Internship - Financial Integrity

The internship supports the Global Policy Centre for Governance's workstream on Financial Integrity, focusing on research, knowledge production, and strategic engagement to strengthen transparency, accountability, and integrity in financial flows for sustainable development.

Responsibilities

• Assist with research on financial integrity, including literature reviews, analysis and drafting and formatting reports.
• Support the organisation of strategic engagements to generate knowledge and facilitate learning partnerships on financial integrity issues, e.g. country-level dialogues and global roundtables or side events.
• Support the production of knowledge products of the Centre, in particular on financial integrity.
• Assist in the development of project communications and other advocacy materials including, among others: concept notes, term of reference, presentations, proposals, speeches remarks, social media content.
• Assist in enlarging GPCG’s network of research and knowledge partnerships in Nordic and Southern countries.
• Additional tasks as required to support the work of the Centre.

Requirements

• The internship is open to citizens covered by the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) or with legal residency in Norway.
• Applicants must be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent), preferably in economics, international finance, international development, or relevant social sciences.
• Applicants may be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme or higher), preferably in economics, international finance, international development, or other relevant social sciences.
• Applicants who have recently graduated with a university degree as defined above and must start the internship within one year of graduation.
• Applicants enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertaking the internship as part of this program.
• Excellent communication skills in English; written and oral.
• Demonstrated interest in global development and the work of international organisations.
• Demonstrated interest in principles of effective governance and dimensions of financial integrity (public financial management and fiscal transparency, anti-corruption, tax justice, de-risking for investment, etc.).
• Team player; works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative.
• Flexible mindset and eagerness to learn and take on diverse tasks.
• Knowledge of key research institutions in Global South and/or Norway (desired).
• Knowledge of political landscape in Norway (desired).
• Experience from a developing country and/or international organisation or related is an advantage.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required.
• Working knowledge in a Scandinavian language is an asset.

Skills

• Financial Integrity Issues
• Public Financial Management
• Fiscal Transparency
• Anti-Corruption
• Tax Justice
• Research
• Knowledge Production
• Strategic Engagements
• Global Development
• International Finance
• Economics
• Policy Analysis
• Communications Skills
• Time Management
• Organizational Skills
• Independent Work
• Initiative
• English Language

Languages

English, Norwegian