締切日/開催日 2024年03月22日(金)
Application for 2024 Summer Internship Program offered by Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) for GraSPP students is now open.
The TCS is an intergovernmental organization established in 2011 by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) (collectively called ‘CJK’) to promote peace and common prosperity in Northeast Asia.
The TCS Internship Program aims to enhance trilateral cooperation among the PRC, Japan, and the ROK by inviting CJK undergraduate and graduate students to gain valuable work experience for their career paths while developing cross-cultural skills and an understanding of TCS’s mission.
The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) may invite eligible CJK undergraduate and graduate students to the TCS internship program on the following terms:
Internship Information
- Objectives
The TCS Internship Program aims to offer a unique learning experience to qualified university students and has the objective of:
- Providing a platform for university students to build up their working skills
- Raising public awareness of Trilateral Cooperation and the TCS to CJK university students
- Utilizing as reference date for TCS’s future projects and providing network opportunities for the participants by building up the Internship Alumni Networks
- Securing an employee candidate pool for TCS and providing interns with opportunities to build professional networks
- Gaining new perspectives and generating new strategies by having the interns share their fresh ideas on current TCS’s projects
2. Designation of Department-in-charge
Interns are not assigned to a specific department and may be placed in a variety of tasks across the four departments (Political, Economic, Sociocultural, Management and Coordination) based on their education background, interests, and departmental needs. However, if the intern wishes, the certificate issued at the end of the internship may include the name of the most relevant department based on a review of the intern’s work activities during the internship.
3. Scope of functions
To help strengthen the intern’s understanding of the functions and activities of the TCS as well as the works of an international organization, the intern may be instructed to serve the following functions to the satisfaction of the aforementioned objectives:
- Assisting in planning, organizing, and developing all aspects of the TCS events and activities
- Supporting the background and preliminary research on the TCS projects
- Providing translation and related services of the TCS publications, news releases, meeting materials, etc
- Providing administrative and logistical support for in and out-office activities
- Other tasks assigned by the Consultative Board and Directors
* Except for the above-mentioned functions, the interns may be asked to serve functions not covered in this announcement, as well as to provide support when necessary.
4. Working Hours and Location
- August 1st to 31st, 2024 (1 month)
Working Hours: 8 hours per day from 09:00 to 18:00 (KST)
– An intern’s working hours by default will be 40 hours (during the break) Per week and cannot extended further. For the lunch break, the intern will be given a 60-minute break during working hour time.
- Location: TCS office (20fl. S-Tower, Saemunan-ro 82, Seoul, ROK, 03185)
5. Financial Support
Unit:USD($1=KRW 1,350)
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Program |
Item |
Description(40h/week) |
|
|
Monthly salary |
2,060,740 won |
|
|
Monthly meal expense |
220,000 won |
|
The 2nd |
Monthly transportation |
USD100 |
|
Term |
Other support |
1 |
|
|
-Airfare (economy class) & Visa issuance fee |
Will be paid in the actual amount of the payment |
|
|
Total |
Appx. USD 1,790 + @ |
All the costs connected with an intern’s participation, except the above financial support shall be covered by the interns.
*Social Security Benefit
The TCS provides interns with industrial accident insurance, which is part of the social security system, and prepares private health insurance for the duration of the internship program in Korea.
6. Eligibility
The TCS may accept interns providing the following conditions are met:
- Citizen of Japan;
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the University of Tokyo.
- Proficiency in English and the applicant’s mother tongue is required. Fluency in }Chinese or Korean other than the mother tongue is an asset;
- Computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office);
- Demonstrates a keen interest in the work of the TCS and trilateral cooperation;
- Demonstrates the ability to successfully interact with individuals of different culture and backgrounds, displays cultural, gender, religious, nationality and age sensibility and adaptability.
Application
Please submit the following documents to <ppsupport.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp> (replace [at] with @) with the subject line “TCS Summer Internship Application”.
- a)Application form
b)Latest transcript Submission deadline
March 22, 2024
- Selection
The screening result will be notified individually by e-mail from GraSPP Office.TCS may hold an interview after a paper screening by GraSPP faculty member(s). - Others
a) For your information, please check through theto-do listafter you get shortlisted as recommended candidates.
b) Once you complete the internship, you are required to submit a survey. - For inquiry
Please e-mail to Manami Sato <ppsupport.j[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp> (replace [at] with @)