Intern - Policy Research

22 hours ago

Singapore Singapore Institute of International Affairs Full time

**About SIIA**

Established in 1962, the SIIA is a non-profit and independent think tank committed to fostering in-depth dialogues around politics, economic policy, and sustainability in ASEAN and the wider region.

Our ASEAN programme focuses on tracking key economic and political developments in the region, focusing on Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. We seek to promote an ASEAN economic community, where countries can collaborate and participate in knowledge-sharing to drive the bloc’s growth. As part of our work, we identify key areas of cooperation and provide insightful analysis on the opportunities and challenges involved, with the aim of nudging policy. One emerging opportunity that we are currently looking at is the future of ASEAN’s digital economy. We look into helping countries in their digital transformation and addressing challenges inhibiting interoperability between ASEAN nations.

In the field of sustainability, the SIIA has championed the fight against the transboundary haze since 1997, when it organised Singapore’s first haze dialogue with the Singapore Environment Council. In 2017, the SIIA authored the first study on sustainable finance in Singapore and how to move green investment forward. Our current sustainability initiatives include exploring the intersections between the green economy and digital economy, and how ASEAN can move towards becoming a climate community with common approaches to carbon and other policy areas, achieving scale and competitiveness.

We have internships available in the following two research areas and they are:

- ASEAN
- Sustainability

**Job description:
Interns can expect to be assigned tasks that range from compiling data to doing research, drafting of reports, commentaries, and preparation for briefings.

There will be opportunities to attend conferences, meetings and discussions organised by SIIA, and to network with and learn from the senior SIIA policy team.

**The job scope includes**:

- Researching content to assist in the drafting of reports, commentaries, and preparation for briefings
- Taking notes at panel discussions and transcribing them; fact-checking and writing reports
- Administrative and other supporting tasks, relating to the policy programme

**Pre-Requisites**:

- Possess a keen interest and knowledge in current affairs and public policy in Singapore and ASEAN
- Possess an understanding of sustainability initiatives undertaken by Singapore and key climate challenges within the region
- Be highly motivated with a strong sense of initiative
- Preferably commit to working office hours for a minimum period of 3 months
- Be in at least their second year of undergraduate studies, or are undertaking postgraduate studies
- Possess strong interpersonal, writing and presentation skills, and is conversationally fluent in English

When applying, please ensure you submit your cover letter, resume and writing sample. We regret to inform you that only applicants who are selected for further discussion will be contacted by the institute.

Interns will be given the opportunity to convert to full-time upon completion of the internship should they exhibit exemplary performance.

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