Internship - TC Regional Divisions

Overview

Gain practical work experience in line with studies and interests.

You have:

• Bachelor's Degree - University degree in management, social sciences, science and technology, or international relations.
• Experience in the compilation, processing and reporting of information using databases.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office 2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent oral and written command of English.
• Good command of spoken and written Spanish considered an asset.
• Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, and Russian) is an asset.
• Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years of age.
• Candidates must have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a first degree.
• Candidates may apply up to one year after the completion of a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree.
• Candidates must not have previously participated in the IAEA's internship programme.

This internship opportunity will be used to fill multiple positions for all regional divisions (Division for Africa, Division for Asia and the Pacific, Division for Europe and Division for Latin America and the Caribbean)

Duration

12 months

Internships

The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each year. The internships are awarded to persons studying towards a university degree or who have recently received a degree (see Internship web pages for further details).

The purpose of the programme is:

To provide interns with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in line with their studies or interests, and expose them to the work of the IAEA and the United Nations as a whole;

To benefit the IAEA's programmes through the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.

The duration of an internship is normally not less than three months and not more than one year.

Organizational Setting

The Department of Technical Cooperation (TC) consists of the Office of the Deputy Director General, four regional Divisions (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean), the Division of Programme Support and Coordination and the Division of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT). It provides strategic direction for the IAEA's technical cooperation programme, and is responsible (in close collaboration with Member States) for the planning, formulation, implementation and monitoring of the programme.

Main Purpose

To gain knowledge and training on the IAEA Technical Cooperation programme and delivery in the region, in particular in the areas of programming, implementation, knowledge management and partnership building.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Programme/Project Management: Gain an overall understanding of the delivery of the TC programme, the range and impact of activities carried out within the programme through, inter alia, on-job-training in project design and planning, project implementation under the human resource components within selected TC activities, project monitoring and evaluation, and project financial closure.
• Knowledge Management: Support the Programme Management Officer in the preparation of achievement reports for selected projects; gain hands-on experience in drafting "TC Web and Success Stories" in the region; training on related platforms used for managing projects in the TC cycle, i.e. PCMF and AIPS.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree - University degree in management, social sciences, science and technology, or international relations.

  Experience in the compilation, processing and reporting of information using databases

• Experience working with Microsoft Office 2010 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), which is the IAEA's standard
• Excellent oral and written command of English. Good command of spoken and written Spanish considered an asset. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, and Russian) is an asset.

Applicant Eligibility

• Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years of age and have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a first degree.
• Candidates may apply up to one year after the completion of a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree.
• Candidates must not have previously participated in the IAEA's internship programme.
• Candidates must attach two signed letters of recommendation to their application.

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