Contract length: 6 months, with the possibility of a 6-month extension
Hours: Full-time or part-time, minimum 25 hours/week
Location: Home-based (available during CET core working hours)
Travel: None
Reporting to: Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Deadline for applications: 2 November, 2025
Our interns receive a 600 USD/month stipend for full-time commitment.
CLEAR Global (previously known as Translators Without Borders) is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.
The role
Assist the Talent Coordination team in engaging a volunteer community of over 100,000 language professionals, coordinating collaboration among volunteers and external contributors, and ensuring healthy growth of the community through timely and effective communication and coordination.
The intern will also support light administrative and coordination processes related to the onboarding and management of external collaborators (such as consultants, vendors, and partners), in close collaboration with the Talent Coordination Officer.
Responsibilities
- Maintain effective communication with community members, ensuring they remain engaged and have a clear understanding of expectations
- Assist with outreach to new community members, both strategically and in response to crisis
- Support community members in their experience with CLEAR Global, and ensuring that various community programs and processes run efficiently
- Carry out administrative tasks, data entry and data collection
- Handle other community management tasks as assigned
- Act in the best interest of the organization during the internship period
- Support the organization and documentation of procurement- and onboarding-related processes (e.g. updating collaborator records, filing agreements, tracking onboarding progress).
- Contribute to improving internal workflows by identifying small process gaps and suggesting practical solutions, in collaboration with the Talent Coordination Officer.
- Other duties as required
Please note that these roles and responsibilities are approximate and may change over time.
Qualifications
- Enrolled in or recently graduated (within the last 2 years) from a University degree program (preferred degree in translation, communication, or a related field)
- Fluent in spoken and written English; knowledge of other languages an advantage
- Strong communication skills, with particular awareness of intercultural contexts
- Previous experience in translation and/or interpreting (internships and volunteering are considered valid experiences) an advantage
- Previous experience working with non-profit organizations an advantage
- Familiarity with technology (with a special focus on translation and/or data entry tools) a plus
- Interest in operational coordination, HR processes, or community management workflows is desirable.
Requirements
This internship position is very dynamic. The right person is an energetic team player and an individual who agrees with CLEAR Global’s basic beliefs and values and who can work productively in a remote setting, while interacting regularly with the international team.
- Self-starter and able to work independently
- Strong organizational skills
- Analytical thinker able to transform ideas into tangible actions
- Understands that communication in the right language is key to improved humanitarian response
- Team player, collaborative, adaptable and self-motivated
- Interested in acquiring experience in community engagement, talent coordination, and light administrative or procurement processes.
- Able to adapt to new technologies and learn new skills quickly
- Has enthusiasm for humanitarian work
- Reliable and flexible and has the ability to uphold the Core Values of the organization
- Able to work during CET office hours - exception to this will have to be coordinated with the manager and the team in advance
Core values
CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:
- Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, CLEAR Global is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector.
- Integrity: CLEAR Global believes that every person, whether it’s the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity.
- Empowerment: CLEAR Global believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.
- Innovation: CLEAR Global recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.
- Sustainability: CLEAR Global recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.
- Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and, conduct themselves professionally at all times.
CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.