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Internship: ICLEI’S INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE (ITC)
The International Training Centre (ITC) of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is offering an internship for university students or recent university graduates looking for international work experience in the field of urban sustainability, conferencing and training.
The internship offers a wide range of activities, mainly related to international communication, programme planning, internet announcements, conference assistance and logistics.
The next internship, starting in February 2010, will mainly focus on the preparation of the 6th European Sustainable Cities and Town Conference – the largest European conference related to local sustainable development, which is to take place in Dunkerque, France, in May 2010.
The internship is especially interesting for all those who wish to later work in international organisations, local governments and their associations, consultancies for local governments and training institutions.
Date/Duration:
Six months, starting February 2010
TASKS AND OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE
- Sharing ITC team meetings and general information
- Being responsible for certain areas of conference preparation, defined in the team, including intensive contacts
to outside (speakers, participants etc.), logistics, organisational support etc.
- Being responsible for translating and/or proofreading documents (depending on language qualifications) and
editing of text for conference announcements
- Being involved in website development and maintenance
- Sharing responsibility for project databases as core instruments for planning (including data entries and use of
data)
- General office support for filing, letter writing, communication with external partners, minutes writing, summaries,
etc.
- Support the ITC in different working areas, according to the needs of the teams working on conferences and/or
training projects
Skills required:
- Education: Student or recent graduate of environmental sciences, urban or regional planning, geography, communication,
media or other relevant field
- Computer skills: MS office, databases, experience with e-mail and www
- Organisational skills: High communicative competence (orally and in writing), precision and ability to be selforganised
within a complex team
- Languages: Excellent Spanish and English is required (ideally mother tongue). One or several further languages,
preferably internationally relevant languages, will be favourably considered
- Previous experience in an international organisation, local authority, NGO, etc. are welcome but not a precondition
CONDITIONS FOR ALL INTERNSHIPS AT THE ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT:
- ICLEI offers interns a cost compensation of Euro 700, i.e. about Euro 520 after tax and social insurance fees
(room rents in Freiburg start around Euro 250 per month)
- Place of work: ICLEI European Secretariat/ International Training Centre, Freiburg, Germany
- Workings hours: 40/week, six weeks of paid leave per annum (i.e. three weeks for six months internship)
- Working language: English
- Non-EU citizens are also welcome to apply provided they have the possibility of being granted an EU work permit
prior to the start of the internship
- Deadline for application: 15 January 2010. Be aware that applications are reviewed continuously upon arrival,
therefore application as soon as possible is advisable!
PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING, INCLUDING CV AND LETTER OF MOTIVATION TO:
jobs@iclei.org
Your letter of motivation should include a description of your expectations on the internship and a description of your main interests. Please also specify when you would like to/are able to start/end the internship.
For more information:
www.iclei.org/itc
www.iclei-europe.org

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