Humanitarian Innovative Finance Intern

Spring 2026 Internship Opportunity:

Humanitarian Innovative Finance Intern

Support innovation and humanitarian innovative finance at the Danish Red Cross and gain hands-on experience in the field while contributing to global humanitarian efforts.

Location: Danish Red Cross Headquarters/International department, Copenhagen N, Denmark
Duration: Flexible Start Date, Early–Mid February 2026, approx. 4-6 months duration

Role Overview

Are you interested in innovation in humanitarian work? Would you like to work with humanitarian innovative finance? Can you support strategy, administrative and communication work at all levels? Then you are a great fit for our open intern position as Humanitarian Innovative Finance Intern.

We are looking for a motivated, proactive and independent intern with a strong drive to support the Innovation Lead in strengthening DRC’s innovation practice, focusing on humanitarian innovative finance.

Key responsibilities

In this position, you will be supporting innovation management at DRC in several ways, such as:

• Documentation: Support the preparation, organization, and maintenance of project documents, meeting notes, and internal reports to ensure accurate and accessible records.
• Monitoring and Learning: Support project monitoring activities, and documentation of lessons learned, along with contributing to the development of learning resources and tools, to support innovative finance practices at an organizational level.
• Research and analysis: Support various research and assessment tasks, e.g., innovative finance feasibility assessments, funding opportunities, financial instruments and analyse key trends impacting humanitarian work to prepare actionable insights to support DRC’s innovation work.
• Communication: Assist in drafting internal and external communications, creating engaging content for digital (intranet, website, LinkedIn etc.) and print, as well as creating presentations and summaries to effectively share project insights and updates with relevant stakeholders.
• Administrative tasks: Provide general administrative support including scheduling meetings, maintaining files, and coordinating basic logistics for team activities.
• Other ad hoc tasks

We will work with you to tailor the role based on your key strengths and interests.

This position is ideal for someone who wants to get hands-on experience working with innovation in an international humanitarian organisation and who is interested in how finance instruments can support humanitarian outcomes.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is:

• Enrolled in a university or academy degree programme, pursuing a relevant academic degree i.e. innovation management, business administration, social or political science, or similar. Obtaining ECTS points for the internship is required to be eligible to apply for this position.
• Independent, proactive, and thrives while working autonomously.
• Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, and an excellent problem solver.
• A strong communicator (digital and face-to-face) and organizer who works well in a fast-paced environment.
• A proficient user of MS Office and can quickly learn new digital platforms
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills
• Can work in-person in Copenhagen.

What we offer

• A platform to grow: Gain hands-on experience in innovation management within the world’s largest humanitarian network, tackling real-world challenges.
• Put theory into practice: Apply your academic knowledge to practical tasks, developing your skills.
• A supportive environment: Collaborate with passionate and nice colleagues in dynamic work environment.
• Networking potential: Connect with professionals in Denmark and internationally, building relationships that could shape your career.
• Make an impact: Contribute to meaningful projects that support humanitarian efforts worldwide, leaving your mark on the Danish Red Cross’s innovative finance journey.

About the Danish Red Cross

The Danish Red Cross is part of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network addressing needs in 192 countries. Active in 18 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, our mission includes health, disaster management, and inclusion in fragile contexts, crises, and conflicts, with a turnover of 1 billion DKK in 2023.

The Innovation Lead in the International Department promote and support efforts to keep DRC agile and relevant in rapidly changing contexts. We aim to strengthen our culture of innovation to better meet the evolving needs of the people we serve in some of the world’s most challenging environments.

Internship conditions

• The internship is unpaid, but lunch is provided.
• You’ll be based at the Danish Red Cross headquarters in Copenhagen, with access to a workspace, computer, and other office facilities.
• You will be expected to come into the office to work.
• The internship period is expected to be between 4-6 months with an expected start in Early-Mid February.

How to apply

Apply via the Emply platform with your CV and motivational letter as soon as possible but no later than January 20th 2026.

For further information please contact the Innovation Lead, Karen Kisakeni Sørensen on kasoe@rodekors.dk.