Position: Intern in the ESA’s Space Safety Programme & Coordination
Internship ID: 18958
Salary: Indefinite
Location: ESA HQ – Paris, France
Time Type: Indefinite
Contract Type: Intern
Duration: Indefinite
Duration: Indefinite
Institution: ESA
Start Date: Indefinite
Deadline: 30 November 2024
The ESA Space Safety Programme takes care of all potential hazards from space or in space, which can impact human activities on Earth or again in space. The spectrum of tasks ranges from gathering the basic understanding of space hazards originating from our Sun, from man-made space debris, or from asteroids potentially colliding with the Earth. It also addresses basic approaches to mitigate these hazards and to implement space systems end-to-end in a sustainable and eco-compatible way. Moreover, several cornerstone missions are underway to demonstrate basic methods of space weather forecasting, asteroid deflection and active space debris removal from orbit.
In execution of these tasks, the Space Safety Programme has the following entities:
- Space Weather Office (OPS-SW)
- Planetary Defence Office (OPS-SP)
- Space Debris Office (OPS-SD)
- Clean Space Office (OPS-SC)
- Frequency Management Office (OPS-SF)
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 Safety coordination
Focus area 1: Space Safety coordination
You will have the opportunity to support the team in preparing, developing, implementing and maintaining the overall programmatic aspects of the program. This entails the support to the preparation of member state bilaterals, ESA internal decision boards and outreach events.
Focus area 2: Space Safety communication
You will be involved in the ESA Space Safety communication strategy, support the initiative’s online presence, help with outreach activities, and create related articles. Further, industrial activities to prepare supporting imagery and video material, gaming apps, and VR applications for outreach are to be supported.
Focus area 3: Space Safety events
You will support the organisation and conduct of in-person events. This includes major topical conferences, industry days and other outreach events. Activities would comprise the registration, preparation of logistics from rooms, catering to security and on-site reception desk.
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.
Behavioural competencies
- Result Orientation
- Operational Efficiency
- Fostering Cooperation
- Relationship Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Forward Thinking
For more information, please refer to the ESA 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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