Type of contract : internship 

Start date : 28.07.2025 

End date : 31.12.2025 

Place of work : HQ office in Lausanne 

Deadline for applications: 10.06.2025

Terre des hommes (Tdh) :

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), with headquarters in Lausanne and an office in Zurich, is the leading Swiss child rights organisation with more than 2000 employees worldwide. We stand together with children to uphold their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through innovative programmes focused on health, migration and access to justice, specially designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Context :

The Engagement and Partnership team leads strategic fundraising to ensure resources are available for projects in the field. The team actively gathers intelligence and engages with the most important institutional and philanthropic donor agencies.

Main responsibilities :

• Support the sector in building and disseminating the internal fundraising intelligence.
• Conduct research and analysis on donors, financing and/or other fundraising-related issues.
• Support the ongoing strategic engagement with the key institutional donors.
• Proactively monitor and update donor/potential donor profiles. This will require research into donor-specific trends, priority themes/countries in donors' aid programs, political trends, key actors, budget cycles, etc.
• Maintain a comprehensive global donor data base, including tracking the donor engagement outreach and communication at the global, regional and country level.
• Assist the team in organizing meetings and creating materials (such as PowerPoint Presentations) tailored to individual donors or potential donors.
• Support the coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform any ad hoc task assigned by the team as needed.

Profile :

Training/Qualifications:  Master’s degree in the relevant fields

Languages: Perfect fluency in English. French and German are assets.

IT know-how: Good Use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, Project Management Software Master’s degree in the relevant fields

Experience / Competencies :

• Produces quality reports (form and content)
• Sorts, analyzes and manages information/data
• Manages time and priorities, meets deadlines and is punctual
• Perfect fluency in English. French and German will be an asset.
• Good communication and team support
• Demonstrates flexibility, availability and adaptability
• Autonomy in work
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
• Solution-oriented mindset

Remuneration: 

CHF 2'450.-/month

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

Procedure:
Only complete applications (CV + covering letter) posted on our official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.

References :
Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.