About SUAKA
SUAKA is an Indonesian Non-Governmental Organization focusing on the protection of refugee rights in Indonesia. SUAKA has been formally registered with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in 2019 as an association.
SUAKA started with a small team of volunteers and recently expanded with 6 board members, including 3 full-time staff. SUAKA’s volunteers have been supporting SUAKA’s works since its early days. The volunteers mainly include pro bono lawyers and paralegals, while students, researchers, and professionals support our variety of works.
Our head office is situated in Jakarta, a city that hosts 7.000 asylum seekers and refugees (ASR). Requests for consultation come from ASR, who are living in Jakarta and surrounding areas. We occasionally receive requests from other cities that have ASR populations, such as Medan and Makassar. On such occasions, we respond to the case by coordinating with our network in those cities.
Job Descriptions
The CPA coordinator of SUAKA will supervise this internship program. Interns will be given the opportunity to get to know and understand further the trends and problems in the handling of refugees, both in Indonesia and globally, through the program’s assignments.
Interns will be given the responsibility to assist in the implementation of the work programs of SUAKA. During the internship, participants will be actively involved in SUAKA networking activities, involved in advocacy efforts, and the opportunity to engage with the refugee community.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Gathering data online (statistics, articles, journals, news, etc.) related to, specifically SUAKA’s 2021 Strategic Issues, and forced migration issue in general.
- Processing data into social media awareness content or web posts.
- Media monitoring/social listening to identify trends.
- Write short, 500-word reports (news analysis, journal review).
- Assisting with SUAKA’s programs, mainly the CPA program, including but not limited to, being actively involved in discussions on the implementation of SUAKA’s work plan, pitching ideas, and making meetings resume.
- Supporting event management, including liaising with various partners, resource persons, and the refugee community.
- Preparing, drafting, and formatting documents and presentations as required.
General Requirements
- Open for 2 positions.
- Be a recent graduate or current student in a graduate/undergraduate school program in university.
- For undergraduate students, you must have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies.
- Attach CV / Resume.
- Attach a 1-page maximum motivation letter, 11 pt Calibri font (in the motivation letter enter your response regarding “Challenges of Refugee Management in Indonesia”).
- Open to any academic background.
- Open to any domicile (internship take place online).
Required Skills and Competencies
- Have a commitment to promote universal human rights protection, especially for vulnerable groups such as refugees and asylum seekers.
- Have an interest in learning/research related to forced migration, including refugee issues, refugee management policies, protection of human rights, and related contemporary issues.
- A proactive approach to work with an ability to work independently and problem solve.
- Ability to work with other individuals from different national and cultural backgrounds to create a supportive and inclusive working environment.
- Can use a computer (and has own device as it is not provided) for processing reports, exploring the internet, and basic graphic processing.
- Being able to speak active English will be prioritized, at least passively with good reading comprehension.
- Willing to commit to a time of 3 months.
- Flexibility, organizational skills, ability to work quickly under pressure and time limits, and juggle multiple tasks essential.
- This internship is part-time position (5 hours/day, 30hours/week), with flexible working hours (required to fill out a timesheet), without direct supervision. There are possibilities for activities conducted after working hours and on the weekend.
To Apply
- Send the required documents to zico@suaka.or.id cc secretariat@suaka.or.id with the subject CPA Internship Program.
- Applications will be closed on 17 March 2021 at 5 PM WIB, and shortlisted candidates will be notified of interview arrangements on 18 March 2021.
- Internship program duration from 22 March 2021 – 30 June 2021 (added info on 11/03)
- Further information about the internship program, please send email to zico@suaka.or.id.
Other Informations
- This program currently only accepting Indonesian students.
- Please note that we are unfortunately unable to notify applicants who have not been selected for the shortlist.
- This program does not provide any financial support (transportation, communication, etc).
- SUAKA does not charge any fee at any stage of this program.