Alsama Intern

Location: Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut, Lebanon 

Working Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00 

Contract: Fixed-term, 5 months 

Compensation: Monthly stipend provided 

Start date: 1st September 2026 

Be part of a team redefining access to education for displaced youth. Based in Shatila Refugee Camp, you will contribute to programmes that enable students to access university and skilled employment. The role offers hands-on experience across programme delivery and external partnerships, alongside close collaboration with former McKinsey consultants in a fast-paced, impact-driven organisation. 

What is Alsama Project? 

Alsama is an ambitious and innovative NGO that runs four education centres for out-of-school teenagers in Lebanon’s refugee camps. Students join us illiterate and innumerate, yet through our accelerated programme they complete the equivalent of 12 years of schooling in just 6 years. Driven by impact, quality, and scale, Alsama blends grassroots expertise with global excellence, supported by former McKinsey consultants and a board chaired by Skadden partners, offering interns exceptional professional exposure and development.      

Learn more about Alsama Project here. 

What is the role?

As an intern at Alsama in Shatila Refugee Camp, Beirut, you’ll support strategic development across key departments, working within a professional and community-driven team to design and implement initiatives that strengthen our operations. 

What will you do?

Your responsibilities will depend on your skills and the current needs of the organisation. These might include: 

1. Fundraising & Communications

• Creating grant proposals, reporting, expanding our donor base.  
• Designing strategies in collaboration with our Communications team to raise Alsama’s profile through social media, press and conferences. 

2. Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Learning (MEAL)

• Ensuring that Alsama’s programmes are effective and impactful by tracking progress, assessing results, and promoting accountability for our students 
• Strengthen KPI frameworks and impact measurement systems 

3. Finance / Systems

• Regularly updating Alsama’s financial records, preparing accounts for budgets and forecasts.  
• Maintaining accurate data management and ongoing system support, reporting, and development. 

4. HR & Internal Development

• Shape and manage Alsama’s recruitment pipeline and strategy, ensuring talent acquisition keeps pace with organisational growth 
• Lead the review and refinement of HR policies, aligning them with the standards of key external stakeholders, including OCHA and WASC 

5. G12++

• Support the development and delivery of the Alsama Preparation Programme, preparing students for the G12++ exam 
• Build partnerships with universities, TVET providers, employers, and NGOs to strengthen pathways and expand G12++ test centres across the Middle East 

What's in it for you? 

• You will gain key skills that will serve you for the rest of your career, whether in finance, consulting, marketing or law. 
• Working for Alsama is extremely fulfilling. You will be surrounded by incredibly ambitious, kind, and hard-working students. 
• You will join a dynamic and highly experienced team, including two former McKinsey consultants and a former publishing entrepreneur. 
• Well-networked founders can assist with future job recommendations and career advancement. 
• Opportunity to live in Beirut, a vibrant and culturally diverse city. 
• Arabic lessons provided through Alsama’s social-enterprise language school. 
• Lead a student-facing project of your choosing, working directly with students to design and deliver meaningful outcomes 

Safeguarding

Alsama is committed to safeguarding all students and vulnerable adults. To work at Alsama, all staff and volunteers must promote a safe learning environment and uphold Alsama’s student safeguarding and protection policy, including completion of safeguarding and protection training and prompt reporting of any concerns or suspicions of abuse. You are expected to listen to students’ concerns, respond calmly and non-judgmentally, and follow our procedures to ensure every concern is handled appropriately. 

Application Deadline: Friday 29th May