Work Opportunities
Work Opportunities
Applications for employment are equally welcome from women and men. Persons wishing to apply for employment at the South Centre should be nationals of a member country of the Group of 77 and China and be under the age of 62 years.
Vacancies are filled based on open competition and are advertised by means of vacancy notices and are also posted on the website as well as occasionally advertised in the press.
Internship Opportunities
The South Centre’s internship programme offers an opportunity for students and young professionals to gain an understanding of the technical areas that the South Centre deals with. The South Centre regularly offers internships in:
All internship applications should include an Internship Application Form duly filled (except internships in Translation).
NOTE: The South Centre is currently not accepting applications for the Intellectual Property Internship. The next session of the internship will be in 2019. More information will be posted at a later date.
Vacancy Announcement – Senior Researcher (Tax Cooperation and Policy) (APPLICATIONS CLOSED)
The South Centre is seeking to fill a Senior Researcher position in Tax Cooperation and Policy in its Global Governance for Development Program (GGDP). S/he will perform a critical leadership role and will have responsibilities in both strategy formulation and implementation of the Centre’s program to create a network of developing country tax officials. This network is being built in order to strengthen developing country tax policies and assist these countries in their international engagements to rebalance tax standards to better reflect developing country interests. S/he will have strong technical background in tax issues, both in their legal and policy aspects. S/he will operate in an intergovernmental arena, and help identify and mobilize expertise to support developing country interests in the area of tax policy and international tax cooperation.
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Vacancy Announcement – Senior Researcher (Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme – DIIP) (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
The South Centre is seeking to fill a position in its Programme on Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property (DIIP), in the context of a project to boost the capacity of governments from developing countries to use the flexibilities contained in the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to promote access to essential medicines. The legal protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) limits competition by restricting the market entry of generic manufacturers that may help to drive down prices for medicines. As a result, unaffordable prices for medicines can keep patients from getting access to needed treatments. The national IPR legal and policy framework affects options for procurement and production of low-cost generics. The project will focus on capacity building interventions such as training programs.
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Vacancy Announcement – Researcher (Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme – DIIP) (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
The South Centre is seeking to fill a position in its Programme on Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property (DIIP), in the context of a project to boost the capacity of governments from developing countries to use the flexibilities contained in the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to promote access to essential medicines. The legal protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) limits competition by restricting the market entry of generic manufacturers that may help to drive down prices for medicines. As a result, unaffordable prices for medicines can keep patients from getting access to needed treatments. The national IPR legal and policy framework affects options for procurement and production of low-cost generics. The project will focus on capacity building interventions such as training programs.
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Internship opportunities in the area of international investment law and policy and/or corporate accountability
The South Centre is pleased to offer the opportunity for graduate students and young professionals, especially from developing countries, to undertake an internship in the area of investment law and policy and/or corporate accountability (under the umbrella of the Global Governance for Development Programme) at its headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland).
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