Internship Position – Advocacy and Communication
Disability Inclusive Climate Action Support Intern
The African Disability Forum is a continental organization of persons with disabilities working to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities across Africa. ADF supports disability rights advocacy, capacity development, policy engagement, and the meaningful participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities in sub-regional, continental and global processes.
In line with the ADF Internship Policy, ADF internships are learning-oriented engagements designed to support the professional development of interns while contributing to the organization’s mandate. The internship will be implemented in accordance with the principles of inclusivity, accessibility, non-discrimination, mutual benefit, transparency, accountability, safeguarding and ethical conduct.
ADF is seeking to engage one intern to support the work of the Advocacy and Communication Director in all areas of engagements with a particular focus on African Disability Protocol (ADP) ratification lobby and advocacy engagement, establishing systemic continental climate lobby and advocacy engagement towards creating strong voice, managing follow up tasks of global, continental and sub-regional platforms’ of climate change actions as well as engagements, developing COPs 31 and 32 engagement plans and concept notes, working on initial stakeholders mapping and baseline assessment of ADF members, knowledge development, documentation, team coordination, support advocacy and communication initiatives and webinars involving Organizations of Persons with Disabilities across Africa.
The purpose of this internship is to provide a structured learning opportunity for an emerging professional interested in African Disability Protocol related work, disability rights, inclusive development and climate advocacy, while supporting ADF’s work in strengthening Organizations of Persons with Disabilities. The intern will assist the ADF Director for Advocacy and Communication in designing, implementing, documenting and following up on ADP and disability inclusive climate action activities, including the tasks outlined under article one paragraph three above.
For more information see the Terms of Reference here. Any interested applicant can apply according to the attached ToR via the following email: jobs@adf-secretariat.org, with the subject line: Advocacy and Communication internship
Deadline to submit the proposal: Wednesday, 10 June 2026, on or before 5:00 pm East African Time (EAT)
