Internship - Fourth FAO/IAEA International Symposium on Area-wide Management of Insect Pests

Supports preparation of the FAO/IAEA insect pest management symposium by managing abstracts, coordinating reviews and assisting publication and conference documentation.

Department: NAFA-Insect Pest Control Section

• Communicate with symposium participants about submissions, grants, presentations and queries
• Review abstracts and maintain the symposium abstract database in INDICO
• Assist with formatting and organising the book of abstracts
• Support the Programme Committee in organising symposium sessions
• Compile, edit and format contributed papers and symposium book chapters
• Coordinate editing and review with authors, internal editors and external reviewers

• University degree in business administration, information management, communications or a related field
• Experience using data management systems
• Excellent computer skills in standard applications for word processing and data analysis
• Excellent written and oral English
• Minimum age of 20 with at least three years of full-time university studies completed
• No previous participation in the IAEA internship programme
• Two signed letters of recommendation must be attached

• Internship duration is 12 months
• Symposium takes place at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna from 24-28 May 2027
• Closing time is 21:59 Vienna time on 2026-08-07