Officer in international organisations
function in aprofessional context:
Officers in international organisations:
- Support and manage activities for the representation, protection and promotionof the (public and private) interests of their own country or organisation inan international context, analyse and draft public policies, and provideassistance, intermediation and negotiation services. These activities mayconcern political, economic, trade, social and cultural spheres.
- Coordinate and manage administrativeactivities in the international field; analyse and interpret decision-makingcontexts; identify solutions aimed at improving organisational effectivenessand innovation.
competenciesassociated to the function:
- competence required to enter the jobmarket; fluency in the English languageand at least in one other foreign language;
- Have specialist historical, legal, political,economic and linguistic knowledge of geographical areas and topics;
- Can interact with legal, economic andfinancial experts;
- Can adapt to different situations and events,interpreting them according to apolitical, economic, legal and cultural approach and evaluating them in terms of an international perspective
- Can draft and promote their own solutions(problem-solving) in groups of experts (team management) and in complex,interdisciplinary and risk situations (risk-taking), and manage social networks(networking);
- Can persuade, mediate and negotiate(bargaining) with strong oral and written communication skills;
- Use computer programmes for open sourceintelligence (mental maps, semantic web), and are familiar with national andinternational information databases and a strong
- command of the tools used for strategicanalysis and planning, context analysis, impact analysis and game theory.
career opportunities:
Diplomatic career, officer in an internationalorganisation such as the European Union or the United Nations, according to their application procedures.
International affairsreporter
function in aprofessional context:
International affairs reporters:
- Gather, report and comment on news and eventsof international importance, to be published in daily newspapers, periodicals,radio and television, websites and other mass media;
- Produce studies, investigation dossiers,consulting reports, seminars for institutional bodies, businesses,representation associations, national and international research bodies,(traditional and new) media on international topics of strategic interest;
- Interview other figures on questions ofinternational importance;
- Write editorials and express opinions onfacts and events of international importance;
- Review, select and organise articles andother information materials for publication, in compliance with the privacylaws;
- Obtain, select and process information oninternational events, producing finished products (news items, articles orreportages);
- Monitor, gather and organise information anddata on the international political, institutional, economic and social contextthen used to produce original analyses (historical and forecasting) which maybe used in essays, specialist articles and research works.
competencies associated to the function:
International affairs reporters:
- Know the operating mechanisms of theinternational political, legal, historical, economic and social systems and canproduce comparative analyses of different countries;
- Have in-depth knowledge of one or moreforeign languages in addition to English;
- Have general journalism skills and canexpress themselves correctly and brilliantly in both written and spoken form;
- Can develop interpersonal skills and work inand manage multicultural social networks (networking);
- Have marked curiosity and a flexible approachto problem-solving, strong analytical skills and the ability to analyse andcritically evaluate different problems.
career opportunities:
New media including blogs, websites, web radioand web TV, traditional media including radio, television and the press.Journalism and publicist professions are governed by professional associationsand national laws which require additional training or apprenticeships.
Specialist ininternational politics
function in aprofessional context:
Specialists in international politics:
- Study, describe and interpret the origins,development, operation and logics of political systems and ideologies,diplomatic, economic and political relations between countries and otherstakeholders of the political world, construction methods underlying politicaldecisions, their interrelationship with public opinion, the activities ofgovernments and political parties, the reasons and consequences of electoralresults;
- Coordinate the design, planning, drafting,funding, implementation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of national,international and supranational programmes of public importance, on differenttopics including conflict resolution, environmental protection, management ofmigration flows and the sustainability of welfare systems;
- Advise, dialogue and maintain exchangerelations with the executive, managerial, political and administrative levelsof complex public and private, national and international organisations andorganisations which have frequent contacts with them;
- Develop and use methods for implementing andevaluating the impact of national, international and European public policies,enhancing their public impact;
competenciesassociated to the function:
Specialists in international politics:
- Know the national, international and Europeaninstitutional and political systems, their historical and legal origins,operations and position with respect to other systems; the operating mechanismsof complex organisations and their relative decision-making processes; thefeatures and prospects of global governance;
- Can analyse and interpret the political andorganisational context in which national and international decisions are taken.Can manage public policy projects and monitor results (project management andevaluation) and promote objectives before national, international and European publicinstitutions and among public opinion using digital communication, the web andmass media;
- Can assess legal implications, liaising withlaw experts, and financial implications, liaising with finance experts, and canassess the operating requirements of projects;
- Have critical skills and can use alternativeapproaches to problems. Can use logic and reasoning to identify the strengthsand weaknesses of processes and solutions; have a strong inclination toempathy: can understand the reasons and actions and reasons for behaviour ofothers;
- Have a strong inclination towards creativityand relationships, with strong dialogue, communication and negotiation skillson behalf of other administrations and private businesses before national andEuropean public administrations, and can manage social networks (networking);
- Are able to source, read and interpret theprogramming documents (laws, proposals, decisions, programme descriptions,tender and contract regulations) of European institutions;
- Use computer programmes for open sourceintelligence (mental maps, semantic web), have a strong command of the toolsused for strategic analysis and planning, context analysis, impact analysis andgame theory.
career opportunities:
Think tanks and research institutes,communication companies and firms, public relations and consulting, tradeassociations, non-profit organisations, national, regional or localauthorities.
Peacekeeper
function in aprofessional context:
Peacekeepers:
- Carry out activities in the field of conflictprevention, peace-making, peace-keeping and peace-building;
- Carry out activities in the field ofhumanitarian aid, human security, disarmament, demobilisation andconfidence-building, the protection of human rights through monitoring andelection observation;
- Coordinate the design, drafting, funding,implementation, promotion, monitoring and evaluation of international andsupranational programmes on different topics.
competenciesassociated to the function:
- Have knowledge of international politics tobe able to identify the causes of conflicts and their resolutions, as well asof international relations and development cooperation and methodology ofpolitical sciences and international security;
- Can apply conflict resolution andpeace-building techniques;
- Have analytical, problem solving, persuasionand negotiation and project management skills;
- Have excellent English language skills,preferably in addition to knowledge of the language and culture of the countrythey work in, as well as a strong inclination to adapt to international andintercultural contexts.
career opportunities:
National and international civil organisationsand voluntary associations. In somecases additional training may be required.
Export Sales Manager
function in aprofessional context:
Export Sales Managers:
-Produce marketing and export strategies,develop the effectiveness of distribution and sales networks, focusingattention on foreign markets; - carry out research on the international marketconditions to identify the possibilities for the commercial penetration ofproducts and services in foreign markets; - Assess possible political andinstitutional evolutions, identifying areas of competition, prices and salesand distribution methods;
- Are able to assess the costs and benefits ofnational and international collaboration and integration agreements betweencompanies.
competenciesassociated to the function:
Export Sales Managers:
- Know English and one other foreign language;
- Have general knowledge of the most importantprocesses in modern society and in particular the economic, financial andpolitical problems of each country they work with;
- Can conduct empirical surveys oninternational environments and geographical areas using social science methods;
- Have specific behavioural skills andaptitudes, including excellent negotiating skills and the ability to organiseand plan work; are flexible and can adapt to change; have strong managementskills for human and financial resources and tangible and intangible resourcesgenerally.
career opportunities:
Private business firms and trade associationsworking in an international context
