Tuesday 6 January 2015

Internship Civic Consulting

Civic Consulting is a Berlin based economic and public policy consultancy supporting European and international institutions as well as governments and civil society organisations through economic and legal research, policy and programme evaluation, impact assessment, and market studies. Our goal is to provide clients with high quality research, impartial analysis and practical, evidence-based policy advice to further sustainable policies that safeguard citizens' and consumers’ interests. We have special expertise in the areas of consumer policy and law, consumer markets (including telecommunications and financial services), food chain policy and economics (including animal health and welfare), public health policy and economics, trade, and information society. For more details, see project references on our website.

We are currently offering the following positions:

Internship
We are offering a 6 months internship for an applicant with academic training in economics and an interest in EU consumer protection, food safety and/or public health policies and their economic impacts.
As intern at Civic Consulting you will be actively involved in the work of a small, dedicated and multi-cultural core team in Berlin that focuses on producing high quality evaluations and impact assessments, as well as economic, legal and market studies, mainly for EU and international clients. You will learn to apply your research skills, review academic literature for specific projects, assist staff in data collection/processing, and contribute to other tasks related to economic and policy analysis of EU food safety and public health policies.

We require the following qualifications:

  • Degree in economics; or economics in combination with another relevant subject (e.g. law and economics, public policy and economics, public health economics, etc). Applicants with other degrees will be considered, if they have relevant experience or knowledge in economics;
  • Some professional work experience, including through other internships;
  • Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods in social sciences/economics;
  • Interest in consumer protection, food safety and/or public health policies;
  • Ability to communicate clearly and to write in English about complex topics well-structured and in plain language;
  • Proficiency in Word and Excel.
We expect all applicants to possess excellent knowledge of English at the level of a native speaker. Knowledge of German or French and other EU languages would be an asset. EU citizenship or work permit required.
Interns are paid a compensation of €850 per month.
Please complete the application form that can be downloaded on our website (www.civic-consulting.de/contact.html).
Send application form by email only to jobs@civic-consulting.de, together with a writing sample in English (e.g. report, article or essay paper authored exclusively by you). Please indicate the title of the position you are applying for ('Internship') and do NOT send CV or cover letter.
Closing date for applications: 20 January 2015 (start date of internship: 15 February or 1 March). We will contact all candidates with the outcome of their application: you should expect to hear from us within 3 weeks after closing date, so please be patient and do not follow up by mail or phone. Please note that as part of the application procedure, shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a short writing task.
Civic Consulting recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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