View Vacancy - Paid Internships at the British Embassy in Warsaw FCDO (POL23.283)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Corporate Services Support

The British Embassy in Poland is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas. We welcomes applications from high-performing, motivated individuals who wish to gain professional experience in a dynamic, fast-paced working environment.

Poland is an important partner for the UK. The British Embassy Warsaw works to develop relations between all parts of Poland and all parts of the UK. Our work covers the breadth of the bilateral relationship, including political, commercial, security and economic issues of interest to both the UK and Poland, which we deliver under the framework of a Country Strategy setting out key objectives. Roles and responsibilities might evolve, in line with the Country Strategy.

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer.  We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow.

The Embassy offers a number of internship opportunities throughout the year as is now recruiting for 6 positions.  All internships run for a fixed period of 3 or 6 months and should be completed on a full time basis (37.5 hours per week). The 6 month internship includes 3 month internship and 3 month traineeship. The gross monthly salary is 3490 PLN.

In addition, we offer the following: agreed number of paid absence days, home working, if applicable, flexible working hours within the agreed limits, learning and development opportunities, modern management culture, excellent working environment, engagement in the corporate life of the Embassy.

Main responsibilities:

  • Provide general organisational and administrative support as required (e.g. by organising meetings, managing calendar and event guest lists, undertaking general office work);
  • Support the preparation and delivery of physical and online events and seminars;
  • Provide translations into/from English/Polish;
  • Conduct market research and analysis;
  • Support in delivery of procurement goals;
  • Admin duties.

The Embassy will be assigning successful candidates to the teams of its choice, however, candidates are requested to highlight their preferable team listed below as well as availability (3 or 6 months) in the motivation part of the application. The positions between number 1 & 5 may start later (July 17th).

  1. Communications Team - As an intern your working day will include a review of Polish media to identify stories of likely interest for the Ambassador and other staff, producing a daily summary email; you will contribute ideas for our social media channels; and may be involved in organising a press conference or similar media event.
  2. Internal Politics and Soft Power Team - As an intern your working day may include helping with organising meetings, visits and events, online research and assisting the team with daily office tasks and ongoing projects. Interest in Polish youth activism would be particularly beneficial.
  3. Private Office Team - As an intern your working day may include: greeting and accompanying the Ambassador’s guests to and from meetings; assisting in the day-to-day running of the Private Office; assisting with internal and external visits and Embassy events; and ensuring an effective flow of communication to and from the Private Office.
  4. Economic Diplomacy Team - As an intern your working day may include organising a business meeting to discuss a priority issue, translating a report on a recent development, and assisting with arrangements for a workshop with key experts.
  5. Policy Team - As an intern your working day may include tracking and reporting international visits of Polish officials, preparing analyses focused on Polish international relations, joining conferences and summarising them, and helping to organise events in the Embassy.
  6. Department for Business and Trade - As an intern your working day may include conducting market research – general and on specific sectors, helping to organise internal and external events, contacting business stakeholders, update databases.

Important note: In the motivation part of the application please indicate the team you wish to have your internships with, however, we reserve the right to assign you to a team of our choice if there are too many successful candidates to a particular team. As part of the recruitment process, successful candidates will be requested to provide one academic or professional reference.

  • Full professional proficiency in English and Polish, including excellent writing skills (written and spoken, minimum of C1 level for CEFR framework*)
  • Obtained BA or MA or in the process of obtaining at least BA in a related field or during a gap year
  • Good communication and organisational skills
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently and on own initiative
  • Competent with Microsoft Office Software
Managing a Quality Service, Delivering at Pace
31 May 2023
Internship
Full-time, Intern
37.5
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Poland
Warsaw
British Embassy
6
PLN
3490 PLN
19 June 2023

This is a 3 or 6 month’s internship contract.

Internships offered at the British Embassy are governed by the applicable Polish law. All interns are responsible for paying themselves any income tax required by the local law to the applicable Tax Office. We encourage you to consider checking with you GP whether you are fit to undertake internships prior to applying with us.

Visa / Passport requirements

Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Poland and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.

Please use Motivation, Skills & Experience (Why have you applied for this job?) field just to share with us where did you learn about the internship opportunity.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this link. Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it. 

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please be advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.

Please note Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment  indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency Level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFRPlease bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your languages skills are going to be assessed.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.