View Vacancy - Communications Intern (CHEB26-009127)

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View Vacancy - Communications Intern (CHEB26-009127)

The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.

Job Category

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)

Job Subcategory

Communications, Press and Media

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

The British Embassy in Berne is part of a world-wide network representing British political, economic and consular interests. We are recruiting a Communications Intern for a 6 months period.

We are offering you the opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive working environment, working across the whole of the Embassy on a myriad of projects and campaigns.This is an exciting and fast-moving role, and you will work on a wide array of issues from event management and digital communications/diplomacy to public diplomacy.

We are looking for a highly organised, dynamic, creative, and proactive individual, who has experience in communications, marketing, event management, public diplomacy or a similar relevant field, with evidence of good inter-personal, time management and analytical skills. You will need to be able to think quickly on your feet and manage priorities effectively.Confidence, judgement, writing skills, languages, and teamwork are essential qualities.

To be able to get the most out of their time in the team, applicants should enjoy adapting quickly to new processes, take on organisational tasks with confidence and respond flexibly to competing demands and priorities; demonstrate initiative and creative thinking to help the embassy develop and shape communication campaigns that will emphasise and amplify the work British Embassy Berne; have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Digital communications and social media support:

• Supporting the day-to-day management of the Embassy's social media channels, with a particular focus on Instagram, reflecting the platform's growing strategic importance and resource intensity.
• Assisting with content creation for digital campaigns, including drafting copy, creating simple graphics, and editing short-form video content where appropriate.
• Helping monitor performance across social media platforms and contributing to reporting on engagement, audience growth, and content effectiveness.
• Researching and mapping relevant media contacts, content creators, and digital stakeholders to support audience growth and engagement.
• Supporting communications activity for major campaigns, which may involve travel support, set-up and coordination.

Event and operational communications support:

• Providing practical support for Embassy events, visits, and public diplomacy activities with logistics and delivery during busy event periods.
• Contributing to event preparation and delivery for communications-led activity, while coordinating with other teams as required and in line with business needs.

Media mapping and monitoring support:

• Monitoring relevant Swiss and Liechtenstein media coverage and contributing to regular media summaries for internal stakeholders.
• Conducting structured media mapping exercises by topic or sector. This includes identifying key journalists, commentators, and outlets to support proactive media engagement and campaign planning.
• Maintaining and updating media and stakeholder lists to support the Embassy's wider communications and policy work.

Asset management, administrative and wider team support:

• Developing and maintaining an inventory of communications and event assets.
• Producing guidance notes for communications items to help support Embassy staff.
• Providing general administrative support to the Communications Team, including stakeholder tracking, background research, drafting support and assistance with planning documents.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

Our ideal candidate shows:

• Excellent English and German language skills (C1 level or above under the CEFR*)
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Excellent social media skills (X, FB, LinkedIn etc), including in the latest advances (apps, trends, etc.).
• Strong organisational skills, including the ability to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines, working at a fast pace, helping to plan forward thinking campaigns based around fixed dates, and to multi-task effectively.
• Experience of designing visuals and graphics for social media, including skills in photography, video editing skills, sound, and music. Knowledge of Canva or the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Customer focus, including the ability to work effectively with external stakeholders
• IT proficiency (MS Office).

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

Nice to have:

• Experience of writing for professional purposes, including social media posts, internal communications, research and report writing
• Degree-level qualification, preferably in communications, marketing or a related field.
• Experience of working in an office environment, in particular in communications, marketing or a related field.
• Knowledge of the Swiss and Liechtenstein media scene, including journalists; social media audiences; influencers; bloggers, etc.
• Knowledge of French.

Required behaviours

Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service

Application deadline

12 July 2026

Grade

Internship

Type of Position

Full-time, Intern, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

40

Duration of Post

6 months

Region

Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

Country/Territory

Switzerland

Location (City)

Berne

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

CHF

Type of Salary

monthly

Stipend / Allowance

2,190

Start Date

24 August 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

This is a full-time, 6 months internship contract of 40 hours per week inclusive of four compulsory 45-minute lunch breaks.

Embassy opening hours are 0730 - 1830 hrs (Monday - Thursday) and 0730 - 1330 hrs (Friday).

Gross monthly Stipend / Allowance is CHF 2,190. The annual leave entitlement is 25 days per year, increasing to 30 days over 5 years, and the Embassy also enjoys 13 Swiss/ UK public holidays per year.

The successful candidate will be subject to professional background and security clearances before a contract is offered.

FCDO is committed to continual learning and development. The Embassy will provide funding in line with L&D requirements, and a variety of learning and development is provided throughout the year both directly at post and virtually through the FCDO International Academy. There will be opportunities to attend training, lectures etc. on the job.

Visa/work permit requirements:The successful candidate must have pre-existing work authorisation for Switzerland in order to apply. All applicants should have the right to live and work in Switzerland.

Equal employment

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identity. We particularly encourage applications from candidates with protected characteristics. FCDO want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work for us, regardless of their background.

Additional information

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field "Application deadline".

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

The British Diplomatic Missions will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a job.

*Please note for more information regarding the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, please click on the following link . Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

Extra Informationen

Status

Offen

Ausbildungsniveau

Hauptschule

Standort

Bern

Jobart

Vollzeitstelle

Führerschein erforderlich?

Nein

Auto erforderlich?

Nein

Motivationsschreiben erforderlich?

Nein