Internship in the SAFE Unit: Rights in Crisis Campaign

The SAFE Unit within Oxfam Novib’s Programmes Department develops and co-implements (influencing) programmes in the areas of Promoting Safe and Resilient Communities and Supporting People on the Move. The Unit is responsible for upholding and promoting Oxfam’s humanitarian mandate through program and proposal development, resource mobilization, advocacy, and campaigns in the Netherlands.

This internship will support the SAFE Unit with a focus on advocacy through Oxfam’s Rights in Crisis Campaign.

Through the Rights in Crisis Campaign, Oxfam aims to drive collective action and solidarity, connecting communities and movements to challenge systems and actors that profit from and perpetuate war and oppression. With advocacy, Oxfam holds the powerful to account, enabling and facilitating collective action to ensure people’s rights are upheld in crises. Guided by a commitment to humanity, Oxfam works alongside communities – including civil society and activists – to strengthen their agency, protect their rights, and co-create sustainable solutions.

By challenging the social, political, and economic choices that drive and perpetuate crises, we create space for marginalised people and communities affected by crises to claim their rights, hold the powerful to account, and enjoy a more just, equitable, and humane future. We enable pathways, local to global, by protecting civilians, everywhere, challenging impunity, fighting against powerful men making profits from conflicts, and calling out states vetoing justice and hijacking global peace

Key Tasks
📝 Conduct background research and support drafting of policy documents/briefs, statement and lobby-asks on conflict and humanitarian situations – in support of existing and emerging advocacy strategies.
💬 Support coordination of influencing activities, lobby tours and visits, coordination with other civil society actors on advocacy and preparation of quarterly reports.
🤝 Participate in team meetings and contribute to brainstorming sessions.
📄 Assist in proposal writing and donor reporting for the SAFE Unit

🛠 Perform ad hoc tasks as needed, including notetaking, event organization, logistics, administrative support, translation, and editing.

Who are we looking for?

🎓 Currently enrolled in a bachelor of master’s degree in a relevant field.
📚 Studying a relevant field such as conflict studies, international relations, political science, sociology, law, or a related discipline.
🌍 Interest in or experience with conflict, human rights, advocacy, policy analysis, campaigns, politics, social change, or civil society.
✍️ Excellent research, writing, editing, organizational, and coordination skills.
🧠 Analytical and independent thinker, creative problem-solver.
💡 Affinity with coordination, communications, and knowledge management.
🌟 Highly motivated, proactive, result-oriented, and creative.
🌈 Strong cultural sensitivity and gender awareness.
🗣 Fluency in Dutch and English required; fluency in French and/or Spanish is an advantage

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants to the internships at Oxfam Novib must meet the following requirements:

• Be a student of 18 years or older.
• Be enrolled at a Dutch educational institution (university degree or HBO) for the whole duration of the internship.
• Understand that this internship is formulated as work experience to develop an understanding of career objectives. It is not meant to be a thesis internship.
• Have the legal right to live and work in The Netherlands or be prepared to obtain the right to follow an internship as part of their study in the Dutch educational institution. A three-partite internship agreement (between Oxfam Novib, the educational institution and the student) will be signed to that effect.
• Have less than 3 years of relevant full-time work experience.
• Not having been in employment with Oxfam Novib previously.

Our offer
An intern in Oxfam Novib is offered an internship contract for the duration of the internship and a monthly allowance based on €450,- per month on a basis of a 36-hour work week, pro-rata in case of less hours.

The intern is expected to have a student OV card; however, if not applicable, a reimbursement of commuting costs will be offered.

Oxfam Novib works on hybrid basis – partly from office, partly from home. Interns are expected to be on-site in The Hague at least two days a week, with remote work flexibility.

During this internship, the intern is supervised, overarchingly by the SAFE Unit Manager and daily/weekly by a designated colleague/buddy. The period of this internship takes place between February and June 2027 (approximately a period of 5 months). The period cannot be modified.

Working at Oxfam Novib

All our work is guided by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.

At Oxfam Novib, we work according to the Feminist Principles - Oxfam Policy & Practice.

Oxfam Novib is based on the power of difference. That is why we aim to attract a diverse mix of talented people who share our standards, values, and principles, and who are committed to prevent and eliminate any type of misconduct.

We have an active policy against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any form of abuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This subject will be covered in our application and selection process.

We will ask the chosen candidate to provide a contact for a character reference (it could be from the university/higher educational institution or other sources)

Additional information

Do you believe that this is the internship you are looking for? Then we would love to receive your application! Please note that only applications received before the closing date 22 November 2026 and submitted via our application portal will be taken into consideration.