Student internship position in Nairobi fall 2025
Vacancy as a student intern at the Norwegian Embassy in Nairobi.
04. Mar 2025
Would you like to gain a unique insight into the foreign service, and learn more about the UN, Kenya and Somalia? The Norwegian Embassy in Nairobi is offering an internship position in the fall of 2025, starting Monday, August 4, 2025. Application deadline March 15, 2025.
The purpose of the internship program is to spread knowledge about and interest in the work of the Foreign Service. As an intern, you will gain good insight into the embassy’s many tasks and duties and several aspects of Norway’s cooperation with the UN (UNEP and UN Habitat), Kenya and Somalia. The tasks will include political and economic reporting, information and communication work, aid management, multilateral work, business promotion, facilitation of visits/events, as well as administrative and consular tasks.
Nairobi is one of the UN capitals and several UN and multilateral organizations are based in Nairobi. Norway has extensive cooperation with the UN, Kenya and Somalia. The interns will be given special responsibility for strengthening our internal and external communication around this cooperation.
Qualifications
It is a prerequisite that the applicant meets the requirements for student interns described on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website, and accepts the conditions mentioned there.
You must be a Norwegian citizen.
In the assessment of candidates, emphasis will be placed on:
- have commenced higher education in social sciences, economics or law
- relevant academic background and interest in foreign policy
- Knowledge of Kenyan and/or Somali politics, culture and society is an advantage
- Experience from or interest in aid/development cooperation is an advantage
- personal initiative
- analytical properties
- good skills for both collaboration and independent work
- experience with social media and online publishing
- very good written presentation skills in Norwegian
- very good English skills (written and spoken)
Scholarships and practical matters
The internship lasts for six months, starting on Monday, August 4, 2025.
The internship program is unpaid, but the intern receives a stipend that currently amounts to NOK 15,500 per month. The stipend can be combined with support from the Loan Fund. The intern must cover their own travel and living expenses, and is responsible for finding accommodation.
Applicants must be prepared that changes in the travel advice for Kenya may result in the offer of an internship having to be withdrawn. Any expenses incurred prior to joining will not be covered in such situations.
Application
Applications in Norwegian, with CV, references and documentation from the place of study (diploma/transcript or confirmation of study place) should be sent to emb.nairobi@mfa.no no later than March 15, 2024. Please send the application and attachments in a single PDF file, where the applicant’s name is included in the file name. The subject line of the email should be marked with “Internship application fall 2024”.
Questions about the internship position can be directed to Ministerial Advisor Geir Arne Schei at geir.arne.schei@mfa.no
