You can join our Sales and Customer Management (CM) team through our internship programme. The purpose of our Internship Programme is to offer to successful candidates an opportunity to improve their skills and enhance their educational experience through practical work assignments while gaining experience of working in an international environment.

Details

Location Kyiv, Ukraine
Closing date Sunday 13 November 2016

Role overview

Our Internship Programme is open to students or graduates (18 years or above).

Candidate requirements:

  • Strong communication skills with external and internal customers 
  • Computing skills (MS Office)
  • Ability to work independently and as a team member
  • Accuracy/attention to detail
  • Desire to work & develop
  • Fluency in English (spoken & written)
  • Excellent Ukrainian
  • Knowledge of the British Council work areas is beneficial

Duties and responsibilities may include those identified in the Duties Description.

Interns are responsible for their own living accommodation, visas, personal insurance etc. 

The period of internship would be 6 months. The starting date of internship is asap after the offer to the successful candidate. 

The programme is full-time, i.e. interns are expected to work five days a week full working day (7.5 hours) in the British Council office in Kyiv. Before applying, please make sure you are ready to take on such a commitment.

What interns do at the British Council?

The Sales and Customer management job plan for interns will include working with customers at the Front Desk, in the Call Centre, supporting the Sales team with conducting Sales consultations, assisting  the Customer Management team with everyday business tasks. 

Do interns get a certificate? 

All selected candidates who have completed the internship programme successfully will receive a certificate stating the period of the internship and the name of the section to which they were assigned.

What are my chances of employment at the British Council after the internship?

As the main purpose of the Internship Programme is to provide an opportunity to gain experience in project work in an international environment the programme is not related to employment in the British Council.

An intern may apply for any job opening in the British Council during his/her internship programme, if he/she wishes to apply.

How to apply

Applicants wishing to apply should fill out the Application Form and Equal Opportunities questionnaire (when sending to HR, please name your application as Intern_Sales and CM_surname_name.doc) and send it to internship@britishcouncil.org.ua putting Internship Programme in Sales and CM Department in the subject field. 

Only External Application Forms will be accepted for further processing.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 13 November 2016.

Human Resources Department and the related managers will hold a selection process to assess received British Council application forms. Please do not send your CVs. 

We will contact successful candidates after the short-listing process.


The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria

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