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Search and Selection Intern will assist in the search and selection of leading social entrepreneurs for the Ashoka Fellowship by identifying strong candidates and nominators. The intern will also assist candidates in the application process, conducting interviews, and field visits.
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Ashoka Arab World – Internship Program
Fellow Search and Selection Intern
Brief about Ashoka:
Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs with system
changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, we have elected
over 3000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living
stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in 80 countries. With
our global community, we develop models for collaboration and design infrastructure needed
to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector. Our Fellows inspire
others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all citizens that they too
have the potential to be powerful change makers.
Position Title: Venture Intern
Reports To: Country Representative
Internship: Unpaid, full time
Office Hours: 9AM - 5PM
Working Days: Sunday – Thursday
Main Activities:
The Search and Selection intern will work closely with the Venture Assistants to conduct the
following activities:
Outreach to nominators (searching for and engaging new nominators, maintaining
current nominators and reaching out to them continuously to keep them engaged
Participate in the candidates’ preliminary interviewing process
Support in writing and editing of Fellowship candidates’ profiles
Perform background research about Fellowship candidates as well as country research
Perform Field Visits to the candidate and his/her organization
Support the team to prepare materials for the panel selection
Support the team with panel preparation and logistics
Profile Needed:
Excellent English writing and editing skills (required)
Good online research skills
Good communication skills
Proficient in Arabic (optional)
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Flexible and creative
Passionate about social development issues in the Arab World
The Person:
Must be creative within her/his scope of work and very resourceful in problem solving
Must understand Ashoka’s vision and work.
Must demonstrate her/his commitment with social change.
Must be a deeply trustworthy person.
Must be service-oriented and flexible.
Must be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple high-priority tasks at once.
Must be a team player with a high level of commitment.
Must maintain cooperative working relationships and interact with others in a helpful,
courteous and friendly manner.
Must demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for, a diverse population and be able to
work with persons of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds across all areas of the
world.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their application package to Rana Rizk at venture-
[email protected] with “Fellow Search and Selection Intern” in the subject line.
Application package should include:
Updated CV in PDF
Writing sample of at least 400 words about any topic of interest
