Position: Intern in the Applications and Solutions Department
Internship ID: 19018
Salary: Indefinite
Location: (ECSAT) – Harwell, UK
Time Type: Indefinite
Contract Type: Intern
Duration: Indefinite
Duration: Indefinite
Institution: ECSAT
Start Date: Indefinite
Deadline: 30 November 2024
This position is based at the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) – Harwell, UK.
IMPORTANT: Due to the location of the ECSAT and current legislation of the UK, only UK citizens, students enrolled in a UK university, or those with a pre-settled status (right to study) in the UK are eligible to apply for this internship.
Candidates interested are encouraged to visit the ESA website: http://www.esa.int.
Field(s) of activity for the internship
The topic of the internship: Space for finance and insurance applications
You will aim to build a comprehensive understanding of the market opportunities in the financial and insurance sectors for downstream space applications to support the development of sustainable, green and innovative applications.
This will include the following tasks:
- Identifying and characterising commercial opportunities for innovative services and applications in the financial and insurance sectors exploiting space assets such as Satellite Communications, Satellite Navigation, and Earth Observation;
- Supporting the identification and engagement with champion industry stakeholders and public entities who may be the potential customers/users of the services identified;
- Supporting the gathering of user/market requirements from the stakeholders identified as well as the development of new initiatives in cooperation with external partners;
- Identifying the gaps concerning the existing technology and services and supporting the identification of new developments both for terrestrial and space-based technologies;
- Identifying technical and commercial risks related to the implementation of such services and proposing mitigation actions
The internship is expected to enable you to gain the following experience.
- a comprehensive overview of innovative services based on integrated space-based data and terrestrial technologies;
- an understanding of the future trends in the financial services industry and the emerging role of the space industry in the finance and insurance value chains;
- experience with business development and an understanding of new business models;
- experience with stakeholders’ engagement.
Required Qualifications
You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at the 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.
You should have good interpersonal and communication skills and should be able to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team.
Knowledge and background in finance or actuarial science would be considered a plus.
Behavioural competencies
- Result Orientation
- Operational Efficiency
- Fostering Cooperation
- Relationship Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to ESAthe Core Behavioural Competencies guidebook.
Important Note
Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Member States, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus as European Cooperating States (ECS).
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