At our organization you will be an important resource and get hands-on experience on international collaboration through the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.

For the upcoming internship period, we seek a university student interested in international relations and cooperation.

As an intern at the International Barents Secretariat, you will get a unique opportunity to enhance your professional skills in international cooperation, project management and communication. You will get high responsibility and be assisted in the following tasks:

• Support and follow up the ongoing international cooperation between Norway, Finland, and Sweden in the Barents Region. From this you will get hands-on experience with multilateral collaboration.
• Create communication content, update our webpage, and manage our social media profiles. This will provide you with professional experience in the field of communication.
• Fulfill other daily tasks, which will give you valuable insights on work life.

For you to experience a good and meaningful internship period together with us, you should have some of these personal skills:

• You are eager to learn, and confident in sharing your thoughts and ideas.
• You enjoy being part of a team in an international environment.
• You are outgoing and find it interesting to meet new people.
• You are confident in using or learning new digital tools.
• You have good communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
• You should be from one of the Barents countries (Norway, Finland, or Sweden) and speak one of the native languages.
• To be qualified for our internship, you must have completed two years of bachelor level studies as a minimum requirement.

We offer:

• A unique chance to enhance your professional skills and expand your network.
• A letter of recommendation after you have completed your internship, and a reference for future professional job applications.
• Accommodation in Kirkenes during your internship.
• Daily allowance to cover living expenses.
• Travel costs covered from your current home in Norway, Finland or Sweden, once, to and from Kirkenes.

To know more about the practicalities you can check out our internship handbook. In case you have any questions, please contact Roy Hojem.