Internship in International Strategy and Sustainability

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We grow as the municipality develops with more residents, more housing, and a larger offering. We are always on the lookout for new skills - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Are you studying and looking for an interesting and exciting internship? Do you have a particular interest in the municipal and public sector and want to understand international issues from that perspective? Then you have an internship to apply for!

About the Internship

As an intern with us, you will work with our international strategist, but you will also be part of the sustainability unit.

You will participate in the daily work of internationalization, which includes monitoring various authorities responsible for EU support and other external funding. You will contribute to various projects and initiatives within internationalization and also within the unit's other areas, assisting with various administrative tasks.

How to Apply

To apply for this internship, you must be enrolled in a program and have at least two years of undergraduate education, or alternatively at the master's level with a focus on social sciences. As part of your program, you must include an internship equivalent to a full semester of full-time study, i.e., 20 weeks. The program you are studying should focus on political science, public administration, international relations, global studies, or EU. You have a particular interest in the municipality and the public sector and are keen to work on international issues from a municipal perspective. You are independent, take initiative, and are skilled in communicating, both verbally and in writing, in Swedish and English. Other language skills are also a plus.

Welcome to Us

Within the sustainability unit, we work to support our administrations in implementing the municipality's sustainability program. Internationalization and external funding become tools to support operational development in this direction. You will also gain insight into the city office's governance and management and how municipal operations function.

Good to Know

The internship period must be part of an academic study program and correspond to a full semester of full-time study, approximately 20 weeks, from August to December 2026. The internship requires good language skills in Swedish and also very good knowledge of English. The internship is unpaid.

Want to Know More?

Feel free to contact Chantal Coté, International Strategist, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or phone 036-102897.

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