German Marshall Fund Of The U.S-posted 8 months ago
Part-time • Intern
Remote • Washington, DC

GMF's Strategic Democracy Initiatives (SDI) is seeking a part-time program trainee for the period from June 2025 through August 2025 to assist with programming on international wartime support for Ukraine and democratic backsliding in Europe and the United States. The trainee will support the SDI team with essential operational, outreach, and administrative activities relating to programming around democratic backsliding and support for Ukraine. Specifically, this role will assist with logistics, partner coordination, and research on reconstruction and resilience efforts led by civil society organizations in both Ukraine and the United States. Trainees will benefit from exposure to GMF's experts and network, and will gain valuable organizational, analysis, and writing experience. The traineeship will consist of both in-person and remote work. Only applicants who are graduating with a bachelor's degree in the spring of 2025 will be considered. The position will be compensated at a rate of $17.50 per hour with a flexible time commitment of 20-30 hours per week. Trainees are offered an ideal opportunity to acquire substantive professional experience for those interested in a career in public policy or international affairs.

  • Coordinate convenings of SDI networks of civil society coalitions in Ukraine and other Eastern European democracies
  • Support the establishment of a new program related to US civil-military relations
  • Assist with planning of logistics of expert convenings, including coalition working group meetings, private roundtables, and public events in Washington, DC, abroad, or virtually
  • Monitor political developments, civil society perspectives, and relevant policy issues in struggling democracies, from Eastern Europe to the United States
  • Provide research, writing, and editing support on SDI publications related to democratic backsliding in European countries such as Poland and Hungary, Ukrainian civil society, and political developments in the United States relating to Ukraine
  • Other duties as assigned
  • Excellent analytic, writing, and speaking skills in English
  • Excellent organizational skills and attentiveness to detail, experience with program management or event planning preferred
  • Knowledge of or demonstrable interest in issues of transatlantic democratic backsliding, Ukrainian anti-corruption reform efforts, and Eastern European or ex-Soviet civil society
  • Demonstrable research skills, preferably with research experience on issues related to democratic backsliding, anti-corruption reform, civil-military relations, or Ukrainian civil society
  • Graduating in spring of 2025 with a bachelor's degree in international relations, political science, history, security studies, or a related field
  • Previous experience in a think tank, foundation, NGO, government body, media outlet, or similar organization preferred but not required
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Comfortable multi-tasking and working independently
  • Knowledge of Ukrainian preferred but not required
  • Compensation at a rate of $17.50 per hour
  • Flexible time commitment of 20-30 hours per week
  • Exposure to GMF's experts and network
  • Valuable organizational, analysis, and writing experience
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