Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Communications, Press and Media
Working across the Climate and Comms Teams, you will assist in the day-to-day running of the British Embassy Copenhagen’s climate and communications priorities.
On comms, you will assist with digital and social media content; contribute creatively to the development of communications campaigns; and assist in the running of events. Through communications and public diplomacy, you will help to promote a strong, productive and mutually beneficial UK-Denmark bilateral relationship; promote the UK, and its values and culture in Denmark; and help to ensure effective communication of key information to British nationals and businesses in Denmark.
On climate policy, you will help build the legacy of COP 26. You will understand Danish and UK priorities on climate and biodiversity, help to report on those priorities, and help identify synergies. You will be involved in the delivery of climate-related engagements such as roundtables, seminars or other exchanges of expertise.
During the internship, you will gain insight into, and become actively involved in a variety of interesting areas related to communications, public diplomacy and climate policy, such as:
- Assisting in the development and running of virtual and in-person events, and event preparation and delivery.
- Assisting in the development, creation and management of social media content.
- Monitoring social media channels and producing reports.
- Contributing to the development of social media channels strategy.
- Helping to grow the British Embassy Copenhagen’s online presence and sphere of influence, particularly among key audiences and segments.
- Developing digital content, editing and promoting output.
- Monitoring similar organisations’ digital outputs.
- Ad hoc communications and public diplomacy tasks.
- Working with other teams across the Embassy to help integration of climate change and biodiversity considerations into aspects of their work.
- Research and reporting on climate and biodiversity issues in Denmark.
- Promoting the UK position on climate and biodiversity issues.
- Engagement with Danish stakeholders and influencers on climate change.
- Supporting the creation of interesting and engaging campaign and media content on climate and biodiversity.
We are looking to recruit a determined, self-sufficient, enterprising and results-oriented individual who is driven by an interest in public diplomacy, international relations, climate change policy or public communications.
Fluency in English and Danish both oral and written (C1/C2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages*).
We imagine that you may have already gained some communications or climate change experience, perhaps in the international sphere, that you have strong interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills, and the ability to deliver on set objectives.
Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace, Engaging Internationally
21 November 2021
Internship
Full-time, Temporary
35
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Denmark
Copenhagen
British Embassy
1
DKK
2000 (monthly)
1 February 2022
This is a full-time, internship for a period of 6 months.
Staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Copenhagen are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Danish employment law.
Visa/work permit requirements: Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Denmark and be prepared to ensure that right remains throughout the scope of the contract.
Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the legal requirements to live and work in this country.
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.
The British Diplomatic Missions will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.
*Please note for more information regarding the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages , please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.
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