E-International Relations is looking for students, of all levels, to join us as Editorial Assistants for a summer 2024 internship (voluntary, remote). The key element of the role will be to work directly with E-IR’s Editor and Publisher, Stephen McGlinchey, to update our mailing lists. This involves using your knowledge, enthusiasm and good old-fashioned research to identify academics at universities around the world and gather their data. You can come from anywhere, be any age, study on any continent – as long as you can speak/write English reasonably well and are enthusiastic. The reason we do this important work (approximately every 5 years) is to ensure that we promote our website to each new generation of academics – helping them see the value of our freely available content for themselves and their students. This has a real impact on students like you who may not be aware of E-International Relations.
The work will be done within a small team, remotely (using Slack and Google Sheets/Docs) and full guidance and mentoring will be provided. If you apply, you should have 5-10 hours free most weeks in the second half of July, all of August and early September. This project should be completed around the first week of September, at which point all those who complete the task will be offered other positions on E-International Relations that match their interests, if they wish.
Volunteering with E-International Relations is not a typical “work experience.” First, we coordinate our activities remotely using Soft. So you don’t have to physically go to your workplace to volunteer with us. Secondly, we don’t have any paid staff, we’re all volunteers. We volunteer some of our free time because we want to help maintain the best online resource for students and academics of international politics – and help grow our audience, which is around 2.5-3 million readers and 8 million article views per year. Finally, we enable our editors to learn skills, manage their time and develop their own projects. The result is that the more volunteers give of themselves, the more they get out of the experience. It’s no surprise that many of our editors have used their time with us to take on leadership positions in publishing, politics and academia.
► To apply, send us an email with the subject line “Editorial Assistant” to recrutement.e.ir@gmail.com
In the body of the message, please:
- Tell us (briefly) why you think you are suitable for this role and confirm that you have the time to complete the task during the second half of July, the whole of August and the first week of September 2024 (150 words maximum). It is okay not to be available every week, as long as you are available for the majority of the 7 weeks the project is active.
- Tell us (again, briefly) where you study/have studied, at what level and what you plan to study/do next (150 words maximum). Do not attach a CV.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to ask (again, keep them concise).
The position closes at 12:00 GMT/UTC on 16 July 2024. We will respond to all those who come to our attention before the closing date. Unfortunately, due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to candidates we have not shortlisted. We encourage candidates who were unsuccessful in their previous applications to reapply.
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