About us: 

Access Partnership is the world’s leading tech policy consultancy. We enable consumer access to technology and lead countries to Fair Tech. To do this, we create the environment that allows governments to adopt technologies effectively and responsibly by analysing global trends for the risks and opportunities they create for technology businesses and users of technology, identifying strategies to mitigate those risks and driving opportunities to our clients’ advantage. Our firm uniquely mixes public policy and engineering competencies to achieve our goals. We have offices in London, Brussels, Singapore, Washington, Abu Dhabi, and Johannesburg—and are growing.

Practice Summary 

The Access Partnership Global Government Advisory practice is a team of public policy advisors, economists, and lawyers. We advise our public and development aid sector clients on the regulatory and technical considerations of digital transformation, and design strategies, frameworks, and policy tools to ensure change is inclusive, agile, and sustainable. We also provide our private sector clients with the strategic insights to engage with governments and multilateral organisations. Within the cross-cutting nature of digital transformation, we focus on digital public infrastructure, digital trade standards, AI, and connectivity. We are committed to driving coherent and collaborative digital transformation by governments.

What you can expect to be doing:

As an Intern with the Global Government Advisory practice, you will play an important role in supporting the delivery of client projects. As part of this role, you will have the following responsibilities.

Client: You research client needs, policies, and trends to create targeted materials, proposals, and presentations. Your insights help the team offer relevant solutions, build client trust and win work

Project Delivery: You deliver high-quality work backed by strong research, analysis, and writing.

Collaboration: You proactively offer to support work across the business and learn from feedback and experience

You will have expertise or interest in digital government/transformation, or international development or public policy, and a passion for working with clients to solve their real-world problems. You will also be intellectually curious and be keen to work on challenges at the intersection of public policy and technology.

Research and Analysis

• Keep abreast of policy topics, political trends, regulations, and industry developments.
• Qualitative data gathering and analysis
• Timely research, inputs, and insights, as directed, for client projects (briefs, reports, etc)
• Support monitoring of public sector opportunities

Communications

• Draft presentations, reports, and other client deliverables
• Contribute to the development of proposals and frameworks with guidance

Teamwork

• Curious mindset and unafraid to ask questions and collaborate with peers
• Strong team player, always proactively asking where support can be provided
• Adaptable to change and able to learn new tasks quickly

Operational Excellence

• Support continuous improvements activities with clear documentation
• Adhere to existing workflows and processes and suggest areas of opportunity for greater efficiencies
• Ensure required quality standards are consistently achieved
• Well organized, highly motivated, and proactive in finding ways to get things done and meet professional goals

What you will bring:

• Demonstrable subject matter exposure in digital transformation, multilateral engagement, and public policy.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong self-organisation and time-management skills, with the ability to multi-task.
• Strong proficiency with productivity tools such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Previous internship or work experience preferred.

What We Offer:

Our diverse international client base of technology giants and start-ups will provide the opportunity to work on multiple international projects on behalf of some of the industry’s leading companies. Our firm boasts a collaborative working environment, social events and a robust support system. We are committed to providing training and professional development for all colleagues.