International Criminal Court, Internship Public Information and Outreach Section, Registry

Media monitoring

• Monitoring media and formatting the ICC Daily Press Review, featuring news articles relevant to developments in the ICC’s situation countries, as well as media coverage of the Court’s activities and proceedings (in English and French).

Website and social media 

• Monitoring social media
• Support new website/social media projects, assisting in designing infographics and visuals
• Assist with photography projects including inserting metadata, compiling selected photos for specific themes and projects, assist in securing permission to use external photographs
• Assist with uploading archive of videos onto our server and insert metadata into photographs.

General assistance

• Help maintain the Public Affairs Unit mailing list
• Assisting journalists at the Court’s Information Desk during key public hearings, providing them with badges to access the media centre and other practical information
• Escorting visitors and arranging meetings when necessary
• Take notes at specific meetings
• Perform background research 
• Provide other assistance as requested.

• All Candidates must have a degree from or be in the final stages of their studies at a recognized university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.
• Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers. Practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. Should there be a practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court, it may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship. 
• Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other is considered an asset. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Adaptability to a multicultural and multilingual working environment encompassing the principal legal traditions of the world.
• Ability to work effectively in a team as well as independently.
• A good standard of computer literacy (especially Microsoft Office applications)
• Other important qualities are discretion, reliability, intellectual rigor, precision, perseverance, honesty, creativity, co-operative spirit and integrity.