Intern Evaluations and Knowledge Management

Vacancy

Intern Evaluations and Knowledge Management

We are looking for an intern in the Evaluations and Knowledge Management (EKM) team, where you will help develop FMO as a learning organization via contributing to our Knowledge Management program. Join the team and empower our mission!
  • Educational levelMaster degree (WO)
  • DeadlineJuly 28, 2025

Your role

As part of your internship, you will be involved in a variety of Knowledge Management related activities, including but not limited to the following: 

  • Assist the KM team in embedding new and existing knowledge management tools into organizational workflows and processes 

  • Help design and develop training materials, tutorial videos, guidance documents, newsletters, presentations, blogs, and learning modules to support tool adoption across the organization 

  • Contribute to the creation of best practice guides and communication materials to effectively onboard and support teams using new KM tools 

  • Develop and update SharePoint sites, knowledge hubs, pages, lists, news, and blogs 

  • Help to analyse and collate SharePoint usage metrics reports 

  • Review, test, and help improve KM products, quick wins, and solutions 

A key focus of this internship will be supporting the rollout of FMO’s new lessons learned database. By the end of the internship, you will have developed practical skills in knowledge management, digital collaboration, and organizational learning, and contributed to a high-impact KM initiative. You will work closely with the KM team and receive regular coaching and feedback. 

About FMO 

These are exciting times in the world of development finance. The world population is growing and so are many economies in the world, but many socio-economic and environmental realities do not make global economic development easy. At FMO, we believe in a world where, in 2050, more than nine billion people live well and within the means of the planet’s resources. The enduring effects of the COVID pandemic create an enormous additional challenge to our and the global development ambitions. 

FMO’s strategy is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which help us focus on creating development impact with our activities. We particularly focus on SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), 10 (Reducing Inequalities) and 13 (Climate Action). At the Strategy Department we are looking for an intern to help us with our on-going projects, most of which focus on understanding and improving FMO’s business activities. 

The team

This internship role will be within Strategy’s Evaluations and Knowledge Management team (EKM), specifically within Knowledge Management.  

Within Knowledge Management (KM) at FMO, we work to: 

  • Support FMO’s transformation into a learning organization 

  • Promote effective knowledge sharing across teams and departments 

  • Facilitate collaboration through accessible and well-structured knowledge 

  • Contribute to the implementation of FMO’s strategic goals through knowledge-driven practices 

The Department  

The Strategy Department has strategy at its core, supporting the Managing Board and FMO leadership on key topics throughout the “strategy cycle”. The main activities of the department consist of: 

  • Strategic context and trend analysis; 

  • Responsibility for and facilitation of strategy setting, thought leadership and policy advice on FMO’s SDG / development impact agenda, annual business planning and change project selection and monitoring; 

  • Key support for making FMO a “learning organization” via performance monitoring and follow-up by way of evaluations and knowledge management. 

Having just completed FMO’s corporate strategy (“Strategy 2030”: Pioneer-Develop-Scale), the department will play a crucial role in the coming years supporting and facilitating the rest of the organization with achieving FMO’s ambitious goals. The department will further sharpen the strategy and help define initiatives to ensure it leads to tangible impact in low- and middle-income countries aligned with our mission to enable entrepreneurs to increase inclusive and sustainable prosperity.   

The Strategy department consists of 4 teams being: Strategic Planning; Sustainability Strategy & Policy; Portfolio Management Office; and Evaluations & Knowledge Management, with in total nearly 30 colleagues. The management team consists of the Strategy Director and 4 managers. 

Your background

To apply for this internship, you must be: 

  • a third- or fourth-year HBO or MSc student, currently enrolled in a programme in The Netherlands 

  • eligible to receive credits (ECTs) for this internship, either for your thesis or as part of your curriculum 

  • available for a period of 6 months, 4 days per week preferably starting around September 2025. 

  • living in The Netherlands 

This opportunity will be a great combination to your studies if you: 

  • Are studying or have studied in a field related to Knowledge Management, Change Management, Business Process Innovation, Communications, Marketing, Information Management, Library Studies, Learning and Development, or Development Studies 

  • Are proficient with Office 365 tools, particularly Microsoft SharePoint, Power BI, and Microsoft Teams,  or you are open and able to learn (new) technologies 

  • Have writing, editing, video-making/editing, and visualization skills 

  • Have an affinity with FMO’s mission, interest in the field of (global) development, developing countries, and impact investing 

  • Have an affinity to work on projects related to graphic design, publications, marketing and/or communications 

  • Are proficient in English 

And particularly if you: 

  • can self-manage your time, take ownership of tasks, and deliver good quality results in agreed timelines 

  • have good intercultural communication skills  

  • are able and willing to bring new insights from your perspective and studies 

  • are not afraid to suggest improvements, ask questions and learn from mistakes 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Aakanksha Sharma at a.sharma@fmo.nl.

Are you enthusiastic about FMO's mission and do you meet the criteria? We would love to hear from you and learn more about you. So please, apply today! #PioneerDevelopScale.  

FMO offers an internship compensation of Euro 750 net based on a 5-day work week.