American Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Internship

We are looking for an intern (paid) to work with the international humanitarian law (IHL) team to support our education programs and other activities on IHL.

The intern will work as part of a small team of 5 colleagues where he/she will assist with research and writing on IHL and conflict-related issues. An interest in public international law, human rights and humanitarian law, and international relations or related fields is essential. Our interns work as integral members of our team and carry-out professional level work in a supervised atmosphere.

Responsibilities include research and writing on international humanitarian law and conflict-related issues, monitoring IHL developments in the news, updating IHL course content, producing documents such as briefing memos, IHL Fact Sheets, policy papers and content for the Web, and making IHL presentations to staff or at events organized by the IHL team. The IHL intern will also assist with our IHL public education campaign activities linked to the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War and with general office duties, as required.

We are looking for an intern who can work 20 hours per week from January to May 2011.

Skills and Qualifications:
• Graduate student in law (e.g. current students in a LLM or JD program), international relations, public policy or related field;
• Must have strong research, analytical and writing skills;
• Strong interest in international issues is highly desirable;
• Computer skills such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and In Design, are highly desirable;
• Must be responsible, mature, able to work independently, highly organized, detail-oriented, able to handle multiple tasks at the same time and work under deadline pressure;
• Willingness to do basic research and general office duties, as required.