Paid Internship with Polixis
About Polixis
Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Polixis provides specialized research and consultancy on Political, Country, Compliance and Regulatory risks in emerging markets to a client base mainly drawn from the Banking, Financial and Risk Management industries. Drawing on our market leading expertise on Risk & Compliance research, we are also developing a range of Fintech solutions to our clients needs.
Type of Position and Location
Internship, 6 months (full-time). The intern will be based in Yerevan, Armenia. Occasional travel to our Geneva office for training purposes may be required. Upon completion of successful internship, the prospective intern may be offered a full-time position with the company
Tasks
- The intern will be required to support our team’s work across our two main activities- research & software development. In terms of research, tasks will include, but not limited to:
- Daily monitoring of relevant financial and regulatory news stream coming from MENA markets with a special emphasis on Gulf states;
- Writing of analytical notes and research on political, regulatory, sanction and other risk related topics covering the MENA region;
- Help our software development team in data management.
Your profile
- Keen interest and experience in topics such as interaction between Business and Politics, Political Risk Analysis, Finance and Banking Regulation;
- Native Arabic speaker;
- Excellent writing skills in English.
Shortlisted applicants may be assigned with a trial research work to be conducted in English; -Basic programing skills as well as knowledge of In-Design would be a major asset.
Education
Political Sciences, International Relations, Economics, Journalism or Legal.
What we offer
- Competitive remuneration- AMD 250’000 monthly allowance with a possibility to later on join the company’s main staff with attractive remuneration package following the completion of the internship;
-Training in a growing area of applied regulatory and political risk analysis;
-Flexible work schedule.
Application Procedure
Please note that CVs need to be accompanied with one or two samples of applicants’ analytical research (Notes, Policy Briefs, Articles etc) covering Political/Business/Regulatory risk analysis field broadly defined. Interested candidates can send their CV and samples of their research work to jobs@polixis.com with a subject line “internship/Yerevan”