Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program- Anglophone Team 2024

About Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program

At the Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program they are dedicated to making globalization work for the many and interns, not the few. Also, they do this by helping countries, their people and their governments address some of the most difficult challenges in the world today – beginning with those who can break new ground, offering leaders new thinking and new approaches.

Their staff, over 200 of them, based all over the world are working on some of the most intractable problems around issues of co-existence, governance, the peace process in the Middle East and renewing the center in the Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program.

Job Applications Summary

Job Position : Summer Associate Internship Programme

Job Requisition ID : JR000910

Job Location : Nigeria

Job type : Full time

Benefits and Role Summary

The Tony Blair Summer Associate Internship Program is an exciting internship program for ten weeks within the Anglophone West Africa country teams (The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone), commencing June 2024 for exceptional candidates who are passionate about politics and the ability to create change by working in and with governments.

Here’s is a list of the benefits;

The Internship Programme will provide you with diverse experience, working with colleagues both in the country and across the globe.

You will have the benefit of working on an innovative programme within our growing project portfolio and business development activities during the Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program.

During the Internship Programme, you will support specific projects that support political leaders across all the levels at which you’ll offer advice, help create impactful change, be mentored by colleagues, and receive a holistic understanding of life at TBI.

Whether our colleagues are at TBI for a few years, or a large share of their career as they grow and progress within the Institute, their experience positions them to have a huge global impact.

Key Responsibilities For The Tony Blair Institute Summer Associate Internship Program

The Internship Programme will provide you with the opportunity to be involved in some or all the following responsibilities :

Develop research, analysis, written insights and other deliverables for clients and country leadership
Support projects or development opportunities as TBI advises political leaders on strategy, policy and delivery with technology as the enabler across all three dimensions

Support delivery of high levels of project impact, facilitating nimble performance tracking and coordination where required
Apply and learn from new and innovative approaches to supporting change and deliver impact
Help develop strategies / frameworks and approaches

Support project teams in the development of reports, presentations and other relevant documents

Eligibility Requirements

Here’s is an outlier criteria interested candidates that desire to apply for the Tony Blair Summer Associate Internship Program must have;

Undergraduate students in their second or third year of undergraduate degrees

A passion for politics and strong political acumen
A work ethos focused on team success with genuine motivation for colleagues’ performance, growth and well-being
An insatiable curiosity for data A deep interest in generating original insights and performing in-depth analysis

Experience of being an entrepreneurial self-starter
Proven ability to conduct high quality desk-based research
You should be comfortable in performing challenging analysis and structured problem solving

It is essential you have a proactive and hands-on attitude, not afraid to roll-up your sleeves to get the job done and take ownership of your work
You should be legally resident and have the right to work in Nigeria (Abuja) and you should expect to bear any accommodation or boarding costs