Stagiaire - Intern VET4JOB-II Programme (H/F)

Expertise France; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Expertise France in Turkey is seeking a motivated intern to support project implementation, monitoring, and administrative tasks within a multi-component programme. You will assist teams, prepare documents, and help with data collection and reporting.

Under supervision, you will participate in coordination meetings, training sessions and knowledge management activities, gaining exposure to EU-funded programme management and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation, implementation and follow-up of project activities including provincial coordination meetings.
• Assist in preparing activity materials, documenting discussions, and tracking actions.
• Participate in training sessions, workshops and field visits, contributing to documentation and feedback collection.
• Identify implementation challenges and opportunities to improve relevance and effectiveness.
• Contribute to outcome monitoring approaches focusing on social cohesion, risk prevention and capacity development.
• Assist data collection and analysis to monitor progress and assess results.
• Prepare concise notes on programme components, highlighting progress and recommendations.
• Consolidate activity data and supporting evidence for reporting and learning.
• Identify lessons learned and practical recommendations for results-based implementation.
• Contribute to discussions on workplans, monitoring tools and planning instruments.
• Assist in reviewing activities against progress and milestones.
• Support preparation of internal progress updates and briefs.
• Gain exposure to coordination between technical implementation, procurement, finance and admin.
• Undertake additional tasks under supervision.

Job description

1. Project Implementation and Technical Support

• Support the preparation, implementation and follow-up of project activities, including provincial coordination meetings under the Risk Prevention component and activities promoting cooperation between Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) and enterprises.
• Assist technical experts in preparing activity materials, documenting discussions, tracking agreed actions and following up on implementation progress.
• Participate in selected training sessions, workshops, coordination meetings and field visits, contributing to activity documentation and the collection of participant feedback.
• Support the identification of implementation challenges, lessons learned and opportunities to improve the relevance and effectiveness of programme activities.

2. Monitoring, Evaluation and Results Assessment

• Contribute to the development and refinement of outcome-monitoring approaches, with particular attention to social cohesion, risk prevention and capacity development.
• Support the collection, organisation and analysis of quantitative and qualitative information to monitor programme progress and assess emerging results.
• Prepare short analytical assessment notes on selected programme components, such as EDUSER-supported employment measures or support provided to apprentices, highlighting progress, preliminary outcomes, implementation challenges and recommendations.
• Assist in consolidating activity data, participant feedback and supporting evidence for internal monitoring, periodic reporting and programme learning.
• Contribute to identifying lessons learned and practical recommendations to strengthen results-based implementation.

3. Programme Planning and Management

• Contribute to discussions on improving workplans, monitoring tools and other planning instruments to strengthen implementation efficiency, coordination and follow-up.
• Assist in reviewing planned activities against implementation progress, milestones and expected results, identifying potential delays or areas requiring follow-up.
• Support the preparation of internal progress updates, meeting briefs, presentations and other programme management documents.
• Gain exposure to the coordination of programme components and the interaction between technical implementation, monitoring, procurement, finance and administrative functions.

4. Communication, Visibility and Knowledge Management

• Support the application of EU visibility requirements and Expertise France corporate identity guidelines in programme activities and communication materials.
• Assist in identifying communication and visibility needs for planned activities and ensuring that these are anticipated during activity preparation.
• Support the systematic archiving of activity documentation, photographs and other visual materials in accordance with programme requirements.
• Contribute to updating programme activity and event records and compiling information for media-monitoring and communication reports.
• Assist in documenting good practices, lessons learned and programme results for internal knowledge-sharing purposes.

5. Administrative, Operational and Organisational Support

• Support the day-to-day administrative and operational activities of the programme team.
• Assist in organising meetings, workshops, training sessions and other programme events, including logistical preparations and participant coordination.
• Prepare and update participant lists, attendance sheets, meeting minutes and activity records.
• Support data entry, database updates, document management and electronic filing.
• Assist in collecting, organising and checking supporting documentation required for programme monitoring, reporting and implementation follow-up.
• Support internal coordination and the preparation or review of documents in Turkish, French and English, as appropriate.

6. Cross-Team Coordination and Professional Development

• Work with relevant programme components and support functions through a structured rotation or assignment system, gaining exposure to the different dimensions of programme management.
• Participate in internal coordination meetings and contribute to information-sharing between technical experts and the project management team.
• Undertake additional tasks relevant to the internship objectives, under appropriate supervision.