🇳🇬 Internship in Nigeria 📡 Communication Intern at Tearfund — Abuja 🎙️

Humanitarian communications is a specific and valuable skill — and Tearfund UK is offering a hands-on Communication Internship at their Nigeria country office in Abuja for someone ready to develop it in a real development context. If you’re studying or recently graduated in communications, journalism, or public relations, and you’re motivated by faith-based humanitarian work, this is a placement with genuine depth.

🏢 About Tearfund

Tearfund is a UK-based international humanitarian and development organisation working in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Their Nigeria country team works across communications, advocacy, and development programmes — and this internship places you right inside that operation.

🎯 Role Purpose

The Communications Intern will support the Nigeria country team in delivering Tearfund’s communications activities — from storytelling and content creation to media monitoring and strategic communication planning. This is a substantive role with real mentorship and genuine exposure to how a major humanitarian organisation communicates its work.

📋 Key Responsibilities

📸 Support the production of stories, photos, and videos that highlight Tearfund’s work and impact

📱 Assist with social media content, newsletters, and website updates

📊 Support media monitoring and prepare basic communications reports when needed

🎪 Help organise events, campaigns, and visibility activities

🧠 Learn from and assist the Communications Unit in strategic communication planning

✍️ Support the development of content for campaigns and donor communications

🧠 What You’ll Learn

💼 Hands-on experience in communications for a humanitarian organisation

📰 Exposure to media engagement, storytelling, and content creation in a development context

📋 Understanding of communications strategy and planning at country level

🧭 Mentorship from experienced communications professionals

🌍 Exposure to campaigns and institutional donor communications

✅ Who Should Apply

The ideal candidate is currently pursuing or has recently completed a degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field, and brings:

✍️ Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

🙏 A genuine interest in humanitarian, development, or faith-based work

📖 Alignment with Tearfund’s Christian values and ethical standards — including commitment to an Evangelical Christian church and the ability to communicate confidently about personal faith

🗣️ Oral and written proficiency in the primary working local language

💻 Computer literacy — experience with Word, Excel, and preferably accounting software such as Peachtree

🎯 Strong organisational, scheduling, and investigative abilities

🤝 A calm, confident, assertive, and welcoming manner with good interpersonal skills

Desirable skills:

🎨 Basic photography, graphic design, and video editing skills

📱 Familiarity with social media management

🗣️ Knowledge of Nigerian languages (Hausa, Yoruba, or Igbo) is an advantage

💶 Compensation

Monthly stipend of NGN 77,000

📅 Duration & Commitment

⏱️ 40 hours per week

🗓️ 1 June 2026 — 31 March 2027

📍 Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

⏰ Deadline

26 April 2026

🔗 Link

https://jobs.tearfund.org/jobs/vacancy/communication-intern—nigeria-3243/3269/description

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