Internship – Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre

The internship provides practical work experience related to ocean acidification and marine environmental research at the IAEA's Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre. The intern will assist with organizing activities, updating resources, and supporting communication and coordination efforts within the Centre and its global network.

Responsibilities

• Work with the OA-ICC team to deliver the Centre's annual work plan including organization and facilitation of expert meetings, capacity building and outreach activities.
• Assist in communication activities of the OA-ICC such as reports, web stories, newsletters, and social media.
• Help maintain and update OA-ICC online resources including news stream and databases.
• Support the Secretariat of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON).
• Contribute to exploring potential non-traditional funders for OA-ICC programmes.
• Develop a survey to collect baseline data for a series of Key Performance Indicators of OA-ICC activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Marine Biology, Environmental sciences, Radioecology, Ecology or a related field.
• Good background knowledge of climate and environmental change, ocean acidification, marine biology, oceanography, radioecology.
• Ability to coordinate and manage projects in a timely manner.
• Ability to work well within a team and in a multicultural and international context.
• Project management experience is an asset.
• Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years of age and have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a first degree.
• Candidates may apply up to one year after the completion of a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree.
• Candidates must not have previously participated in the IAEA's internship programme.
• Good written and spoken English essential; fluency in any other IAEA official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish or Russian) an asset.
• Candidates must attach two signed letters of recommendation to their application.

Skills

• Marine Biology
• Environmental Sciences
• Radioecology
• Ecology
• Climate Change Knowledge
• Ocean Acidification Knowledge
• Oceanography
• Project Coordination
• Project Management
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• International Collaboration
• Written Communication
• Spoken Communication

Languages

English