Location: Accra, Ghana
Duration: 1 year, renewable
Planned Start Date: 1st May 2023
Deadline for Application: 20th April 2023
1.0 About STAR Ghana Foundation
STAR-Ghana Foundation (SGF) is a national centre for active citizenship and philanthropy. The Foundation works to strengthen civil society and facilitate inclusive citizens’ engagements with the state and other duty-bearers for accountable, transparent, and responsive governance at both local and national levels. To deliver on its mission, STAR Ghana Foundation deploys a flexible range of tools and approaches, including facilitating multi-stakeholder policy dialogues, to providing competitive grant calls, leveraging, and catalysing strategic partnerships, up to date political economy analysis, media engagement and communications, citizen feedback, and convening communities of practice and learning. Further information can be obtained at www.starghana.org
2.0 Purpose
The overall purpose of the internship programme is to provide career training and mentoring for post-national service graduates through hands-on and structured training in project/programme management, development practice and personal development. Interns are attached to various units of the organisations to expose them to the different aspects of the Foundation’s work. For 2023/2024, the Foundation is seeking to recruit 2 interns, one for Programmes and the other for Finance’. No salary will be paid, but interns will be given allowances.
3.0 Qualification and Experience
3.1 Programmes Intern:
- Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field
- A strong research and analytical background is essential.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Demonstrated experience with Word, Excel, Outlook
- Must have completed National service.
- An understanding of the civil society context in Ghana will be an advantage
- Demonstrable capacity for independent work and a high sense of initiative.
3.1 Finance Intern:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance and /or Part Qualifications in ICA, ACCA, CIMA or other related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Demonstrated capacity for independent work, high sense of initiative and integrity
- Capacity to work to tight timelines while producing quality outcomes.
- Must have completed National Service
Mode of Application:
Interested applicants should submit to : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- An Expressions of Interest (EOI) , indicating key qualifications for the role, key competencies, and motivation for applying. Applicants currently pursuing professional qualifications should include Introductory letters from their respective professional
- A Resume of not more than 3 pages
NB// Please write ‘Intern Programmes’ (for those applying for programmes and M&E) or ‘Intern Finance’ (for those applying for Finance)’ as the subject of the email.