PSEA Intern

Organization Background:

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide. By offering training and healthcare to local populations and medical assistance to people at high risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergencies, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated healthcare systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

To learn more about our mission, visit our websitehttps://internationalmedicalcorps.org/who-we-are.

Job Purpose:

The PSEA Intern will gain practical learning experience in Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) within a humanitarian/development organization. The internship is designed to provide exposure to safeguarding systems, community awareness approaches, reporting mechanisms, and compliance standards under the guidance of the PSEA team.

This role is primarily developmental and learning-oriented.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

By the end of the internship, the intern is expected to:

·        Understand core PSEA principles and global safeguarding standards.

·        Gain knowledge of survivor-centered approaches.

·        Learn how reporting and complaints mechanisms function.

·        Develop skills in training coordination and documentation.

Understand how organizations ensure accountability to affected populations.

. Awareness & Training Support

·        Observe and Learn  PSEA awareness sessions.

·        Learn and Assist in preparing training materials and presentations.

·        Learn and Support translation or adaptation of safeguarding materials if required.

2. Reporting Mechanism Exposure

·        Learn how confidential complaints mechanisms operate.

·        Assist in secure documentation and data entry (without handling sensitive case decisions).

·        Learn Support updating referral pathway information.

3. Documentation & Reporting

·        Learn preparing activity reports and summaries.

·        learn maintaining training attendance records.

·        Learn how PSEA indicators are tracked and reported.

4. Community Engagement Exposure

·        Observe how feedback from communities is collected.

·        Learn about accessibility and inclusion in complaint mechanisms.

5. Administrative Learning Support

·        learn meeting coordination and minute-taking.

·        learn filing and organizing safeguarding documentation.

Organizational Responsibilities:

Policy Adherence

·        Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

·        Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance and Ethics:

·        Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Safeguarding

It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly crisis-affected and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons. 

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in social science or in any other field. (2020-2026)

Competency:

-        Strong interpersonal, networking, and communication skills.

-        Ability to work with Ms. Office package (e.g. word, excel)

-        Speaking skills: English (Mandatory), Dari and/or Pashto

Desire to continue in the field of PSEA and motivation to learn

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

·        IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.

·        IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.

·        Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.

·        IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.

·        Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link:

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Make sure that you have Entered All Education, Work Experiences Details Completely, Accurate & at the end of the application you press Submit.

Preference will be given to local residence applicants.

Website for reporting misconduct: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.ethicspoint.com. Or afcbfrm@InternationalMedicalCorps.org

 Please do not submit your CV or application to this website or email, it will not be considered for review.

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Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme:

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. The International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Submission Email:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sQovI9FXL9A-WHuEcl2Ylt_4_D-x74qqklCFWFLjutY/edit