Position Start Date: 1st June 2026
Duration: 12 months
Location: Lausanne (home working: 3 or 2 days per week maximum)
Rate of activity: 100%
Status: Intern
Closing date: 24/04/2026
Tdh :
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for deprived children and their communities, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in around 40 countries, Tdh works with local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which improve the daily lives of over 4 million children and members of their communities, in the domains of health, protection and emergency relief. This engagement is financed by individual and institutional support, with administrative costs kept to a minimum.
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.
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 and private and corporate foundations 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, forms and templates) 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 :
Education: 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
Languages: Perfect fluency in English. French and German are assets.
IT: Good Use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook, Project Management Software
Conditions:
• Swiss Labour Law contract
• Gross monthly salary 2460.- CHF
• Annual leaves: 25 days/year
Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies :
• Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff
• Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
• Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.
We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.
Are you interested? Do you want to face this challenge?
How to apply
Please apply directly online: https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/7566064-assistant-to-the-partnerships-and-engagement-unit-lausanne-hq
Application files sent through our official website will be processed only if complete (CV + cover letter). Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later stage.
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