The British Embassy Santiago is pleased to offer an internship running from October 2025 to end of March 2026. The internship’s successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with the embassy’s Political and Communications team and collaborate with other units across the embassy.
The jobholder will gain experience of a broad range of embassy functions. For the Political and Communications team, the inter will support the team leading the UK’s international engagement and foreign policy dialogue with Chile, including our bilateral engagement with Chile’s government, National Congress, presidential and congressional advisers, and representatives from international organisations, the diplomatic corps, civil society and think tanks.
This is an excellent opportunity to learn about foreign policy and international relations, international trade policy, and how the UK and Chile work together to solve global problems. Our interns play an important role in supporting our work and have an opportunity to make a real impact through the projects they are work on.
Roles and responsibilities:
The job holder will:
Applicants must have the legal status to live and work in Chile
Language: English and Spanish
Level of language required: Fluent Spanish. Ideally business level in both written and spoken English.
Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary, eg some non-local national staff and some spouses or partners of UK diplomatic staff, will have their salaries abated by an equivalent amount.
Appointable candidates will be required to provide proof of enrolment at their current university.
Closing date of receiving applications is before 23:55 (Local Time) on 14 October 2025.
Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 12 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.
All applicants must fully complete the online application form, including the sections for employment and educational details, experience, and behaviour-based questions. Only those applications that contain all required information will be considered. To ensure the sift process remains anonymous, please do not include any personally identifiable information in your application form.
This opportunity is closed to applications.