Intern in The Strategy Department in The

**EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY**

Intern in the Strategy Department in the Directorate of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs

**Job Requisition ID**:19059**Closing Date**:30 November 2024 23:59 CET/CEST**Publication**:External Only**Type of Contract**:Intern**Date Posted**:1 November 2024
- Internship Opportunity in the Directorate of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs.**Location**
Paris

**Our team and mission**

**This position is based at the ESA HQ - Paris, France**
The Strategy Department contributes to the strategic thinking at programmatic level, consolidates programmatic proposals and ensures a coordinated approach at ESA.

It is responsible for:

- supporting on the development and planning of strategic projects for the future of the agency and space industry in Europe;
- supporting on the development communication and awareness of the ESA Green Agenda;
- monitoring the implementation of the Director General's strategic policies, notably ESA Agenda 2025 and Strategy 2040;
- establishing and maintaining the ESA Long-Term Plan (LTP);
- developing a responsible supply chain and procurement management system;
- preparing and submitting to Council an annual report on the Agency's performance;
- preparing the ESA Annual Report and the Director General's reports to Council;
- overseeing the programmatic preparation of the Council meetings at ministerial level;
- identifying space and non-space challenges which could be supported by future activities and programmes; proposing transversal initiatives addressing specifically non-space actors and the civil society at large, proposing and supporting ESA projects shared among several Directorates;

**Field(s) of activity for the internship**

**Topic of the internship: Space Strategy**
- Support the work of the Department related to the follow-up of actions stemming from the implementation of the ESA Agenda 2025 and Strategy 2040, the preparation of reports and documents on ESA programmes and activities, and associated research;
- Support the identification of space and non-space challenges which can be addressed by future programmes, help to elaborate the relevant narrative and support to the promotion of transversal initiatives at coordinated level across ESA;
- Assessment of the evolution of the European space sector in the global context, for the purpose of elaborating the next ESA Long Term Plan 2025-2034;
- Update of the Agency’s programmatic roadmaps in coordination with Programme Directorates.

**Behavioural competencies**
Result Orientation
Operational Efficiency
Fostering Cooperation
Relationship Management
Continuous Improvement
Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to ESA Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook

**Education**
You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master’s level and you need to remain enrolled at your University for the entire duration of the internship.

**Additional requirements**
The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset.
The following would be an asset:

- Knowledge in strategic assessment and performance management;
- Be capable to communicate effectively in the English and French languages (both verbally and in writing);
- Knowledge and background in the space sector;
- Reporting and communication skills;
- Knowledge of MS Office tools (including ppt).

**Other information**