IGES is recruiting research interns for the Summer 2011 period (as stipulated in our Charter of Establishment) with the aim of promoting understanding of its strategic research. IGES internships offer an opportunity to gain on-site work experience, and are aimed at those who wish to play a part in interdisciplinary policy research toward sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region.
1. Research Groups currently recruiting interns:
[IGES Hayama Headquarters]
Programme Management Office (PMO)
Adaptation Team (AD), Natural Resources Management Group (NRM)
Sustainable Consumption and Production Group (SCP)
[IGES Satellite Offices]
Kitakyushu Urban Centre?KUC?
2. Requirements:
Interns must:
Be postgraduates (location of graduate school does not matter).
Be willing to learn from the on-the-job training at IGES (the internship is not a training programme for students to write an individual thesis, but rather an opportunity to experience real strategic policy research and operational activities).
Satisfy the individual criteria outlined in the “Internship Overview” for the group with which you would like to spend your internship.
The research intern should be proficient enough in English for the purposes of oral communication and writing of ocuments.
3. Content of training:
The research interns will collect information for, or draft documents related to, their own research group. Work is supervised by the director of or training supervisor for the group to which the intern belongs. Those who are selected for
internships will be contacted by the relevant group director to discuss and agree on the specific contents of training.
4. Term:
In principle, the internship should last a minimum of 2 months and a maximum of 3 months (and must fall between 1 April and 30 September 2011).
(actual term to be decided after discussion between the research intern and their group)
5. Place of training:
(1)IGES Hayama Headquarters
2108-11, Kamiyamaguchi, Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0115 Japan
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/access/index.html
(2)IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre
International Village Center 2F 1-1-1, Hirano,
Yahata-Higashi-Ku, Kitakyushu City, 805 0062 Japan
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/access/access_kansai.html
6. Conditions:
(1)Working Hours: Five days per week in principle (9:30-18:00)
(2)Holidays: Saturday, Sunday and national holidays
(3)Accommodation:
a) IGES Hayama Headquarters
When the research intern cannot commute from his/her current residence to the office,
he/she will be able to use the accommodation at IGES headquarters free of charge if there are vacant rooms (telephone charges will be at the research intern’s
own expense).
b) IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre
If the research intern cannot commute from his/her current residence to the
office,
his/her will be able to use accommodation chosen by IGES. IGES will cover the room rent, although utility charges, telephone charges, and any extra charges for additional services, will be at the research intern’s own expense.
(4)Travel expenses:
a) If the research intern commutes from his/her residence in Japan, IGES (in accordance with regulations) will cover the travel expenses necessary for the daily commute.
b) Travel expenses will be covered for interns who are receiving training at the Kitakyushu Urban Centre and require accommodation chosen by IGES. IGES (in accordance with regulations) will cover expenses incurred by the intern’s daily commute to work.
c) IGES does not cover expenses incurred for travel between the research intern’s home and the accommodation they are using during their internship period.
7. Application:
Prepare the application form in English and submit it with the other required documents to the e-mail account below.
Send to: Research Supporting Section
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
e-mail address:Please Login or Register to apply this job online.? Documents to be submitted:
(a) “Institute for Global Environmental Strategies: Internship Application” specified by IGES
(b) Recommendation from your academic supervisor or equivalent.
(c) Any other documents required in the “Internship Overview” document for the group you are applying for.
8. Period of Application:
5 (Wed.) – 31 (Mon.) January 2011
9. Selection Process:
We will decide whether or not to accept candidates based on their applications and our email communication with them. There is a limit to the number of research interns who will be accepted. IGES will contact only the successful applicants in
February.
Please note in advance that we will not contact applicants who have not been chosen for an internship.
For more details and application form, please visit the webpage below.
http://www.iges.or.jp/en/news/intern/2011summer/index.html
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
http://www.iges.or.jp
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