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CITIES Foundation works on research, events, projects and publications around cutting-edge challenges facing cities worldwide, like energy, transport, food and waste. All this action calls for special skills in communication. Do you have a knack for distilling diverse information into sharp communication points, developing narratives and sifting out key messages from an overflow of information. If so this Communications Internship is for you.

In this role, you’ll work closely with the team, staying up-to-date on our activity so you can tell the world about it. You’ll mainly work with our digital channels, feeding social media, contributing to content management and connecting with urban actors across Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the world.

The ideal applicant will be/have:

• Excellent English writing and communication skills
• Intensely stimulated by urban related news, especially about sustainability and community engagement
• Work well individually and in teams
• A bold and independent type of person

Additionally we prefer that you have:

• Proficiency in Dutch
• Web(site) knowledge
• Communications experience

You need to be available 2-3 days a week. Working days are flexible however, the team meetings are on Monday and staff are asked when possible to attend. The position is unpaid for the first 3 months, then conditions will be discussed. Please send through a motivation letter and CV to info@citiesfoundation.org The position is open until filled.