Every year, IOM welcomes hundreds of interns to work in IOM offices worldwide. IOM is present in more than 550 field locations around the world, assisting governments in managing migration flows, providing support to migrants across the world, developing effective responses to the shifting dynamics of migration and providing advice on migration policy and practice. We require a wide variety of professionals to carry out our mandate.

This special internship programme, which is a sub-set of IOM’s regular internship programme, wishes to target specifically talented young professionals from nationalities from Member States that are not represented or have low representation among our international professional workforce.

These 21 vacancies are being published to attract talent that will be able to work and learn in several IOM offices. IOM will pay a stipend to cover basic costs, and for these internships IOM also covers travel and visa costs. The aim is to remove obstacles that may get in the way for some of these professionals in joining and learning about IOM’s valuable work in the field of migration.

Interns are selected for a 6-month period through a highly competitive process, which usually includes an online test and/or an interview. Internships are a good entry point in the Organization and represent a professional development opportunity for interns, who gain work experience and can contribute to IOM’s work with their knowledge, skills and diverse experiences.

Requirements:

Besides the requirements stated on each vacancy notice, applicants to IOM internships must, at the time of application:

1) meet one of the following requirements:

• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum Bachelor's level or equivalent); or
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• Have graduated with a university degree and, if selected, must commence the internship within one year of graduation.

2) have a degree or currently pursue a degree from a WHED accredited University and you can find out the database here

3) be between 20 and 36 years of age

4) be a national of any of the countries listed on the website

5) have a working knowledge (both oral and written) of at least one of IOM's official languages (English, French or Spanish) - language requirements will be explicitly mentioned on each vacancy notice.

Starting date:

• The aim is for these interns to start between July and August. The exact starting date will be discussed with the hiring office.

How long is the internship?

• The internship is for an initial period of 6 months, with a possibility of extension of 3 months contingent on good performance and availability of funding for the extension.

You can find more details about the inthership and available vacancies here.