The United Kingdom has historically had a close bilateral relationship with Italy which the Embassy is committed to building on and deepening, furthering ties by enhancing relationships at regional level throughout Italy. The successful candidate will help the team achieve this vision, working mainly within the Bilateral Relations team but also with our foreign and security policy team. In the forthcoming months, the Team will be engaged in several major soft power events with senior stakeholders from the UK and Italian governments. These will require the whole team’s involvement in overseeing logistics and ensuring their smooth running and flawless delivery.
We are looking for a candidate who is a good communicator in English and Italian. Strong analytical skills to absorb and summarise information and organisational skills will be important, as well as creativity and resilience.
The candidate will be expected to assist the team in arranging events, visits, meetings, preparing briefs, and by providing translations as required.
Period
Six months starting from late April 2019
Main duties/Responsabilities
- Provide administrative and logistic support for the delivery of programmes, conferences, meetings and events
- Maintain and update contact database
- Providing support for senior officials’ programmes, e.g. arranging meetings, liaising with transport team; liaising with Italian and UK Ministries and stakeholders
- Attend meetings or briefings and drafting follow-up reports
- Take part in a wide range of embassy activities and events
- Event management support
Required experience and skills
- Fluent spoken and written English and Italian (C1 level of the European Framework)
- Good IT skills and knowledge of current affairs
- Enthusiasm and proactive approach to issues
- Ability to analyse and summarise large volumes of information
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise assigned tasks
- Confidence in carrying out tasks independently while displaying strong teamwork skills
Terms and conditions
The ‘tirocinio curriculare’ is intended for undergraduate students only as part of their education/studies. The candidate will have to go through a selection process by way of an interview, both written and oral.
Prior to appointment of the successful candidate, the Embassy will have had to sign an agreement (Convenzione di Tirocinio) with the university setting out the arrangements including tutor, health& safety and insurance cover.
The intern will be granted a number of credits (crediti formativi), as indicated by the university. The internship is not a work contract and as such is not paid. However the Embassy will pay the intern a monthly allowance of €350 per month. This amount is not subject to tax under current local legislation. The intern would be expected to work an average of 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, within the range of 09.00-5.00pm. Some degree of flexibility is expected, mostly in case of seminars and evening events. Flexibility is ensured by the whole section to accommodate the intern’s need in case of university exams or personal reasons.
Other administrative details are set out in the university ‘progetto formativo’ to be signed once appointed to the internship.
Applications (covering letter + CV in English) will have to come through the university by 14th April 2019. Applications can be sent to candidature@unint.eu
Object: British Embassy – Bilateral Relations Team
Please note that applications will have to come through the university abiding to the Italian law: DM 142/98. Individual applications shall not be considered. Interested students can liaise with the “Ufficio Stages” of their Faculty or University which should send us the application(s). Individual applications not coming through an eligible institution will not be acknowledged or considered for an internship.
Confirmation of the internship is subject to security clearance and reference check with the university.
Si informa inoltre che nel CV deve essere chiaramente indicata l’autorizzazione al trattamento dei dati personali ai sensi del Regolamento (UE) 2016/679 in materia di protezione di dati personali GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in assenza della quale le candidature non saranno prese in considerazione.
L’ufficio Stage e Placement informa inoltre che i dati saranno oggetto di trattamento nel rispetto dei principi di liceità e correttezza dettati dal suddetto GDPR. Con l’invio del proprio CV si autorizza lo stesso ufficio alla trasmissione all’azienda/ente indicata/o nel riferimento.
Contatti
Ufficio Placement e Stage
Daniela Cecchini
Tel: 06 510777268