Internship opportunities at IOM
Available Position = Intern (Media and Communication)
Core Functions/Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have the following duties and responsibilities:
1. Support the M&C in managing ROAP’s media and communication activities, which include
curating and maintaining online platforms such as the website and social media channels
including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
2. Support the M&C in producing high quality video content and other digital information
products related to IOM’s work in the Asia Pacific region.
3. Support the maintenance of the ROAP SharePoint platform and other related internal
communication platforms.
4. Support the production and dissemination of a regular ROAP Newsletter that will provide key
updates.
5. Assist in Bangkok-based media relations and event management, including M&C trainings, as
required.
6. Assist the M&C with the maintenance and upgrade of the regional office website.
7. Provide general administrative and clerical support to the M&C unit as required.
8. Support the M&C’s collaborations with MCU counterparts across the region, Geneva and
Manila hubs to disseminate high quality media and communications output notably via online
communications and social media platforms.
9. Perform such other related duties as may be assigned.
Training components and learning elements
• Gain broad knowledge of migration issues and IOM’s portfolio in Asia Pacific region.
• Opportunities to attend IOM / UN workshops and other meetings and to engage with IOM / UN
regional and national staff and external counterparts in Bangkok.
• Strengthen writing, editing, presentation and other technical skills.
• Access IOM Staff Development and Learning online training courses.
• Understand IOM administrative systems and processes.
• Opportunities to discuss career planning and strategies for humanitarian work within IOM.
Eligibility and Selection
The Internship Programme aims at attracting talented students and graduates who have a specific
interest in, or whose studies have covered, areas relevant to IOM programmes and activities. Interns
must be between 20 and 36 years old and should have less than two years of relevant working
experience.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
• Recent graduate. (Students approaching the end of their studies and preparing a thesis may
also be considered.)
• Advanced English writing and editing skills.
• Advanced photography, videography and video editing skills an advantage.
• Good knowledge of Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), MS Office and other
relevant software.
• Expertise with social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
• Ability to work as part of a multicultural, multilingual team.
• Creativity, initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision.
Language:
Fluency in English
Required Competencies
Behavioral:
The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate the following values and competencies:
Values
• Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences;
encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
• Integrity and transparency: maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent
with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
• Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed
manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
Core Competencies – behavioral indicators
• Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve
shared goals and optimize results.
• Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner;
is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
• Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes
responsibility for own action and delegated work.
• Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains
complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.
General Information
a) Interns are granted stipend as per IOM policy as a partial contribution to accommodations and living
expenses. Interns benefiting from an internship allowance or scholarship granted by his/her university
or other sponsoring body that includes financial remuneration or credits for coursework will not be
eligible for the stipend.
b) Before commencing work, successful candidates will be required to obtain a fit-to-work medical
certificate from his/her doctor and submit vaccination records.
c) Homebased interns are responsible to manage their own resources to perform this responsibility, like
computer, dedicated internet connectivity.
d) IOM only covers the Intern against occupational accidents and illnesses under the Compensation Plan
(CP), free of charge, for the duration of the assignment. IOM does not provide evacuation or medical
insurance for reasons related to non-occupational accidents and illnesses. The Intern is responsible
for his/her own medical insurance for non-occupational accident or illness and will be required to
provide written proof of such coverage before commencing work.
e) Any work produced by interns during their internship within the framework of the duties assigned to
them should be used for academic purposes exclusively. All economic and moral rights (copyright)
pertaining to such work will remain the exclusive property of IOM.
f) Interns are bound by staff confidentiality rules pertaining to their duties in IOM.