Internship - Office of the Director, Division of Eхternal Operations

23408 | Registry 

Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.

Required Documents for This Application

Please note that you will need to have the following information ready in order to complete your application:

• A completed “Duties and Responsibilities Form” (refer to step 1 on your eRecruitment Profile page).

• Motivation letter (maximum of 400 words).

• Two reference letters (one academic).

• Scanned copies of university degrees and/or diplomas.

• Scanned copies of official academic transcripts that state your courses, results and completion date.

• One short essay on a subject relevant to the work of the Court (maximum of 750 words, single spaced, type written).

Contract Duration

Interns are required to work full time for a period of six months, preferably rom 01 July 2024.

Organisational Context

The Division of External Operations (DEO) is responsible for and consolidates the Registry’s functions with respect to witnesses, communications, external relations and field operations. In addition to the Office of the Director (OD-DEO), DEO consists of four sections at Headquarters, namely the Victims and Witnesses Section (VWS), the Public Information and Outreach Section (PIOS) the External Operations Support Section (EOSS) and the Judicial Cooperation Support Section (JCSS) as well as field presences in several situation countries.

The OD-DEO supports the Director of the Division of External Operations, who has the overall responsibility for the Registry’s functions in the areas of cooperation, external communications, witness protection, analysis and field operations. OD-DEO also coordinates operations in the field, including the establishment and maintenance of country offices as well as mission planning.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct background research on a wide variety of matters to support the work of the Director of the Division of External Operations;

• Conduct legal analysis on issues related to judicial cooperation, cooperation with the States

• and IGOs and operations;

• Draft minutes of both internal and external meetings;

• Draft letters, speaking points, speeches and other documents for the Director and other

• Registry officials;

• Assist in drafting legal and policy memoranda, reports and analyses on assigned topics;

• Assist in updating and producing content for the DEO intranet site;

• Perform any other duties as required.

Required Qualifications

Education:

The candidate should have an academic background in political science, law, management, journalism/public information, or a related field.

Experience:

Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers; practical experience is therefore not an essential prerequisite for selection. However, practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court, especially from an international environment, will be considered an asset, but should not exceed three years.
 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments.

• Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively).

• Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).
   

Knowledge of Languages:

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.

Other criteria:

It is the Court’s objective to have diversity and gender balance. In line with the ICC’s efforts to improve geographical representation among staff, nationals of non-represented and under-represented countries at the ICC are encouraged to apply. The list can be found here.    

Remuneration

Please note that internship and visiting professional placements at the ICC are unfunded. The ICC is not able to provide participants in the Internship and Visiting Professional Programme with any remuneration, nor is it possible to provide reimbursement for expenses incurred prior, during or after the internship or visiting professional placement.

Applicants must therefore be able to support themselves for the entire duration of their internship or visiting professional placement.