Trainee Public Affairs

Department: Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Contract Type: Internship (12 months)
Activity Level: 100%

The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. 

A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities including the United Nations and other international organisations. 

About the role:

As the Trainee Public Affairs you will be supporting the monitoring and analysis of public affairs trends, stakeholders, and partners.

Your responsibilities:

• Monitors and analyses on a daily basis policy platforms-processes-meetings (such as United Nations system, European platforms, other regional bodies) and trends and emerging issues on key topics (gender equality/LGBTQI, sustainability, migrants/refugees, education, peace, human rights, health) through the dedicated public affairs monitoring tool and consultation of key stakeholders’ and partners’ websites.
• Coordinates the provision of timely intelligence and actionable insight to the public affairs team during daily dedicated meetings and through written reports.
• Provides occasional support when increased monitoring of key events-meetings is necessary.
• Coordinates the daily editorial meetings of the public affairs team to build the daily trends.
• Prepares briefings on country-specific political developments and political stakeholders.

Our requirements

• University Degree in International Relations, Political Sciences
• Work experience in international affairs, in particular UN and EU systems.
• Excellent writing skills in English and French. Additional languages an advantage.
• Good understanding of social media analytics tools (Sysomos or others)
• Excellent command of the corporate tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, other Microsoft Office applications etc.).
• Good ability to conduct research, and analyse and summarise complex issues. Ability to express orally and in writing ideas or facts clearly and credibly.
• Good understanding of global political environments and how they affect sport and its role in society.
• Good knowledge of the UN system and the EU platforms, US affairs. Knowledge of other regional bodies an advantage.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is a top priority and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.