Intern - Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (Fall 2022)

At CSIS we actively seek to employ a diverse group of people who embody our organizational values. We welcome and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply, especially those from traditionally underrepresented groups.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit, bipartisan public policy organization established in 1962 to provide strategic insights and practical policy solutions to decision makers concerned with global security and prosperity. Over the years, it has grown to be one of the largest organizations of its kind, with a staff of some 200 employees, including more than 120 analysts working to address the changing dynamics of international security across the globe.

The CSIS Executive Education Program and the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy (AILA) seeks a highly motivated candidate for a three to six-month internship in a dynamic and fast-paced environment beginning in September 2022. Strong preference given for full-time candidates.

The Executive Education and AILA programs provide global leaders with training opportunities in leadership, ethics, and foreign policy. The Executive Education program designs and facilitates specialized training initiatives for executives, visiting government officials, and global leaders. AILA offers foreign policy seminars, crisis simulations, and skill-building workshops for CSIS’s interns, young professionals, and visiting university student groups. The interns will support the successful administration and execution of the programs, and provide assistance across all program components, such as program development and execution, coordination, outreach, and administrative support.

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter. We would prefer it if you could submit your materials as one PDF document rather than as separate documents.

This internship is paid hourly and reports to work at the CSIS Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following

• Provide event management support

• Contribute to program development

• Conduct background research related to AILA programming, courses, and marketing

• Assist with program operations and administration, including event logistics

• Organize outreach efforts, such as writing newsletters

• Write summaries of training sessions and seminars

• Event management and/or project coordination experience

• Strong demonstrated interest in foreign policy, international relations, training, education, and/or event management

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to multi-task

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in a professional setting

• Enthusiasm for challenging assignments that demand creativity

• Report to work at the CSIS office in Washington, D.C.

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The job frequently requires ability to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Interested applicants please submit your resume and cover letter at https://careers.csis.org/. For more information please visit the CSIS Executive Education program website https://www.csis.org/programs/executive-education and Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy website https://www.csis.org/programs/abshire-inamori-leadership-academy