Intern – Social Performance & Human Rights

ERM is looking for an intern willing to join our Italian Branch in Milan to work in our Capital Project Delivery (CPD) team supporting the development of social performance, stakeholder engagement, and human rights services. Although the candidate will be working directly with ERM Italy team, he/she will collaborate with other ERM teams globally.

In particular, the person will support the CPD team in:

• Support in developing environmental, social and human rights impact assessment studies (with regard to the socio-economic, health and human rights component, stakeholder engagement planning, community grievance mechanisms);
• Support in writing of concise and coherent, logically flowing formal reports, mostly in English;
• Researching desk-based secondary information on socioeconomic and health data analysis;
• Supporting with the development of resettlement and livelihood restoration planning documents for such capital projects.

The Ideal Candidate has:

• Graduate or newly graduate in a discipline related to sociology, anthropology, social or international development, international human development, human rights law or similar in the social field. Environmental specialists having an interest to focus on social related topics are also welcome.
• Good communication skills, ability to write professionally and speak professionally, confidence to ask questions and seek clarity whenever needed;
• Willingness to work in an international environment, curiosity, flexibility, and team player attitude;
• Interest in working on socio-economic topics (including but not limited to human rights, gender, labour, diversity and inclusion) and within different countries and cultures;
• Interest to research and analyze data and report it in a synthetic and concise manner.
• Good knowledge of Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint);
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written Italian and English, working knowledge of French or Spanish is a plus.

Internship fee: 700euros + 19 ticket restaurant/month (value 8.50euros each)

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