Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries

Responsibilities or duties

The internal will support key innovation priorities across a range of workstreams, which may include:

• Open Innovation Challenge
• Donor Landscape Mapping for Innovation Funding
• Innovation Pipeline Research
• Innovation Astronaut Program
• Innovation Team AI-Enabled Workflows
• Business as usual

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Research and Analysis
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Digital and AI Literacy
• Project and Task Management

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Recently completed an undergraduate degree in a relevant field, such as:
  • Design, innovation, or business
  • Data, information systems, or related analytical disciplines
  • International development, public policy, or social sciences
  • Other relevant fields with demonstrated interest in innovation and social impact
• Equivalent practical experience, coursework, or demonstrated capability will be considered in place of formal qualifications.

• Support the design and launch of an open innovation challenge to identify and source high-potential solutions aligned with organizational priorities.
• Research and map key innovation funders, including decision-makers, funding priorities, recent investments, and potential entry points for engagement.
• Conduct structured desk research to identify and catalog 50+ promising innovations relevant to Save the Children's work.
• Produce a shortlist of high-potential innovations, with concise assessment summaries to inform decision-making.
• Support the design and roll-out of the Innovation Astronaut Program.
• Develop and produce a weekly internal newsletter summarizing emerging trends, tools, sector developments, and opportunities to support the innovation team's situational awareness.
• Design and implement an automated system to generate monthly emails highlighting relevant funding opportunities.
• Enhance an existing AI-based tool to improve accuracy, broaden data sources, and introduce additional features such as deadline tracking and relevance scoring.
• The intern may support additional innovation tasks as defined by the Innovation team.

• Strong desk-research skills, including the ability to identify, review, and synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Ability to assess innovations, funding opportunities, and tools and summarize findings clearly.
• Clear, concise writing skills, particularly for briefs, summaries, and internal communications.
• Ability to present ideas and findings in a structured and accessible way.
• Comfortable using digital tools to support research, collaboration, and workflow management.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools for research, summarization, or automation, or strong willingness to learn.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Basic planning and coordination skills to support innovation challenges and research activities.

• Recently completed an undergraduate degree in a relevant field, such as: Design, innovation, or business; Data, information systems, or related analytical disciplines; International development, public policy, or social sciences; Other relevant fields with demonstrated interest in innovation and social impact.
• Equivalent practical experience, coursework, or demonstrated capability will be considered in place of formal qualifications.