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The Danish Embassies in Latin America are looking for new qualified interns for the Fall 2025
Do you dream of living and working six months in a Latin American country? Chile, Colombia or Mexico? Are you interested in international business and relations?
Are you passionate about supporting Danish business opportunities abroad while strengthening the strategic, economic and political relationship between Denmark and Latin America?
Are you an ambitious and high performing team player looking for challenges and the adventure of a lifetime?
Then you are probably the one we are looking for!
Three Danish embassies in Latin America (Santiago, Bogotá, Mexico City) are looking for interns to form an integral part of both the political and commercial teams. The internship is a unique opportunity to supplement your academic studies with practical key skills and thorough knowledge of Latin American business and political affairs.
We are looking to fill the following positions:
Internship in the Trade Council
The commercial department at the embassies works with supporting a large variety of Danish businesses with their operations in Latin America. The interns take part in the daily commercial work, as well as participates in the embassies’ political and administrative work when required. Moreover, ad hoc tasks of consular and cultural character can occur.
Tasks typically include, but are not limited to:
- Drafting market and sector insight reports
- Supporting business opportunities between local and Danish companies, business delegations and/or minister visits.
- Participating in the embassies’ political work
- Development and maintenance of the embassies’ website
- Participating in various meetings and seminars
- Contributing with ideas for communication, incl. draft articles to the Danish and local media.
The commercial interns will also work in an integrated manner with the political area, as an important part of the commercial work at the embassies is political in nature. This includes areas such as EU trade politics (including Global Gateway) and at the embassies in Mexico and Colombia, it also includes working with strategic sector cooperation.
Application codes (used in system when applying for the positions):
· TC-1: Trade Council internship at the embassy in Santiago, Chile
· TC-2: Trade Council internship at the embassy in Mexico City, Mexico
· TC-3: Trade Council internship at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia
Internship at the Political Department (Bogotá only)
The political department works closely with the Colombian government’s political agenda and cover areas such as 1) Human rights and social change, 2) The peace process and the implementation of the peace agreement, 3) Deforestation, 4) Gender equality and women & girls’ rights, and assist with the embassy’s work in the side-accredited countries; Bolivia, Panama, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
Tasks typically include, but are not limited to:
- Help preparing and executing of visits from and to Denmark
- Contribute to the embassy’s analyses and reports
- Participate in meetings, seminars, and events
- Answer questions and inquiries from Colombian and Danish citizens, as well as from entities, businesses, and institutions in Denmark and Colombia
- Maintain the embassy’s website and social media
Application code (used in system when applying for the positions):
· POL-1: Political internship at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia
Duration and application deadlines
We
are looking for interns twice a year, and the internship is for six months. We
are currently looking for interns for the Fall semester 2025.
Spring semester: 1 February – 31 July
- Deadline for applying to this team is 10 September the previous year
Fall semester: 1 August – 31 January
- Deadline for applying to this team is 10 March the same year
Requirements
To
get an internship, you must be a student and be enrolled in a higher education
institution at Bachelor's or Master's level throughout the internship. If you
are a foreign national, you must have lived in Denmark for at least 3 years at
the time of application, have permanent residence in Denmark and be enrolled in
a higher education institution in Denmark for the duration of your internship.
It is a condition that you can be security cleared by the Danish authorities and that you maintain your security clearance throughout the internship. References will be requested during security clearance.
Please note that you can only complete one internship in the Danish Foreign Service.
Qualifications
As an intern, you will be included as an important contributor on relevant projects, and will achieve a deep understanding of the local context and industry conditions. It is expected that you show great flexibility, initiative and team spirit in your work as well as a positive attitude when engaging in new tasks.
Furthermore, tasks include a great part of outgoing contact and it is thus necessary that the interns master Spanish and English both orally and in writing.
The interns should also be familiar with the programs Microsoft Office package, as well as general IT and internet use.
The internship must contribute to your education and will take place under the guidance of an academic staff member. Before applying for an internship, we recommend that you examine what academic requirements your educational institution imposes on you in connection with a internship.
Holidays and working hours
The average working time is 37 hours per
week (including lunch breaks). You earn 2.08 holiday days per month of
internship corresponding to 12.5 days during your 6-month internship. In
addition, if your studies require you to write a major academic assignment in
connection with your internship, you will be able to get certain writing-free
days (the number will be determined by the representation based on requirements
for the scope and complexity of the assignment, but will never be able to
exceed 10 days).
Housing and insurance
You are responsible for finding
accommodation and all associated costs. You must also, at your own expense,
take out insurance covering the return journey in the event of illness and
death, as well as liability outside working hours).
Reimbursement of certain expenditure
The internship is unpaid, but you will
receive a monthly compensation based on local cost level to cover documented
accommodation, transport, insurance and other expenses related to the internship.
Most interns will also have the opportunity to include their SU, but you should seek clarification with the Danish Agency for Higher Education.
How to apply?
You apply for an internship at one of the three embassies in Latin America by filling in and submitting an electronic application form – click here.The link is active from 10 February - 10 March 2025.
In the application form, you will be asked to indicate your priorities. Here you must select the relevant application code indicated under each internship position. You can only apply for internship positions in Santiago, Bogotá and Mexico City via the above link and use only the reference numbers indicated above. If, in parallel, you wish to apply for internships at other representations, please go to their websites and apply via their application link.
When you apply for an internship, you must upload your CV, motivation letter and diploma/grades. In addition, you can choose to upload other relevant documents, e.g. a statement from your employer or educational institution, if you think it is relevant to your application.
Your motivated application should be a maximum of one page, written on white paper, and it should contain a description of why you want an internship, what you want out of the internship, and what you have of relevant experience and skills (preferably also in the language field) in relation to the specific internship position.
We expect to call and hold interviews in week 12 and 13 (17-28 March).
If you have questions about internships in Latin America, please feel free to contact us at:
· Santiago: Head of Trade, Dagmar Hernández Thomsen, [email protected]
· Bogotá: First Secretary, Nana Hein Winther, [email protected]
· Mexico City: Head of Trade, Sara Takatomi, [email protected]
Deadline for your application is 10 March 2025.
About the embassies
The Danish Embassy in Santiago, Chile
Chile is all about the green transition and climate change adaption and an increasing amount of Danish companies are looking to Chile due to the easy access to and stability of the economy. The Chilean Government has increased their ambitions through a series of new laws to optimise water use, minimise energy use, waste and the climate footprint of the economic development, proving ample opportunities for Danish companies in the regional priority sectors. As the Chilean government has mentioned Denmark as a role-model economy, the embassy’s economic diplomacy works to use this opportunity to position Danish commercial interests on the Chilean market. To do so, a series of strategic alliances are underway providing strong platforms for working with and accessing the Chilean market.
The Danish Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia has become a green frontrunner in the region, especially under the current government led by Gustavo Petro. The government has established an ambitious set of goals to stop deforestation, attain ‘total peace’ nationally, protect biodiversity, and achieve a green energy transition, and with this comes a growing market for green energy. The Danish Embassy in Bogotá’s work support these new political developments and consider Colombia a strategic partner for Danish commercial interests. As a Climate Front Post and with two Strategic Sector Cooperation projects in areas of sustainable cities and energy, the embassy is in general working on promoting the green agenda and sustainability. And with Denmark’s candidacy for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council for the period 2025-26, the embassy is also expecting to closely monitor the peace process and the ‘total peace’ policy implementation in the fall of 2024.
The Danish Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico is an increasingly popular nearshoring location for Danish companies that are looking into neighbouring markets to the North and/or South. The embassy works towards strengthening the diplomatic ties between Denmark and Mexico through economic diplomacy. Within this area, we specifically focus on Denmark and Danish companies’ core competencies within health, agriculture, tech, as well as energy and sustainability. In addition, the embassy is a designated Climate Front Post, meaning that we work comprehensively towards promoting and implementing the green agenda at the Danish Embassy in Mexico as well as broader in the region.