Tarjimly WFP Uganda Pilot Intern - MIIS

Kindly note that this vacancy is for MIIS (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey) students only.

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Hours: 15-20 hours per week

Location : home-based

Travel: none

Reporting to : Language Access and Engagement Specialist

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Background

CLEAR Global is working with the World Food Programme (WFP) on a pilot project in Uganda, helping to make sure people can access information and services in the language they understand. This pilot depends on building a strong, well-supported network of volunteers, interpreters, and local partners across the languages spoken in Uganda. Getting this right takes hands-on work: training people, reaching out to new volunteers and institutions, mapping where language gaps exist, engaging local partners to use the service, and keeping the community connected and active.

The role

The Tarjimly WFP Uganda Pilot Intern will play an active, on-the-ground role in helping this pilot grow and succeed. This is a varied, practical role: depending on what the pilot needs at any given time, the intern might be helping run a training session one week, reaching out to universities or interpreter networks the next, and helping map language gaps after that. The intern will work closely with the Uganda Field Officer and the wider project team, getting real exposure to how a humanitarian language project is built and run in practice.

This role suits someone who enjoys practical, people-facing work, is comfortable juggling different tasks, and wants hands-on experience helping to build something from the ground up.

Responsibilities

Support training and onboarding: Help prepare and coordinate training and onboarding sessions for volunteers, ambassadors, and potentially partner organizations. This includes helping organize sessions, preparing materials, tracking who takes part, and following up afterwards.

Help recruit volunteers and interpreters: Support outreach to find and bring in interpreters and volunteers for the languages needed in the Uganda response, including targeted outreach where gaps are identified.

Build partnerships locally: Help identify and reach out to universities, language departments, interpreter networks, professional associations, and other relevant institutions in Uganda that could help strengthen local language capacity and grow the volunteer pool.

Support events and community activities: Help plan and run online (and potentially in-person) events connected to the pilot, from early planning and inviting participants through to logistics and following up afterward.

Map language capacity and gaps: Help identify which languages are most needed for the pilot, and map where CLEAR Global already has good coverage and where more recruitment or outreach is needed.

Build local relationships: Act as a helpful, visible point of contact for volunteers and partners en