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SNF Internship

Internships

One internship program. Up to 34 positions. Unlimited possibilities.

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As active citizens of the world, young people have the power to catalyze positive social change and guide society along a path of sustainable progress.

Many Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) grants focus on empowering young people—of all interests and backgrounds—and amplifying their voices.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Internship Program invites young people to apply for a four-month internship in Athens twice per year, from April to July and from October to February.

The call for applications for the Fall - Winter internship cycle (October 1st, 2024– January 31, 2025) has been completed. 

The next open call concerns the Spring - Summer period (April 1, 2025 – July 31st, 2025) which will be announced on December 16th, 2024 and will remain open through January 15th, 2025.
(For further details please refer to the online application form as of December 16th, 2024)

If you aspire to be a part of

  • An international philanthropic foundation that values interns as an integral part of the organization
  • A diverse team that works with passion and persistence to help create a better world

Apply for the internship positions by following the directions below.

Internship Positions

We are happy to offer up to 34 paid internship positions: 

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

  • SNF Departmental Positions:

Programs Department: Up to 3 Positions
Communications Department: Up to 2 Positions
Technical Department: Up to 1 Position
Information Technology Department: Up to 1 Position
Legal Department: Up to 1 Position

  • Related Nonprofits Organizations / Sister Philanthropies

Regeneration & Progress: Up to 6 Positions
Vamvakou Revival: Up to 2 Positions
(This internship takes place in the village of Vamvakou village, in the prefecture of Laconia)

  • Major SNF grantees

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC): Up to 6 Positions
Greek National Opera (GNO): Up to 6 Positions
National Library of Greece (NLG): Up to 6 Positions

Get ready to be actively engaged, observe, learn, meet people, discuss, share ideas, and build toward your future! Choose the position that best suits your personality, interests, and future plans.

Application

If you have applied in the past and you haven’t been selected, you are welcome to apply again.

All travel and accommodation expenses as well as potential work permit and visa logistics are the responsibility of the intern.

Review process

The review process is carried out in two stages. The first stage involves the evaluation of applicants’ CVs and application responses to establish a shortlist of candidates. The second stage involves virtual interviews with these shortlisted candidates, conducted by small panels of SNF staff based on which position the applicant is interested in.

Applications are evaluated on criteria including their relevance to the position, interest shown by the applicant and the fit between their disposition and the philosophy of the organization, and the potential for the candidate and the team to learn from each other.

The interest we see in working in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors never ceases to inspire us, and we firmly believe that anyone interested should have the opportunity to be considered for an experience in these fields. Our review process reflects this affirmative approach to welcoming interns from all backgrounds and at different points in their professional journeys.

Our work as a foundation and philanthropy more broadly relies on adopting innovative strategies and being intentional about piloting new ideas, and we feel that it’s important to take the same approach here to increase the likelihood that the internship experience reaches those who might most benefit from it and who also might otherwise not have had the opportunity to do so.

In this spirit of innovation, the process is also designed to give opportunities to all candidates, with full faith that all those interested have something valuable to contribute and to learn regardless of whether the process would otherwise have selected their applications. By adding an element of random selection for a small percentage of the cohort, we aim to give everyone interested a chance at participating and help open doors to opportunity for all—a goal that guides all of SNF’s work in our mission to empower humanity.

The SNF Internship, as seen through eyes of the interns

A revealing journey. Unforgettable. Life-changing. These are some of the words interns from the winter 2023-2024 cycle used to describe the SNF Internship Program. Flip through a wrap-up they created on their experience to learn more about their daily experiences and their thoughts on taking part in the program.

What is it like to work for an international philanthropic foundation? Setting up a festival in the mountain village of Vamvakou, at an altitude of 900 meters? To work in the quietest part of Athens among tens of thousands of books? The SNF Interns from the 2024 summer term created a memory board, condensing their experiences, their best moments, all they learned, and the memories that will stay with them for a long time.