ActionAid (AA) Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, which is a global alliance of organisations working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys the right to a life with dignity. As a large and visible development organisation, we work in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Our expertise lies in community-led approaches to development and working through partnerships with the poor and other grass root organisations.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Human Resources Intern
Location: Abuja
Description
- The post holder will support the Human Resource unit and be responsible for staff digitalisation process, managing physical documentation, filing systems, and the digital HR database. S/he will also support the coordination of staff welfare, insurance, and wellness initiatives, ensuring effective HR administration and employee engagement.
- The Intern position is an opportunity offered by ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) for young graduates to earn a post NYSC experience. It is therefore both a learning and value-adding relationship between interns and AAN. The intern is expected to take advantage of the space offered for experience gathering, self-development, while providing quality service to ActionAid Nigeria.
Person Specifications
Education/Qualifications:
- First Degree in Business Administration/Management Sciences/Social Sciences or any relevant field is essential.
- Membership of CIPMN or other relevant professional Institute is desirable.
Experience:
- Relevant NYSC experience in the related fields is essential is essential.
- Experience managing staff welfare is desirable.
- Experience supporting office payments is desirable.
- Minimum of 1-year experience preferably in the INGO/NGO sector is essential.
- Experience working with international development of NGO agencies is desirable.
- Office administration experience is desirable.
Skill/Abilities:
- Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality.
- Strong communication and writing skills.
- Excellent Interpersonal and multitasking skills.
- Excellent planning and prioritization skills.
- Strong analytical/problem solving skills
- Must have high respect for professional, personal integrity and ethics.
- Excellent reporting, documentation, record keeping skill and Tech savvy
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel, Word & Outlook (MS Office in general).
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application form in an MSWord attachment to: [email protected] using the position applied for and location (e.g., Human Resources Intern– Abuja).
Click here to download the Application Form (MS Word)
Application Deadline 20th October, 2025.
Note
- Only electronically submitted forms will be considered. Submitted or Scanned CVs will be disregarded.
- ActionAid offers competitive terms of employment. Applications from young people, women, persons with disability and candidates from the Northeast and Northwest are particularly encouraged.
- While we respect all applicants, interview dates will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates.
- ActionAid is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse) in line with our
- Child Safeguarding policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; and Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse at Work Policy and Overarching
- SHEA and Safeguarding Policy; as well as our zero-tolerance approach to Safeguarding concerns