Main purpose of job:
The British Embassy in Santo Domingo is seeking an enthusiastic and fast-learning intern to provide support to the Political and Communications team across the range of their work. This will include a wide range of work, from helping research and draft briefings on local and international political issues, helping to generate comms material, to providing support for events. This is a great opportunity for somebody early in their career to get experience working in an international environment and an insight into the work of an Embassy.
The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, all of which enhances 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.
Roles and responsibilities:The Political intern will work across the work of the Political and Communications team, helping with a wide variety of tasks and projects and getting experience of the range of work that we carry out in the Embassy. Duties are likely to include
This is a varied role, with the opportunity to get experience in an unusually broad mix of areas of administrative support. An excellent suite of online training is available and the job-holder is expected to commit to personal learning and development as part of the role.
The Embassy’s working language is English.
Learning and development opportunities:
The British Embassy Santo Domingo is committed to Learning and Development and a wide range of training will be available, including FCDO Mandatory Training as set out on HERA Learning at the time of hiring
Essential on arrival:
Language:
Expert in Written and Spoken English and Spanish
Applicants must have the legal status to live and work in the Dominican Republic at the time of application.
The position requires pre-existing legal status to live and work in the Dominican Republic and will be subject to satisfactory reference checks and successful receipt of security clearances.
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, e.g. some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list. If during the reserve period of 12 months the same or largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second of subsequent candidate.
Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 23 July 2025.
All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.
Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
