stakeholders, policy-makers, think tanks, etc.;
• Detailed monitoring of news and information on Roma rights;
• Attending meeting and events related to the mission of ERRC and produce briefing documents;
• Assisting in ERRC activities and projects, including logistically/administratively; and
• Other tasks to be determined together with the Human Rights Trainer and the project related supervisor.

Individual projects to be implemented in-country will be supervised by the Human Rights Trainer.
 
Interested candidates should send:

• a curriculum vitae (maximum two A4 page);
• a letter of interest (maximum one A4 page) including the period of availability;
• contact details for two references; and
• a short proposal for an in-country internship follow-up (optional).

 Only complete application packages will be considered.

 
Application packages should be sent to:

Dora Eke
Subject line of message:  ERRC Romani Intern Search
Email: dora.eke@errc.org
Fax: +36 1 4132201

 
The deadline for applications is 19 December 2010 at midnight CET time.

Applications received after this date will not be considered. Only short-listed applicants will be notified. Applicants who have not been contacted within five weeks of the deadline should consider that their application was not accepted in this round. A new call will be issued in the spring of 2011; please check the ERRC website.