Operations Support Intern — IFRC (Maputo)

The essentials: A 4-month internship in Operations Support at the IFRC, based in Maputo, to help with the response to the floods emergency in Mozambique. Applications run until 4 November 2026 and are made through the IFRC's official careers portal.

About the IFRC

The IFRC — the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — is the global federation of the Red Cross, with hundreds of national societies and a central role in coordinating the international humanitarian response. In Mozambique, it works together with the Mozambique Red Cross Society, the national society, to bring help to people in crisis.

This internship exists for a concrete response: the recent floods have left families without their livelihoods, without clean water and with their health at risk. The team you will reinforce is in the field coordinating livelihood, water and sanitation and health actions, and strengthening the capacity of the Mozambique Red Cross Society to reach those who need it most.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with motivation for humanitarian work and a good foot in operations: someone who will not sit on the sidelines when a document needs validating or a travel order needs preparing. The role is an internship, in other words a starting point — what we care about is your willingness to learn quickly, how you organise the day to day, and the calm with which you work under pressure. If you already like data and having everything in writing, you will be in your element.

Availability for travel within the country, including to field areas, is part of the role — the response to the floods does not stay only in Maputo.

What you will do day to day

The work is administrative and operational support to the IFRC Operations team. Concretely, you will:

• Help verify the supporting documents that accompany payment processes.
• Support the drafting and validation of the Terms of Reference for field activities.
• Help the Mozambique Red Cross Society branches sort out the documents that payment requests require.
• Prepare travel orders, movement orders and the administrative paperwork behind them.
• Collect the paperwork that is missing and stay on top of its status in the relationship with the Mozambique Red Cross Society.
• Support the IFRC Operations team in Maputo and, where needed, on field deployments.
• Respect the operating procedures, the code of conduct and the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross in everything you do.

What the internship offers

• A 4-month internship in a real humanitarian operation, in a floods-response context.
• Direct contact with the operations teams and with the Mozambique Red Cross Society in the field.
• Practical training in documentation, budgeting, logistics and operational programme support.
• Integration into the global Red Cross federation — a name with weight on an operations CV.
• Internship arrangement; no salary or stipend was published in the posting.

How to prepare your application

In an emergency operations internship, the CV should show your ability to stay organised: documents, deadlines, travel orders, payments.

Highlight experience with data collection and management, with Excel and with programme support, and fluency in Portuguese and English. Show your availability for the field and some humanitarian background, if you have it. A direct, well-organised CV with no generic filler gets further in triage than one stuffed with adjectives.

How to apply

The application is made through the IFRC's official careers portal. Find the position with reference S18942 at careers.ifrc.org and follow the application process there. The deadline is 4 November 2026.

Selection is carried out by the IFRC. On Inademy, your profile is free and you receive alerts for new jobs by email and WhatsApp.

📢 Do not fall behind on the jobs — get them first. Follow Inademy's official channel and receive fresh jobs every day at 07:30: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbD96Hd6LwHqB8ZtAW0N