View Vacancy - Political Intern (PRT19.623)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Political

The British Embassy in Lisbon is part of a worldwide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas. Currently, the Political and Prosperity team is offering an internship of 3 months.

The Intern will support bilateral and multilateral work towards UK Climate Change priorities in 2020.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Stakeholder mapping - private, public and NGOs to build a network of key contacts for the run up to COP26 and the UN Ocean Summit.

  • Media Monitoring and reporting of Portuguese domestic policies on climate change and energy.

  • Support in the organisation of Embassy events and visit programmes.

  • Comms support to the Climate change/clean growth communications campaign on social media.

  • Assist with other ad hoc duties, such as performing research work on indicated topics.


  • Fluent in English and Portuguese (written and spoken);

  • Good communication skills, attention to detail;

  • Excellent time management and ability to perform to deadlines;

  • Proactivity, dynamism, self-initiative, and ability to work well in a team;

  • Degree (or working towards) in a relevant area of studies.


  • Understanding of the UNFCCC process, climate change terminology and EU climate framework.

8 December 2019
Internship
Full-time, Intern
35
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Portugal
Lisbon
British Embassy
1
EUR
€ 600 (monthly Internship allowance) plus € 134 meal allowance
13 January 2020

This is a full-time, 3 months internship contract (35 hours net per week), with a possibility of extension.

The successful candidate will be subject to a professional background and security clearance and must have pre-existing work authorisation for Portugal in order to apply.

All applicants should have the right to live and work in Portugal. The British Embassy does not sponsor work permits.

Visa / Passport requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Portugal and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract. Additional requirements may become necessary pending EU Exit. If requirements change additional eligibility information will be shared during the recruitment process.

All staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Portugal are subject to local Portuguese employment law as well as internal regulations in force at any given time.

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 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.