Global Public Policy Institute Internship Program
Interested in joining GPPi? Working with GPPi provides challenging and intellectually stimulating opportunities to address some of the most pressing global policy challenges of our time through research, policy advice and dialogue. We think of ourselves as highly motivated and dedicated individuals with outstanding analytical skills, international experience and a willingness to grow with the job. The majority of our team is based in our office in Berlin. Our working language is English. Knowledge of German (and other languages such as Mandarin, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish, Russian and French) is an asset.
Three Main Ways to Join the GPPi Team
Apply for an Open Vacancy
We recruit for specific positions for particular research, advisory or dialogue projects. Whenever such vacancies arise, we advertise them here. Oftentimes we also post vacancies through IB Liste, a listserv to which you can subscribe by sending a blank message to ib-liste-subscribe@yahoogroups.de and other online platforms.
Suggest Your Own Project
We strive to do innovative, policy-relevant work. We welcome proposals from entrepreneurial and self-driven individuals to develop cutting-edge research (e.g. in the context of a PhD or Post-Doc project), advisory or dialogue agendas that fit the issue areas we work on. While we are purely project-funded and cannot usually provide start-up grants for new projects, we can provide an attractive platform for innovative researchers and help with securing funding for new projects. We can also act as host institutions for grants such as the Humboldt Chancellor Fellowship. Suggestions or proposals which are directly or closely related to our work can be submitted to gppi@gppi.net. We encourage early submissions and please understand we can only accept inquiries up to 1 month before the deadline.
Introduce Yourself to Us
We are always interested in getting to know talented people with an interest in our research, advisory and dialogue work. Should you be interested in our work and think that your profile fits well with GPPi, please feel free to send your CV and a short cover letter to gppi@gppi.net. There might not be an open vacancy, but knowing each other is often the first step to working together.
Interning With Us
GPPi runs a small, highly selective internship program for current students, or students between bachelors and masters degrees, interested in gaining first-hand experience in public policy research and consulting. We do our best to match the qualifications and interests of our interns with research, advisory and dialogue projects to which they can contribute most. Depending on their background and interests, GPPi interns will contribute to one of our issue areas:
- Humanitarian Action: accepting applications for mid-November 2015 and beyond
- Rising Powers: accepting applications for June 2016 and beyond
- Innovation in Development: accepting applications for April 2016 and beyond
- Peace & Security: accepting applications from February to May 2016, as well as from October 2016 onward
- Human Rights: accepting applications for April 2016 and beyond
- Global Internet Politics: accepting applications for February 2016 and beyond
- Monitoring & Evaluation: not accepting applications at this time
Candidates must be highly motivated to work independently in a demanding environment that requires excellent research and analysis as well as project management skills. Candidates must be proficient in both oral and written English.
Internships are based in our Berlin office. GPPi can pay a €250-per-month contribution to living expenses for those not receiving a scholarship for their internship. The minimum duration is six weeks of full-time working hours or alternatively ten weeks part-time (minimum 2-3 days per week). Please indicate when you would be available. Send an email to gppi@gppi.net and include a copy of your CV with a brief statement of purpose outlining what you expect from an internship and what you would bring to GPPi. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for writing samples. Note: we do not encourage the use of Europass CVs.