**About Badael**

Badael is a Syrian rights-based NGO founded in 2013 with the mission to foster transformative justice as the foundation for genuine and sustainable peace in Syria. This is done by supporting people-led movements, structures, narratives, and discourses that enable self-determination, equal rights, truth, and reimagining. Badael’s work is guided by an intersectional feminist approach that understands justice, economy, governance, and memory as interconnected dimensions of sustainable peace.

With a 13-year track record in peacebuilding and transformative justice, Badael has played a sustained role in supporting Syria’s excluded majority — particularly women, youth, and people with disabilities — through strengthening the capacities of grassroots civil society actors working with peacebuilding and human rights; fostering social cohesion, cooperation and networking among communities and civil society actors at both local and regional levels; equipping women and youth with knowledge, skills, resources, and decision-making power to drive change in their communities; supporting the meaningful participation of women in decision-making spaces and processes by reimagining feminist political action; promoting narrative change through oral history and memory by preserving and producing alternative historical narratives on Syria's and MENA region’s sociopolitical dynamics; contributing to feminist knowledge production through the publication of research papers on various themes related to grassroots political action and women’s engagement in civil society and peacebuilding; and amplifying the voices of Syria’s excluded majority through activism and advocacy campaigns shedding light on human rights issues in the country. Badael therefore serves as a springboard to catalyze the agency of Syria’s grassroots civil society.

## Summary

The Fundraising Intern will be primarily responsible for supporting Badael in its fundraising efforts, thus helping the organization to obtain funding for its projects and operations, and ultimately contributing to ensuring its sustainability. This includes conducting desk research on potential funding opportunities, updating the fundraising database, and contributing to application processes, including reviewing call for proposals, preparing and reviewing application files, and contributing to the development of letter of inquiries, concept notes, and project proposals, as well as other relevant related tasks. The Intern will work closely with the Executive Director, Program Manager and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer to assure smooth implementation of the organization’s Fundraising Strategy and action plan.

The right candidate should be a master's level student currently enrolled in a university or a recent master’s graduate who finished their education no longer than six months ago in the fields of Business Administration, Development, International Relations, Social Sciences, Political Science, or a related subject. S/he should also have fluent verbal and written English, and intermediate to advanced Arabic (fluent preferred). S/he should also have demonstrated knowledge of and interest in peacebuilding and human rights. Please refer to the Qualifications section for detailed information.

**Please note that this is an** ***unpaid*** **internship that will last for 6 months. Please refer to Internship Structure section for detailed information**

## Terms of Reference

## During the internship, the Fundraising Intern is expected to:

- Assist in identifying new funding sources and regularly monitoring for new funding opportunities.
- Assist in managing the fundraising database and maintaining all information and deadlines for funding opportunities up to date.
- Assist in preparing grant applications, including reviewing calls for funds and contributing to drafting letters of inquiries, concept notes, and project proposals.
- Proofread application files and reports in English and contribute to developing them in terms of visualization and content.
- Attend internal meetings, information sessions on grants and meetings with partners and take minutes.

## Qualifications

- Master's level student currently enrolled in a university or a recent master’s graduate who finished their education no longer than six months ago in the fields of Business Administration, Development, International Relations, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science or related subjects.
- Fluent in English (excellent writing, proofreading, and editing skills).
- Knowledge of Arabic is a plus (intermediate to advanced/fluent speaker preferred).
- Demonstrated knowledge of and interest in peacebuilding and human rights.
- Knowledge of, interest in, and previous experience in/on the MENA region (especially Syria) is a plus.
- Knowledge of, interest in, and previous experience engaging with civil society is a plus.
- Knowledge of, interest in, and previous experience in fundraising is a plus.
- Proficiency in MS Office.
- Organization skills and attention to details.
- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and consistently.
- Ability to work well independently and as a team.

**Internship Structure**

- Location: Remote
- Workload: part-time internship (20 hours/week), or full-time (up to 37.5 hours/week) in case it is a requirement from their university
- Length: 6 months
- Expected start: 1st week of May

Disclaimer: **Please note that due to structural constraints beyond Badael’s control, this is an** ***unpaid*** **internship**. Yet, Badael acknowledges students’ and early graduates’ challenges to cope with student life and its costs and is therefore flexible towards interns’ needs to balance between the internship and external livelihood-related responsibilities. Furthermore, students receiving grants/scholarships who therefore have an alternative source of income are also welcome to apply.