Job Description

Internships

The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each year. The internships are awarded to persons studying towards a university degree or who have recently received a degree (see Internship web pages for further details).

The purpose of the programme is:

To provide interns with the opportunity to gain practical work experience in line with their studies or interests, and expose them to the work of the IAEA and the United Nations as a whole.

To benefit the IAEA's programmes through the assistance of qualified students specialized in various professional fields.

The duration of an internship is normally not less than three months and not more than one year.

Organizational Setting

The Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology (NEFW) comprises the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section, the Waste Technology Section, the Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation Section and the Research Reactor Section. The Division seeks to support Member States in building their capacity to access technologies, to share good practices and to develop safe and effective approaches across all aspects of research reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, decommissioning, radioactive waste management and environmental remediation.

The Waste Technology Section (WTS) assists Member States with radioactive waste management. It covers a broad spectrum of activities and is organized into teams responsible for radioactive waste management (pre-disposal and disposal), and the management of disused sealed radioactive sources (DSRS). Efforts are focused mainly on the elaboration and implementation of comprehensive and integrated radioactive waste management (RWM) policies and strategies, the development of RWM infrastructure, the promotion of good practices for sustainable, safe and cost-effective RWM, enabling access to current scientific and technological developments. Given the widespread nature of RWM challenges, the Section cooperates with a wide range of units in the IAEA and international organizations.

Main Purpose

The main purpose of the internship is to provide updates to the International Catalogue of Sealed Radioactive Sources (ICSRS), upload and properly tag data, and to review source and device manufacturer information and provide updated photos and information to the ICSRS. Other tasks to support the DSRS team projects.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Obtain new information including and photos/drawings on existing sources and devices by contacting source and device manufacturers.
• Enter updated information into the ICSRS and confirm functionality.
• Perform broadscale reviews of data uploaded into both the DSRSNet and ICSRS for any errors, inconsistencies and duplications.
• Input available information into the Source Management System of the DSRS Team.

Qualifications and Experience

• University degree in engineering or any sciences.
• Basic knowledge on radioactive sources and their uses an asset.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop technical documents and preferred experience in technical editing.
• Competent use of office software including Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio and other management and sharing tools such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, etc.
• Self-starter able to perform tasks to completion.
• Team player able to work in small groups and interact with global colleagues.
• Excellent written and spoken English essential; fluency in any other IAEA official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) an asset.

Applicant Eligibility

• Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years of age and have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a first degree.
• Candidates may apply up to one year after the completion of a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree.
• Candidates must not have previously participated in the IAEA's internship programme.
• Good written and spoken English essential; fluency in any other IAEA official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish or Russian) an asset.
• Candidates must attach two signed letters of recommendation to their application.