Responsibilities

• Job Title: Research and Campaigns Intern

  Location: Abuja, Nigeria
  Durations: 2 Years
  Type: Internship
  No of weekly working hours: 40

  Job Summary

  • To assist in monitoring human rights developments; supporting campaigns and growth activities; and carrying out research in various areas of focus including but not limited to arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, unlawful killings, women’s rights, media freedom, civic space, freedom of expression, forced evictions, torture and cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, discrimination, and access to justice.

  Main Responsibilities

  • Assist with research and investigations on the human rights situation in Nigeria.
  • Monitor human rights developments including decisions by national, regional and international human rights bodies.
  • Support with processing incoming inquiries, petitions, and letters, and other administrative tasks.
  • Draft letters, reports, blog posts, articles and informative pieces for internal and external audiences.
  • Document minutes of weekly team meeting and send to the team administrator for review and final submission.
  • Contribute to the team’s response during a crisis or unexpected work.
  • Support in the development, organisation and implementation of campaigning, communication, human rights education, and growth activities by searching for and collating relevant information, developing short notes or briefings and documenting materials in a systematic manner for easy retrieval.
  • Assist in planning of meetings, seminars, workshops, compiling lists and logistical support as necessary.

  Working Relationship:

  • Reporting to: Programmes Manager - Amnesty International Nigeria
  • Posts that this job manages: None
  • Other key relationships: Amnesty International Nigeria staff particularly the researchers, campaigners and the Finance and Office Manager; West and Central Africa Regional Office (WARO); International Secretariat (IS).