Trainee, Resilience & Geopolitics

Are you a university student or recent graduate interested in geopolitics, resilience, and technology policy? We are looking for a trainee to join our Foresight & Preparedness team and support work that is highly relevant to Finland’s technology industry.

This is a great opportunity to learn about current policy topics, work with experienced colleagues, and contribute to meaningful projects. You’ll get to see how policy, industry, and international trade cooperation connect in practice.

As a trainee, you’ll support the team in a variety of tasks, such as

helping summarize policy in such topics as geopolitics, comprehensive security, and resilience

working in a team to develop a manual for member companies (participating in workshop and interviews)

assisting with the organization of working group meetings

following developments in EU policy and helping the team prepare background materials and advocacy work related to current affairs

participating in parliamentary advocacy meetings

contributing to member website development

having the opportunity to travel a little bit and take part in public events, e.g. Turku Europe Forum and meetings in Stockholm together with team members

depending on your background, contributing to a research project on supply chain preparedness among Finnish technology companies

We hope you are

currently enrolled in a higher education degree or recently graduated — relevant fields could be, for example, social sciences, law, economics, engineering, and related backgrounds

comfortable communicating with different people and building new contacts

interested in geopolitics, comprehensive security, and how these shape technology and industry

able to manage different kinds of tasks and work in an organized way

fluent in English — international applicants are warmly encouraged to apply

comfortable using digital tools such as Office 365 and Teams

Experience with generative AI tools, or a background in supply cha