Nature and Science Intern

hace 3 semanas


Bogota, Colombia Foreign & Commonwealth Office A tiempo completo

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

**Main purpose of job**:
This role will sit within the British Embassy’s Economic, Climate and Science Team (ECS) and the jobholder will be responsible for supporting the team’s activities across a wide portfolio of work in climate, environment and science - in particular related to strengthening scientific collaboration between Colombia and the United Kingdom, bioeconomy initiatives and biodiversity protection. This includes management and updating of databases, supporting the communications strategy of the team, assistance in official visits and events, coordination of meetings and different logístical arrangements.

**Roles and responsibilities**:
Data management and collection (30%)
- Update databases, spreadsheets, E-files, SharePoint and records as requested.
- Timely provide updated information according to specific requests.
- Suggest innovative ideas to design/update team’s databases and internal documents (physical and digital).
- Keep record of expenditures, purchase orders and different finance expenses as requested.

Administrative Tasks (30%)
- Work closely with different areas of the Embassy to ensure good coordination and optimise the impact of each event, project, communication piece or policy work.
- Translation requests (English-Spanish/Spanish-English).
- Manage an up-to-date list of team’s activities, visits and events.
- Support administrative requirements of the team, e.g. preparation of letters, presentations and other related documents.

External and Internal Communications (20%)
- Liaise with the ECS comms champion and wider Embassy comms team to be updated in requirements and tools to communicate relevant activites/events.
- Compile relevant information to create key communication pieces.
- Propose innovative ways to communicate the impact of activities/events.
- Create and update internal communication pieces to strenghten the team’s communication strategy.

Event Support (20%)
- Coordinate the planning and logístical arrangements of events.
- Provide support with the delivery of events.
- Assist the team with the communications strategy of events.
- Support the team in monitoring the evaluation and impact of events.

Actively engage in the wider Embassy activities, participate in committees and events.

Any other task that might be required as part of the team’s daily activities.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience
- Must have the legal status to live and work in Colombia.
- Currently enrolled in the last semesters of a university degree in International Relations, International Business, Political Science or related fields.
- Availability of at least 6 months before their graduation date. Applicants who do not meet this requirement will not be considered.
- Availability to work sporadically on nights and weekends when events require it.
- Good knowledge of current national and international affairs.
- Organisation skills.
- Ability to interact and collaborate with different teams.
- Excellent teamwork and communications skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and against deadlines.

**Language requirements**:
Language: Spanish and Englsih

Level of language required: Spanish and English at both B2 level according to the CEFR

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience
- Experience in project delivery, good knowledge of Microsoft Office, graphic design skills.
- Required behaviours- Making Effective Decisions, Delivering at Pace, Working Together, Developing Self and Others Application deadline Application deadline - day Application deadline - month Application deadline - year
- 15 June 2023

Grade
- Internship

Type of Position
- Full-time, Intern

Working hours per week
- 35 net

Region
- Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean

Country/Territory
- Colombia

Location (City)
- Bogota

Type of Post
- British Embassy

Number of vacancies
- 1

Salary Currency
- COP

Stipend / Allowance
- $1,160,000

Start Date Start Date - day Start Date - month Start Date - year
- 31 July 2023

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Social Security: EPS and ARL

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.

Additional information

**Learning and development opportunities**:
**Working patterns**:
Full time. Monday to Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The British Embassy in Colombia has a flexible working policy.



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