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Student internship in Social Innovation Project Management

Urban Product is constantly looking for new talents to join one of its teams. If our projects interest you, do not hesitate to consult this internship offer. Urban Product (UP) is an incubator for social innovations aimed at the “redistribution” of sustainable solutions with a view of increasing their social impact. The principle of “leave no one behind” is at the heart of our intervention strategies.

Currently, UP is working in particular on the incubation of two projects :

Each of the two projects, after having undergone a very small-scale pilot phase, gradually enters the start-up phase which must lead the construction of a sustainable economic model. This new phase involves the development of new products and services and the improvement of processes enabling change on a scale.

As part of these activities, Urban Product is looking for an intern for a period of minimum 2 months in the period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024. The Urban Product non-profit organization is currently led by Ludo Moyersoen and Denis Hees who together have extensive experience in the fields of microfinance, support for entrepreneurship, measurement of social impact and management of social economy or international solidarity projects.
Ludo and Denis also have a long history of supervising internships and a taste for making each internship a unique learning experience.

Missions

The internship will focus on one or the other of the 2 projects currently in incubation. It will be built around the following missions (non-exhaustive list), taking into account the expectations and interests of the candidate intern:

1. Support for Monitoring-Evaluation of the two ongoing projects
   • Regular collection and analysis of quantitative data on a series of indicators
   • Carrying out qualitative surveys
   • Sharing lessons learned with project stakeholders
2. Support for “social marketing” actions
   • Awareness/promotion actions in the field
   • Development of communication tools (physical/digital)
   • Participation in meetings with a series of stakeholders linked to the projects
3. Test management of new products and services (R&D)
4. Support in some administrative and financial management tasks of the non-profit organization and contribution to the improvement of procedures

Profiles

• Studies : internship as part of a bachelor’s or master’s degree in social sciences, economics or any other relevant training related to the position
• Interest in the social and solidarity economy
• Comfort with computer tools
• Enjoy meeting people and learning
• Fluency in oral and written communication in French, Dutch or English

Practical questions

• Unpaid internship (reimbursement of transport costs according to the scales in force)
• The internship takes place mainly in Brussels
• Internship period to be agreed according to the academic constraints of the student intern ; an investment in working time corresponding to a minimum of 3 days/week over a horizon of minimum 1 month is strongly desired
• Additional information from Denis HEES (0498 83 89 11) or Ludo MOYERSOEN (0487 31 95 95)
• Interested? Send us your CV with a motivational email to denis@urbanproduct.be and ludo@urbanproduct.be, or fill out the form below: