Interns gathering at the Ecumenical centre
Internships
WCRC gives internship opportunities young people up to age 35 to work with the organization in order to learn about global ecumenism and the issues that are central to WCRC’s mission: Reformed theology and social justice advocacy.
The internship programme allows young professional from the Global North and South to do practical work along with WCRC staff on assignments matched to the interns’ interests and skills and to the organization’s needs for assistance. Interns may be selected to focus on one or more of the following areas. In some cases, assignments combine two or more of these subjects.
- Justice (Including Economic, Climate, Gender, and Racial justice)
- Theology and Ecumenical Engagement
- Mission in Unity, Mission reinterpretation and Mission empowerment
- Contemporary witness in the global context today (including interfaith contexts)
- Communications (Intern needs to be skilled in web work and acquainted with IT related with publishing)
- Organising specific events
- Stewardship of church finances
Interns are encouraged to be inter-disciplinary and explore all aspects of the organization’s work. At the same time, they are also given ample time to pursue their own study interests and to meet with people in other church and advocacy organizations.
Each intern will be in the programme for 18 months. The first 12 months are spent in the Global Offices in Hannover, Germany Secretariat. The final 6 months of the internship are spent in the interns’ home churches putting into practice in their own contexts what they worked on in Hannover.
Read what our interns say about their experiences!
Aiko Sumichan, Indonesia (01/09/2011- 28/02/2013)
Christopher Dorn, United States of America (01/09/2011- 31/08/2012)
Viktória Kóczián, Hungary (01/02/2013- 23/12/2013)
Frans du Plessis, South Africa (01/02/2013- 23/12/2013)
For more information contact:
wcrc@wcrc.ch
