The British Embassy Santiago is pleased to offer an internship running from October 2025 to end of March 2026. The internship’s successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with the embassy’s Political and Communications team and collaborate with other units across the embassy. 

The jobholder will gain experience of a broad range of embassy functions. For the Political and Communications team, the inter will support the team leading the UK’s international engagement and foreign policy dialogue with Chile, including our bilateral engagement with Chile’s government, National Congress, presidential and congressional advisers, and representatives from international organisations, the diplomatic corps, civil society and think tanks. 

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about foreign policy and international relations, international trade policy, and how the UK and Chile work together to solve global problems. Our interns play an important role in supporting our work and have an opportunity to make a real impact through the projects they are work on.   

Roles and responsibilities:

The job holder will:

• Support implementation of the British Embassy’s political and diplomatic engagement, including maintaining and updating our political stakeholder’s database; arranging, attending and taking minutes in external meetings; attending and contributing to embassy working groups; diary management; update and maintain section resources and briefings.
• Assist with research: researching information and contacts (UK and Chilean) in priority areas, including political and legislative developments.
• Support project and event management logistics, helping deliver exciting and impactful events (King’s Birthday Party, programmes for visiting UK officials and ministers, and Political Team travel within Chile and Latin America) in pursuit of section, embassy and UK strategic priorities, including contact with suppliers and venues, and updating and maintaining briefing materials and guest lists.
• Support the Communications Team work, including contributing to the production of social media content and delivery of the embassy’s communications strategy.
• Assist with information management and record keeping on procurement, finance and Human Resources.
• Assist in the updating of current databases and actively contribute to the strengthening of relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. Researching for new suppliers and products to improve operations.

• The intern must be enrolled in a university/college programme that will allow them to participate in an internship / “práctica profesional”.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to deal with multiple tasks and priorities.
• Problem-solving, attention to detail and efficient administrative skills.

Applicants must have the legal status to live and work in Chile

Language: English and Spanish

Level of language required:  Fluent Spanish. Ideally business level in both written and spoken English.