View Vacancy - Communications and Public Diplomacy Intern

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Communications, Press and Media

Main purpose of job:

The British Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro is seeking a new intern who is passionate about communications, connected to the latest trends on social media and is interested in a multinational experience by working in an environment where they will be able to flourish, learn and further develop their professional skills while assisting the Communications team.

The ideal candidate must be an individual with a personal ambition to grow and play a part in the continuing relation between the United Kingdom and Brazil.

This position is part of a cross-post team which creatively supports projects across a wide range of initiatives developed and implemented by the UK in Brazil Network. Amongst the main responsibilities of this role are: creating and development of social media content, press and media engagement, news monitoring and reporting, as well as supporting events, ministerial visits and general activities throughout the other posts (BSB, SP, BH and Recife)

 

Roles and responsibilities:

- Provide support on events, official visits and communications (comms) initiatives, including photo and digital coverage and development of a diverse set of comms materials.

-  Develop and support all internal comms initiatives such as the bulletin board, digital newsletters, staff events and special campaigns.

- Collaborate in engagement with the media, by writing press releases and reports, preparing mailing lists and contacting journalists.

- Contribute in special projects, accompanying the development and implementation of strategic comms plans.

- Support the work of digital communication, by creating specific digital communications plans, implementing them and monitoring impacts.

- Help on administrative tasks, including contact with suppliers, documents management and data base update.

- Monitor discussions on global issues in the media and elaborate daily clippings for the organisation´s network.

- Support with branding – through events, organising material, and supporting production/delivery/ of marketing material.

 

Essential on arrival:

Essential on arrival: the candidate must be a 2nd, 3rd or 4th year student in Communications or Media Studies, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Advertisement and correlated areas. Candidates from different courses could be considered pending their skills and motivation for the job.

The candidate must have excellent communication skills both in Portuguese (native) and English (advanced). High interest in the Brazilian political scenario. Interest and knowledge of the UK culture and politics would be an advantage. Familiarity with social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and knowledge of Office package are essential. Familiarity with design and visual communication tools would be a strong advantage.

The successful candidate must also have good interpersonal communication skills and be a strong team-player. Organisation skills and good attention to details are desirable. The job position requires flexibility and a willingness and ability to deal with multiple tasks and priorities.

 

 

Video and photo editing skills are also a desirable asset.

 

Interest in the Brazilian political scenario is desirable.

Changing and Improving, Delivering at Pace, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together
8 December 2022
Internship
Fixed Term
30
12 months
Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean
Brazil
Rio De Janeiro
British Consulate General
1
BRL
1697.70
1 February 2023
1 February 2024
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
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This opportunity is closed to applications.