Internship - February 2027

Location: Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon

Working Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00

Contract: Fixed-term, freelance, 8 February to 6 August 2027

Internship rate: $690 per month

Start date: Monday 8 February 2027

Be part of a team redefining access to education for displaced youth. Based in Shatila Refugee Camp, you will contribute to programmes that enable students to access university and skilled employment. The role offers hands-on experience across programme delivery and external partnerships, in a fast-paced, impact-driven organisation that values initiative: interns who spot what needs doing and act on it.

What is Alsama Project?

Alsama is an ambitious and innovative NGO that runs five education centres for out-of-school teenagers in Lebanon and Syria: four in Beirut and one in Homs. Students join us illiterate and innumerate, yet through our accelerated programme they complete the equivalent of 12 years of schooling in just 6 years. Driven by impact, quality, and scale, Alsama blends grassroots expertise with global excellence, offering interns exceptional professional exposure and development.

Learn more about Alsama Project at alsamaproject.com.

What is the role?

As an intern at Alsama in Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut, you’ll support strategic development across key departments, working within a professional and community-driven team to design and implement initiatives that strengthen our operations.

What will you do?

Your responsibilities will depend on your skills and the current needs of the organisation. These might include:

1. Fundraising & Communications

• Creating grant proposals, reporting, expanding our donor base.• Designing strategies in collaboration with our Communications team to raise Alsama’s profile through social media, press and conferences.

2. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Ensuring that Alsama’s programmes are effective and impactful by tracking progress, assessing results, and promoting accountability for our students.• Strengthen KPI frameworks and impact measurement systems.

3. Finance / Systems

• Regularly updating Alsama’s financial records, preparing accounts for budgets and forecasts.• Maintaining accurate data management and ongoing system support, reporting, and development.

4. HR & Internal Development

• Support recruitment, onboarding and the everyday HR processes that keep a growing team running, from interviews to contracts and evaluations.• Help improve and automate Alsama’s HR systems and guidance, so processes become simpler and more reliable.

5. G12++

• Support the development and delivery of the Alsama Preparation Programme, preparing students for the G12++ exam.• Build partnerships with universities, TVET providers, employers, and NGOs to strengthen pathways and expand G12++ test centres across the Middle East.

What core skills will you need?

Commitment

Commitment to our students. They have faced great adversity at a young age, but they are our first priority. We expect you to approach all your work with the question: ‘how can I provide maximum benefit for our students and their future?’ You embrace chaos and find growth within it.

Collaboration

Alsama owes its success to its diverse team. You put the team first, include different voices, and take ownership beyond what you are asked.

Ambition

Alsama is building for the future: your work at Alsama will outlast you. You will need a ‘goal-orientated mindset’ to develop and implement plans to hit targets.

Respect

Circumstance does not define a person, nor limit what they can achieve. You treat everyone with dignity and belief in their potential.

What proficiencies will you need?

• Strong organisational and communication skills.• Comfortable using Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.• Comfortable using AI tools in your work.• A team player who can keep information confidential.• Proficiency in English required; Arabic is an asset.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject, completed by February 2027.• Evidence of what you have achieved through study, work or volunteering: what you did and what changed because of it.

What’s in it for you?

• Practical, transferable skills that carry into any career, whether in the non-profit, public or private sector.• Working for Alsama is extremely fulfilling. You will be surrounded by incredibly ambitious, kind, and hard-working students.• You will join a dynamic and highly experienced team, including two former McKinsey consultants and a former publishing entrepreneur.• Regular feedback through three formal evaluations during your internship.• Well-networked founders can assist with future job recommendations and career advancement.• Opportunity to live in Beirut, a vibrant and culturally diverse city.• Arabic lessons provided through Alsama’s social-enterprise language school.• Lead a student-facing project of your choosing, working directly with students to design and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Safeguarding

Alsama is committed to safeguarding all students and vulnerable adults. To work at Alsama, all staff and volunteers must promote a safe learning environment and uphold Alsama’s student safeguarding and protection policy, including completion of safeguarding and protection training and prompt reporting of any concerns or suspicions of abuse. You are expected to listen to students’ concerns, respond calmly and non-judgmentally, and follow our procedures to ensure every concern is handled appropriately. Every offer is subject to a satisfactory criminal record check (or the local equivalent), and to signing our Student Safeguarding and Protection Policy and a declaration of suitability to work with children.

How to Apply

Please send your CV as a one-page PDF to hq-internfeb27@alsamaproject.odoo.com

You will then receive a short online questionnaire by email. Please complete it, as we can only consider applications with a completed questionnaire.

Application Deadline: Sunday 15 November 2026

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interviews from late November.

As a locally led organisation working on the ground, we strongly encourage applications from Arabic speakers, particularly those from Lebanon and Syria.

For any questions, contact alsama-hr@alsamaproject.com

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