FINNISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is a research institute whose mission is to produce high quality, topical information on international relations and the EU. The Institute realizes its aims by conducting research as well as by organizing domestic and international seminars and publishing reports on its research and current international issues.

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The Institute is looking for two (2) interns for the summer and autumn of 2024. We are looking for students interested in international relations to support the work at the Institute.

We expect you to be prepared to perform a wide variety of tasks, to take initiative, to be able to coordinate your work and to be thorough. We expect you to be fluent in English. We have two positions:  

  1. Research assistant
  2. Communications intern

You should state in your application which position you are applying for. The position for the research assistant will be for the summer months (1.6.-31.8.2024) and the position of the communications assistant will be from August 1st until 31st of October 2024. 

Those who apply for the research assistant position should be ready to work for the Center on Global Orders and China. An interest in China and research should be shown through the applicant’s studies and knowledge in Chinese is seen as a benefit.

The communications intern will work together with the research communications team. The applicant should be fluent in Finnish and have a good knowledge in English. The applicant should have some work experience or studies in communications for at least two years. The communications assistant will work with the renewal of the FIIA website. Other assignments include working with both internal and external communication.  

The salary is 1 700e/month. In your application you must confirm that you have been granted or that you are entitled to a traineeship subsidy. Applications which do not fill the requirements will not be taken into consideration.  

You can apply to the positions at the website valtiolle.fi or by post (Finnish Institute for International Affairs, P.O. Box 425, 00101 Helsinki). The deadline for the applications is April 9th, 2024, at 16.15 (EEST). Applications that are late will be ignored. Applications and attachments will not be returned.

For more information on the Institute, see our website at www.fiia.fi.

More information about the internship: Project Manager Marie-Louise Hindsberg, +358 9 432 77 12, marie-louise.hindsberg@fiia.fi Tue 26.3., 10-11 and Wed 3.4, 14-15