INTERNSHIP VACANCY NOTICE - International Labour Standards, Rights at Work and Gender Equality Programme (ILSGEN)

General Information

Number: 08/2026

Grade: No No

Contract Type: 6 months

Application Deadline: April 10, 2026

Organization unit: International Labour Standards, Rights at Work and Gender Equality Programme (ILSGEN)

Duty Station: Turin, Italy

The ITCILO celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, physical or mental disability. If you need any reasonable accommodation to participate on an equal basis with everyone else in the recruitment process, please let us know at internships@itcilo.org. Accommodations can be made, for example, for disability, family responsibilities, and other reasons. Any information you send us on your reasonable accommodations requirements will only be used to improve the process for you, will not be shared further, and will not interfere with the results.

ILSGEN
Our mission is to support the development of knowledge and skills to promote international labour standards (ILS) and rights at work, to strengthen their application and to advance the achievement of equality and decent work for all women and men. We do this by designing and implementing training and capacity development activities for ILO staff, ILO constituents, partners and other national and international actors. The Programme focuses its activities on the following areas:
• International Labour Standards (ILS)
• Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and policies in the workplace
• Gender equality, non-discrimination, and inclusion

The core themes for which we regularly offer training (on Campus, in the field or by distance learning, depending on specific relevance and needs) and develop relevant instructional and reference materials are:
• ILS, including reporting and other ILO constitutional procedures
• Seafarers and fishers
• The effective abolition of child labour
• The elimination of all forms of forced labour, including human trafficking
• Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
• The right to a safe and healthy working environment
• The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

Gender equality and inclusion
• Care work and the care economy, pay equity, violence and harassment, non-discrimination, diversity and inclusion.

Functional responsibilities

Learning objectives:

  • Familiarize with the mandate and functioning of the ILO and ITCILO in particular in the areas of expertise covered by ILSGEN Programme.
  • Practice the use of a learning management system to support the organization of large multi-language international events, including to develop/update, organize and upload training materials.
  • Enhance knowledge of terminology and language used in the international labour, gender and development discourse.
  • Practice drafting, translation and language assistance skills, during the preparation and delivery of three Academies (ILS, Gender & Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work), international events gathering professionals and experts online and face-to-face.
  • Under the supervision of the activity managers, the intern would be involved in the preparation, delivery and evaluation of the events, e.g. preparing summary briefs, training materials, videos, and texts to be posted in social networks.’, as well as in the follow-up.
  • The Intern may occasionally be asked to provide limited language assistance to participants during the course of the events. A professional team of translators and interpreters will support the events.

Internship Terms of Reference:

Training methods:
The intern will be actively involved in the work of the tutors and of the whole Academies Teams, who will also take care of facilitating his/her exposure to the work of other colleagues and technical Programmes.

Qualifications required

Education

• University Degree: (still enrolled in a graduate or post-graduate course or recently completed) in one of the following subjects: Economics; Social Studies, Political Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Law or in other relevant field.
• Specialization, if possible: international law, human rights, international relations or development studies, International Comparative Education, gender studies, training design and related fields.

Languages

• Compulsory: Excellent knowledge of English and at least one of the following: French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic.
• A third additional language among the listed above would be an asset

IT Skills

• Excellent use standard computerized software (Microsoft Office, E-mail applications, learning platforms, etc.)
• Having interest and practice in use of social networks, websites and CMS / LMS

Other Skills

• Ability to work and deal with people of different cultural backgrounds
• Able to work in a team as well as independently
• Ability to meet deadlines and to work under pressure

Additional Info

Before submitting your application, please read carefully the conditions by consulting the the application procedures and conditions for interns at the follwing link: https://jobs.itcilo.org/usefulinfo.

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