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Do you want to support the humanitarian emergency response capacity of the UN in Denmark’s largest humanitarian NGO? Then apply for our DRC Standby Roster intern position starting August 2025.
Who are we?
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Standby Roster is part of the Humanitarian Strategic Surge Capacity unit within the People and Organization department.
We have assisted UN agencies around the world with the deployment of experts to fill capacity gaps in humanitarian operations with short notice for more than 30 years and we are considered a leading partner to several UN agencies including UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP.
A roster is a list of carefully vetted, recruited and trained professionals, who are ready to be deployed at short notice. Our team is managing several rosters that enable the DRC Standby Roster (SBR) to deploy expert staff on short notice to UN and DRC operations globally. For more information, please visit our website: here
About the internship
The intern will be part of the Standby Roster team and will assist with the deployment of experts (roster members) to specific UN missions in the field.
Tasks will include, but are not limited to:
- Updating our website information and working on our social media presence
- Writing and distributing our quarterly newsletter to all roster members
- Supporting with ad hoc administrative and financial tasks using Excel and our internal ERP system ‘Dynamics’ to process deployees’ expenses, book flight tickets and support colleagues and roster members with various inquiries
- Supporting the preparation and facilitation of the induction training of new roster members
- Assisting with the recruitment, reference collecting and onboarding of new roster members
- Attending briefings and debriefings with roster members before and after deployments
- Registering UN requests for deployments and trainings in our ‘HERO’ database
- A development project defined according to your competencies and interests, which contributes to the development needs of the Standby Roster team
We offer flexibility in your work, so you also have the possibility to influence your tasks, subject to what is relevant for your study programme.
As an intern in the DRC Standby Roster, we offer you the opportunity to:
- Gain experience working in an internationally recognized humanitarian NGO
- Gain knowledge of the humanitarian system and the UN partners we work with
- Work independently and with a lot of responsibility
- Be part of an enthusiastic and dynamic team
About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to:
- Commit to the values and Code of Conduct of the Danish Refugee Council
- Be able to work independently and proactively and to handle challenges in a constructive and positive way
- Have an interest in and flair for communication and administrative tasks incl. financial management
- Be open-minded and flexible towards the different tasks assigned to you
All employees and interns in DRC should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.
Your qualifications
Your field of study is not paramount, but it should be within social sciences and/or international affairs.
To apply for the internship, you must meet the following requirements:
- Have an interest in international affairs and humanitarian assistance
- Have completed a minimum of two years of higher education
- Be fluent in spoken and written English
- Be able to navigate a challenging environment and handle a wide range of complex tasks
It is a requirement that you are enrolled in a university during the full internship period.
We offer
Contract length: 5-6 months subject to study requirements and further dialogue
Workplace: DRC Headquarters located Borgergade 10, Copenhagen
Start date: August 2025. We can be flexible on the start date.
Working hours: 32 hours per week. We offer flexibility when you have study obligations next to the internship.
The internship is not paid, but we offer:
- 2,08 (unpaid) vacation days per month. The days can either be spent as you earn them or be accumulated
- Free lunch in our canteen (subject to our canteen being open)
- Free participation in our Winter or Summer party (subject to dates)
Please note that if you do not have the right to work in Denmark (through nationality or existing work visa), you will need to apply for it if selected for the internship. This process can take up to three months from initiating the process. You can read more here.
Application process
All applicants must send a cover letter, an updated CV in English, as well as documentation that you are enrolled in a university. If you are applying for more than one internship with DRC, please indicate so in your cover letter. Apply online via our Current Vacancies page at www.drc.ngo.
Closing date for applications: Friday 20 June 2025.
Applications will be screened as soon as we receive them, and interviews might be conducted before the application deadline, in our headquarters in Copenhagen or remotely via Teams.
Further information
For questions regarding the internship please contact the Standby Roster Team on [email protected].
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.
