During this internship, the intern will assist the Secretariat for the Policy-Making Organs during logistical preparations and conduct of the 110th Session of the Executive Council (EC-110) and 30th session of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP-30). The intern will learn about the event management and its lifecycle, and database management. Gain in-depth knowledge of diplomacy and communication with States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

Purpose of Internship: 

• Assisting the Secretariat for the Policy-Making Organs (PMO) during preparations and conduct of the 110th Session of the Executive Council (EC-110) and 30th Session of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP-30)
• For the intern, learning about international events and working of the policy-making organs.
• Gaining in-depth knowledge of diplomacy and communication with States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

 Terms of Reference for the Internship:

• Assist the Conference Services Unit with EC-110 registrations
• Assist in planning and conduct of the side-events and exhibition at the CSP-30
• Help conduct end-year survey
• Draft communications to the States Parties to the CWC
• Help digitise informal papers
• Update PMO web-content
• Take meeting minutes.

• Enrolled in and have completed at least one year of a degree programme in a university (or equivalent tertiary institution) or;
• in a graduate school programme (second university degree or higher) or;
• Have graduated from a university or a graduate school within a year prior to the commencement of the internship and;
• Be a citizen of an OPCW Member State and fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Communication, event management, relationship building, drafting, researching, and related areas of competence.
• Excellent written and verbal English language communication skills.
• Intermediate literacy in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams). Knowledge of SharePoint is an asset.
• Fluency in English is essential and a good working knowledge of one of the other official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable.

Desirable:

• Enrolled in and/or have completed or nearing completion of a master’s degree in public administration, political science, law, social sciences, international relations, communications and similar fields.