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Regional Internship Application

Eligibility and Programme Requirements

Interns must be citizens of CARICOM or CCRIF Caribbean member countries and must be graduates of a recognized university. They must have completed a course of study in any one of the following key areas of study: 

Disaster risk management (DRM) Management studies with a focus on risk management
Disaster risk financing Environmental economics
Environmental/natural resource management Geography/geology
Meteorology Actuarial science
Climate studies Other related field
Civil engineering or civil with environmental engineering  

Candidates must have completed their first degree by the beginning date of the internship.

Preference will be given to candidates who are recipients of a CCRIF-UWI Scholarship or a CCRIF Scholarship.

The internship will be for 2 - 3 months, with the understanding that the internship can be extended by mutual agreement between the host organization and intern at no cost to CCRIF SPC. This agreement, if put into force, will need to be communicated to CCRIF. The internship programme will be on a full-time basis. The timeframe for the internship will depend on the requirements of the host organization and normally will be between July and November.es.

Interns will be expected to work five full days a week in the organization that has been selected for them, under the supervision of an experienced staff member. 

Interns will be provided with a monthly stipend by CCRIF SPC to cover living expenses.

Interns will be required to participate in the online intern forum and course “Introduction to Disaster Risk Financing”, conducted by CCRIF SPC.

Language

English is the official language of CCRIF SPC dand therefore all applications must be submitted in English.
 

Selection of Interns

Selection criteria will include: academic performance, strength of letter of intent and letters of reference, proposed contribution of internship to professional and/or academic career and proposed contribution of applicant to host organization.

Contractual Terms

At the beginning of the internship, each intern will be required to sign an internship agreement and the host organization and intern will prepare a work plan for the internship period. At the end of the internship, each intern will be required to prepare an Internship Report (including photographs in jpeg format), accompanied by work products from the internship and a short video of the intern’s experience. Each host organization will be required to complete an evaluation of the intern’s performance.
 

Deadlines for Applications

All applications must be submitted by June 6, 2022.

Important 

* Denotes a mandatory field - your submission will not be accepted until all such fields are complete.

  • Please affix your name to each documents to be uploaded. 
  • Names of the uploaded documents must match their contents.

For additional information or for clarification, please email: technicalassistance@ccrif.org


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