View Vacancy - Political Internship (Domestic Politics and Human Rights) - Mexico City
Main purpose of job
Your every day job will provide an insight into the public diplomacy work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the opportunity to learn about the UK’s work on a range of issues that include domestic politics, human rights, foreign policy and security issues.
This is a varied and challenging position, which covers a wide range of political and project related tasks as well as administrative duties. It will involve contact with most sections of the Embassy and a range of external contacts in Mexico and the UK. We often work under time pressure in a fast-paced environment.
The jobholder will provide administrative and analytical support for the Political team, as well as support on logistics, activities and events to ensure high quality outcomes working towards overall HMG objectives in Mexico.
As an intern in the political section some of your activities will involve:
- Research and draft reports about the Mexican political landscape, the human rights situation, security issues, party politics and foreign policy.
- Help the Political team to operate as efficiently as possible by ensuring effective communication with Mexican government departments, businesses, and other non-governmental institutions, as well as with all areas of the Embassy and stakeholders in the UK in order to facilitate and deliver programmes and activities.
- Provide administrative and logistics support for the Political team’s daily tasks and events.
- Draft correspondence briefings for the team in Spanish and English as required.
Essential on arrival:
- Currently studying or recently completed a university degree level course in or related to Political Science.
- Have knowledge and interest in key domestic politics issues, human rights and diplomacy.
- Have solid drafting and communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to facilitate relationship building both internally and externally.
- Must be able to provide information in an understandable format to stakeholders.
- Should be a proactive and creative self-starter with the ability to learn quickly.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (spoken and written). No certification required but this will be assessed at the interview stage.
Candidates must be able to live and work in Mexico within their own right.
The successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance and professional reference check.
Learning and development opportunities:
On the job training and access to courses and learning sets organised by the wider embassy teams.
Working patterns:
25 hours per week, Monday - Friday, between 09:00-14:00.
All staff at the British Embassy and its Consulates in Mexico are expected to work towards the UK mission statement of 'Building a UK/Mexico partnership, which makes the world and us more prosperous and secure, and to embody the Embassy’s agreed values of Honesty, Respect, Inclusion and Professionalism'.
This opportunity is closed to applications.