WACSI Next Generation Internship Programme 2026 for young graduates and early-Career professionals (Fully Funded) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: May 1st, 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 WACSI Next Generation Internship Programme. The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) invites young professionals from Nigeria, Guinea, Niger, and Togo to apply for its totally funded Next Generation Internship Programme (NGIP) operating from July to December 2026.

This six-month alternative is open to recent graduates and early-career professionals with a background in fields similar to worldwide affairs, political science, public coverage, regulation, or growth research, and an curiosity in civil society and non-profit administration.

Requirements

• Applicants will need to have a minimal of a primary diploma in worldwide affairs, political science, public coverage, regulation, growth research, or associated fields.
• WACSI invites young professionals from Nigeria, Guinea, Niger, and Togo
• Applicants must also present an curiosity in civil society and non-profit organisation administration.

Benefits

• This is a totally funded internship by WACSI.
• The institute will assist interns totally with a flight to and from their home nation, furnished lodging, lunch throughout working days for the period of the internship, and a month-to-month stipend.

Accomodation

• Interns will acquire hands-on expertise in capability growth, coverage influencing and advocacy, and information administration, whereas receiving full assist, together with lodging (for Guinea, Niger, and Togo).
• Interns from Guinea, Niger, and Togo will likely be based mostly in Accra, whereas the Nigerian intern will likely be based mostly in Abuja (candidates should already reside in Abuja as no lodging will likely be supplied).

Job Role
Responsibilities for Interns:

• Supporting in designing and implementing institutional evaluation instruments, coaching, and technical assist.
• Participating in unit and cross-unit programme/venture planning and proposal growth.
• Providing common administrative assist for programmes, price range monitoring, monitoring, and sustaining a calendar of actions.
• Assisting with preparations and organisation of the assorted items of coaching and technical assist deliberate underneath the Unit.
• Serving as a liaison between WACSI and useful resource individuals, associates, companions, and beneficiaries.
• Aiding in designing and creating coaching instruments similar to toolkits, modules, and different indigenous coaching sources.
• Researching, writing, and producing briefings and reality sheets on ongoing programmes and tasks.
• Developing and drafting venture work plans, reviews, idea notes, and different documentation, similar to coaching and useful resource supplies, shows, and price range proposals.
• Conduct desktop analysis on coverage and legislative points
• Assist in gathering data and writing reviews for coverage conferences
• Assist in coverage conferences and workshop preparation
• Assist within the growth of coverage advocacy coaching device
• Support different administrative duties
• Any different duties that the Head of the Unit might assign
  
  Must have abilities
• Interest in civil society and non-profit group administration
• Strong analysis, writing and communication (verbal and written) abilities
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and sturdy web analysis abilities
• Bilingual abilities (French and English/ English and Portuguese)

  Good to have abilities

• Excellent interpersonal abilities
• Works properly underneath stress with minimal supervision and in a multi-cultural setting
• Proactive, keen to study and take initiative

Please observe:

• Preference will likely be given to candidates with excessive proficiency in English, French or Portuguese and a working information of 1 different.
• The profitable interns from Guinea, Niger and Togo will spend a considerable part of her/his internship working on the WACSI workplace in Accra, Ghana.
• The profitable Nigerian intern will likely be based mostly within the WACSI Node Office in Abuja, Nigeria. Applicants should subsequently be based mostly in Abuja, Nigeria as there isn’t a provision for lodging.
• The internship interval is from July to December 2026. Interns who’re unable to finish the six-months internship will refund the entire value of the internship package deal to WACSI.

Application Procedure

• Interested candidates ought to ship their motivation letter and CV/Resume to [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the WACSI Next Generation Internship Programme