Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Corporate Services Support
The British Embassy in Poland is part of a world-wide network, representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit an Intern to provide support to the Corporate Services (CS) Team in everyday work and ongoing projects.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Provide organisational and administrative support for all CS colleagues regarding estates Embassy and rented properties, transport but also (e.g. conducting ad-hoc research, providing translation, attending and writing up meetings);
- Take part in ongoing projects and prepare longer projects as furniture auction, electronic waste disposal.
- Fluency in Polish and English (both oral and written, minimum C1 level*);
- Strong research skills;
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills;
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable to multi-task and perform other duties as and when required;
- Organisational and administrative skills;
- Strong IT Skills (esp. Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
Seeing the Big Picture, Leading and Communicating, Collaborating and Partnering, Delivering at Pace
11 July 2021
Internship
Full-time, Intern
40
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Poland
Warsaw
British Embassy
1
2,800
26 July 2021
This is a 3 month internship contract until 30 September 2021.
Please note that interns are responsible for paying themselves any income tax required by the local law to the applicable Tax Office. Internships offered at the British Embassy are governed by the applicable Polish law. The British Embassy encourages you to have a medical check prior to commencing your internship, however, any costs incurred are not covered by the British Embassy.
Visa / Passport requirements
Candidates must currently hold the independent right to live and work in Poland 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 be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Local Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.
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.
Please be advised that the British Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.
* Please note Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment indicates Level C2 as Mastery or proficiency Level which comprehends that a person can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read; can summarize information from different spoken and written sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation; can express themselves spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations. For more information please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your languages skills are going to be assessed.
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