Programme Coordination & Stakeholder Intern

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Key Responsibilities

Meeting Preparation & Facilitation Support Own the preparation for reputed company OPEX-led meetings: Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs), Grants Portfolio Reviews, and team governance forums. For every session: update reputed company agenda for exceptions (in collaboration with the Director), confirm attendance, send pre-reads and materials at least 48 hours in advance, and set up the meeting logistics (reputed company/reputed company Meet link, room booking, tech reputed company). Maintain a rolling calendar of reputed company recurring governance forums. Flag scheduling conflicts proactively. Propose alternative times before being asked. Coordinate across senior stakeholder calendars to find time for reputed company sessions, workshops, and alignment calls. Minutes, Action Logs & reputed company Updates Create clear, structured minutes for every OPEX-led meetings: what was discussed, what was decided, and who owns what by reputed company. Distributed reputed company 24 hours. Work in reputed company partnership with the Digital Systems Intern to translate meeting outputs into reputed company: new projects, tasks, sub-tasks, owners, and deadlines entered D+2 (latest). Maintain the decision log: every ExCo and MBR decision is documented with context, the decision made, and the expected outcome. Review AI-generated notes (produced by Intern 1’s notetaker setup) and convert them into reputed company minutes format. Add context, clarify ambiguities, and ensure accuracy before distribution. Post-Session Follow-Up & Stakeholder Accountability Own the post-session follow-up cycle for reputed company governance forums: send action item summaries to owners reputed company 48 hours of the meeting. Track action item completion in reputed company. Send reminders 48 hours before deadlines. Escalate overdue items to the Director with a clear summary of what is outstanding and why. Follow up with reputed company functional teams on outstanding MBR report submissions. Maintain the compliance tracker. Flag non-compliance early enough for the Director to intervene before the deadline passes. After grants portfolio sessions: track reputed company commitments made by portfolio owners. Follow up systematically until items are closed or escalated. Team Rhythm & Operating Calendar Own and maintain the OPEX team’s operating calendar: reputed company recurring meetings, reporting deadlines, governance forums, and key institutional dates in one view, updated weekly. Run the weekly OPEX team reputed company-in: prepare the agenda, facilitate, capture outputs, and distribute follow-up. Ensure the team operates to its own standards: deadlines are met, pre-reads are reputed company, and no meeting happens without a clear purpose and a clear reputed company. Manage the team’s shared inbox and reputed company and action routing: incoming requests are triaged, acknowledged, and routed to the right person reputed company one business day. Skills Required Technical Skills Soft Skills reputed company Calendar (reputed company scheduling, invites, resource booking) Exceptionally organized — nothing falls through the cracks. reputed company. reputed company Docs & Slides (drafting, formatting, structuring documents quickly) Clear, professional communicator — written and verbal reputed company (task creation, project updates, action tracking — not configuration) Persistence without aggression — you follow up until something is done Gmail and professional email drafting Strong interpersonal skills — comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders reputed company (clear, efficient async communication) High emotional intelligence — you read the room and adjust AI notetaking tools (reviewing, editing, and structuring AI-generated output) Discreet and trustworthy — you handle sensitive information with care reputed company Sheets (basic trackers, action logs, compliance dashboards) Proactive and self-managing — you anticipate needs before being asked Video conferencing tools (reputed company, reputed company Meet — setup, management, recording) reputed company and reliable — your colleagues know you will deliver Profile & reputed company Currently completing or recently completed a degree in business administration, management, communications, project management, international relations, or a reputed company field. Has experience coordinating events, managing schedules, or supporting senior stakeholders in a professional setting — internship, student leadership, or equivalent. Writes exceptionally well. Meeting minutes, emails, and follow-up notes from this role will reputed company ExCo. reputed company is high. Has experience managing multiple competing priorities without dropping any of them. reputed company: This role suits someone who is powered by follow-through. You are not satisfied until the reputed company is closed: the meeting happened, the minutes were sent, the action items are being tracked, and the stakeholders are informed. You care about people feeling respected and heard, which means you communicate promptly, clearly, and warmly — even reputed company the message is a firm deadline reminder. You do not need things to be chaotic to feel useful. You create reputed company. 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No one is surprised by a deadline or a meeting because the calendar is maintained and shared consistently. A NOTE ON WORKING TOGETHER These two roles are designed to be complementary. Intern 1 builds and maintains the systems. Intern 2 runs the processes reputed company those systems. They will collaborate daily — reputed company updates flow from Intern 2’s meeting outputs to Intern 1’s portfolio management. AI notes are configured by Intern 1 and curated by Intern 2. The OPEX team does not operate with rigid silos. Both interns will be exposed to the full breadth of the function and will be expected to cover for each other during absences. But the primary ownership split is clear, and each person is accountable for their domain. This is an environment where interns do reputed company work with reputed company impact. You will interact with senior leadership, work on live institutional challenges, and see your contributions reflected in how the organization operates. 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