P/CVE Internship
Start date: 14 October 2024
Duration: 6 months
Working hours: Full time (38 hours per week)
Location: The Hague, the Netherlands
Allowance: The successful applicant will receive a stipend of 525 Euros per month.
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ICCT is seeking an intern to support its Preventing/ Countering Violent Extremism programme. This concerns assisting in background research on a range of topics related to our P/CVE activities and assisting in different projects. The work currently focusses on West Balkans, Iraq and the Sahel. Other duties may include communication activities, assisting in the organisation of events as well as secretarial tasks. This multitude of responsibilities will require the intern to be highly organised and independent with the ability to communicate effectively. The successful applicant should expect to gain direct exposure to the counter-terrorism work of a dynamic think tank at the intersection of security, politics and development.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Project assistance: Providing project administrative and logistical support to ICCT’s P/CVE projects;
- Research assistance: Conducting research such as doing a literature review, collecting background information or data collection;
- Administration: Providing secretarial and logistical support to ICCT’s core team, including the management and fellows;
- External communication: Contributing to ingoing and outgoing correspondence, liaising with and welcoming external partners such as national and international academics, policymakers, (foreign) dignitaries and practitioners;
- Events organisation: Assisting in the organisation of public events and closed expert meetings;
- Other duties as required.
Key requirements
- Enrolled as a student in a university or university of applied sciences (Dutch: HBO) throughout the entire duration of the internship. Degrees related to counter-terrorism, political science or international relations are preferred. Please mention in your application how you are meeting this requirement.
- Eligible to work in the Netherlands - EER/Switzerland nationality OR holder of a Dutch study visa - for more information, please see studyinholland.com
Key competencies
- Excellent communication and writing skills;
- Excellent research and analytical skills, preferably demonstrated through prior academic work;
- Proven organisational skills; ability to manage and prioritise various tasks;
- Excellent (native or near-native) command of English. French is considered an advantage;
- Knowledge of and an interest in the field of counter-terrorism or countering violent extremism are an advantage
- Excellent computer skills, including a good command of the Microsoft Office Suite;
- Ability to work autonomously on given tasks and projects;
- Preferably administrative experience;
Contact details
Interested candidates matching the aforementioned criteria and eligible to live and work in the Netherlands, are requested to submit the following documents in English via e-mail only to ICCT, att. Antoinette Verlaan (a.verlaan@icct.nl), before Friday, 30 August 2024, 9 am!
- A curriculum vitae;
- A motivation letter outlining your suitability for the position;
- A recent writing sample of no more than 2000 words. This can be an excerpt of a larger work or a piece on its own.
Please use “ICCT-PCVEI-AUTUMN 2024” as the subject of your e-mail.
About ICCT
The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT) is an independent think and do tank providing multidisciplinary policy advice and practical, solution-oriented implementation support on prevention and the rule of law, two vital pillars of effective counter-terrorism.
The focus of ICCT’s work is on themes at the intersection of countering violent extremism and terrorism and criminal justice sector responses, as well as human rights related aspects of counter-terrorism. The centre connects experts, policymakers, civil society actors and practitioners from different fields by providing a platform for productive collaboration, practical analysis, and exchange of experiences and expertise, with the ultimate aim of identifying innovative and comprehensive approaches to preventing and countering terrorism.
ICCT was founded in 2010 as a project-based collaboration between three Dutch institutions: Stichting Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen 'Clingendael'; the T.M.C. Asser Instituut; and the University of Leiden’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).
As of April 2021, ICCT continued its mission as a new legal entity. The newly independent ICCT joins the global CT and P/CVE community as a mature brand with a clear vision and strategy, world-class experts and robust track record of impactful work