JOB ADVERTISEMENT – IT Intern

SCI employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:  The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

To provide varied and complex assistance to the Country Office and other teams in IT related activities along with IT Officer. The IT Intern will have responsibility for ensuring the communications and technological support for operations in Turkiye. This involves providing IT assistance, developing software, data visualization and hardware maintenance among other duties.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: IT Officer

Staff directly reporting to this post: None
 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Set up and Deployment

• Provide IT assistance, and hardware and software troubleshooting to staff
• Connect staff computers to the Office Network.

Maintenance

• Help install Internet connection and follow-up with the maintainance of the network
• Configure network/programmes/equipment (laptops, desktops, printers, scanners, tablets etc..)

Development

• Develop software with Powerapps - Can be learned on the job.
• Develop data visualization projects with PowerBI - Can be learned on the job

Capacity Building

• Attend relevant meetings
• Learning about server management, hardware maintenance and other responsibilities.
• Any other duties related to the nature of the job as directed by the supervisor.

Other:

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, safety and security and other relevant policies and procedures.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Preferably previous experience (including paid internships) in NGOs or private sector.
• Demonstrated skills in basic PC troubleshooting, software and hardware support, networking and data backup.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Turkish
• Willing to learn and improving yourself
• Ability to work independently and proactively
• Good attention to details and to be able to work under stress;
• Strong organisational skills and discretion with confidential information
• Ability to work independently and proactively
• Proven ability to handle challenging work load
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Code portfolio in Github, Bitbucket, Gitlab, etc. - learning projects and homeworks do count. Cloning the Udemy course repository does not.
• Demonstrated skills on Powerapps and Microsoft-related technologies (ASP.net, C# and so on).
• Experience with MS Office package and Windows Server
• Knowledge on JavaScript. Demonstrable skill is preferable
• Knowledge on PowerBI. Demonstrable skill is preferable
• Knowledge on algorithms, basic programing flow, variables, control structures.

Position holder will be based in Istanbul, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application.

What we offer for our interns:

• Multicultural and flexible working environment;
• Development and training opportunities in their area;
• Out of the box internship experience to prepare them real working environment in their field.
• Improved knowledge on I/NGO sector and institutional donors
• Salary commensurate with the pay-grade of the position