The CCRIF Regional #Internship Programme CCRIF SPC is supporting a regional internship programme to provide career-related work experience for CARICOM and CCRIF Caribbean member country citizens that enhances the graduates’ academic training and provides a real world introduction to the graduates in the areas of disaster risk management, disaster risk financing, climate change, meteorology, risk transfer and/or risk modelling. #CCRIF partners with national disaster management and meteorology offices and regional organizations involved in these areas. The programme will have two modes of operation: On-site internships – working face-to-face with a national or regional organization A limited number of virtual internships – working remotely with a national or regional organization in the Caribbean The CCRIF Regional Internship Programme has been designed to: Promote academic, career and/or personal development for the selected interns Provide interns with the opportunity to integrate their academic knowledge with practical application and skill development in the workplace Provide experiential learning thereby ensuring that interns gain vital skills and experience that they will be able to use throughout their professional career Enhance and/or expand the interns’ knowledge in areas related to climate change, disaster risk management, and/or risk insurance among others Offer interns challenging assignments that benefit the host organization while providing tangible work experience for the interns Enable interns to sample potential areas of work specialization and explore the workplace culture of the assigned organization Include an intentional “learning plan” for interns that is structured within the work experience and includes learning objectives, observation, reflection, evaluation and assessment of interns Balance #interns’ own learning goals with the specific work the organization needs completed (at ScholarshipJamaica.com) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc1IPjeu3eP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
