Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
India Online
Overview
Internship / Volunteering with CCS provides an opportunity to learn new skills and strengthen existing ones. All Interns/volunteers get to attend exciting events, interact with high profile civil society stakeholders and opinion leaders, and connect with over 10,000 alumni across the globe, learning about new opportunities and areas for development and policy reform.
Details
In an effort to diversify the policy space, provide on-the-job experience, and promote thought leadership, CCS offers internships to young scholars and students from diverse backgrounds, to work with various CCS Projects, Pilots and initiatives. Internship/Volunteering at CCS varies from promoting youth programs, outreach of CCS campaigns, research assistance, stakeholder interaction, event management, assisting with marketing activities, social media, documentation, administration and outreach.
Interns engage with a variety of tasks that reflect the organisation’s functions to support the Projects, Pilots or initiative that they have been assigned to. Candidates are required to apply for an internship 30 days before their intended starting date.
Please note that Centre for Civil Society does not offer any stipend to interns.For any query please reach out to internship@ccs.in. To become a part of our team, fill the CCS Internship/Volunteer Application Forms.
Application Process
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Interested applicants would be required to share their CV, a letter of intent, and a sample of their research writing (of about 800 words) with internship@ccs.in
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Internships are full time in nature for a minimum duration of two months. Applicants must specify their intended starting date, and list out three programmes/initiatives they are interested in the letter of intent. They may refer to the CCS website at https://www.ccs.in/ for the list of projects.
ABOUT CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
Vision: CCS envisions a world where each individual leads a life of choice in personal, economic and political spheres and every institution is accountable.
Mission: Centre for Civil Society advances social change through public policy. Our work in education, livelihood, and policy training promotes choice and accountability across private and public sectors. To translate policy into practice, we engage with policy and opinion leaders through research, pilot projects and policy training.
We are India’s leading liberal think tank, ranked 81 worldwide by the annual study conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Who are we looking for?
- Available for work in Delhi (COVID-19 protocols will be followed)
- Fluency in Hindi is desirable
- Interest in the public policy domain and field research
- Inquisitive and adept with basic research skills - data collection, inference and analysis
- Strong literature review and writing skills
- Be open to a fun and respectable environment
- Be a team player, have strong analytical skills and ability to meet deadlines
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
Please note that Centre for Civil Society does not offer any stipend to interns.
Un-save Opportunity
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