Job Openings

Students:

We are constantly on the lookout for interns to assist with the work of the foundation.

Next internship commences: 1 July 2012
For a minimum period of three months
Closing date for applications: Please allow sufficient time for your application documents to reach us by 31 April 2011.

Your responsibilities

• Preparation of the 2012 Summer Academy held at Hohenkammer near Munich
• Preparing the 8th International Microinsurance Conference in Tanzania
• Providing support for the preparation of the Munich Re Foundation's 2013 dialogue forums
• Helping to conduct the foundation's "2012 Positionen" report
• Providing day-to-day support for our project managers, undertaking research and updating our media library

Competences – you will

• be studying for a degree in science, geography, business management, economics, politics or an equivalent field
• have a sound grasp of international environmental and development policy
• possess good Word/Excel/PowerPoint skills
• have a very good command of German and English; other foreign languages would be an advantage

Organisational aspects

• This internship is a paid position (€850 per month)
• The working hours are 37 per week
• Internship may be a compulsory part of your study programme or undertaken solely on your own initiative
• The internship is intended for enrolled students or prospective master's students. We regret that we are not able to consider graduates who have no certificate of enrolment.

If you are interested in applying for an internship with the Munich Re Foundation, please apply via the online form on the Munich Re website. The form will be available from March 2012 on: more
 
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Student employee providing technical support
 
Start date: July 2012
For a period of: One year minimum

Your responsibilities

• Updating our website
• Using a content management system to post web reports and photos
• Maintaining website traffic statistics (click-through rates, visits, etc.)
• Producing a quarterly newsletter using an eC-messenger system

Competences

• Very sound command of German and English
• Experience in handling web content and texts
• CMS, source code and HTML experience
• Programming skills are desirable but not essential
• Careful, precise style of working

Organisational aspects

• The work student position will be remunerated on an hours-worked basis
• The working hours are from 5–10 per week
• The hours worked are flexible provided they are agreed with the project managers

If you are interested in applying for the student employee position with the Munich Re Foundation, please forward a full set of application documents (letter of application, CV, references, certificates of language proficiency, internship references) to Christian Barthelt: cbarthelt@munichre-foundation.org
 
who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
 
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Applicants with professional experience and university graduates:

Currently no vacancies.