HQ Internship

Alsama Project, an NGO educating out-of-school teenagers, is offering an HQ Internship at its headquarters in Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut. Interns work across departments such as fundraising, MEAL, finance and HR, and the placement pays an internship rate of $690 per month.

What the HQ internship job in Beirut involves

The internship runs on a fixed-term freelance contract from Monday 8 February to 6 August 2027, full-time, Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00. Each intern’s exact duties are set by their skills and the organisation’s needs at the time, within one of these areas: Fundraising & Communications; Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL); Finance / Systems; HR & Internal Development; G12++; or Growth.

Responsibilities

• Supporting strategic development in the headquarters department they are placed in
• Leading a student-facing project of their own choosing

Requirements

• The bachelor’s degree must be completed by February 2027
• Clear evidence of results from study, work or volunteering, showing what was done and what changed
• Commitment to Alsama’s students, plus teamwork, ambition and respect
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Comfort with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and with AI tools
• Ability to work in a team and keep information confidential
• English

Every offer depends on a satisfactory criminal record check (or the local equivalent), and on signing the Student Safeguarding and Protection Policy and a declaration of suitability to work with children.

Preferred qualifications

• Arabic; the organisation strongly encourages applications from Arabic speakers, particularly from Lebanon and Syria

Benefits

• Three formal evaluations during the internship
• Arabic lessons at Alsama’s social-enterprise language school
• Practical skills that transfer to other careers

About Alsama Project

Alsama runs five education centres for out-of-school teenagers, four in Beirut and one in Homs, Syria. Students arrive unable to read or count, and its accelerated programme takes them through the equivalent of 12 years of schooling in 6 years.

How to apply

Applicants email a one-page CV in PDF format to [email protected]. A short online questionnaire then follows by email, and only applications with a completed questionnaire are considered; shortlisted candidates are invited to interviews from late November.