Internship – Clean energy in aviation
Top Benefits
About the role
The Organizational Setting
Clean energy in aviation: This position is situated in Environment (ENV) within the ICAO Air Transport Bureau (ATB). ICAO's activities in the environment field aim to limit or reduce the impact of international aviation on noise, local air quality, and the global climate. ENV is responsible for the development of a range of standards, policies and guidance material and provides capacity building and assistance for the implementation of mitigation measures to achieve these objectives. Measures include aircraft technology, operational improvements, the development and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation, and the use of market-based measures. In addition, ENV maintains close relations with other UN policy-making bodies that have expressed an interest in environmental aspects of civil aviation. The primary focus of this internship is to support research on clean energy sources available for the aviation sector for the reduction of emissions and to identify the different business models and financing mechanisms for the implementation of renewable energy projects in ICAO Member States.
Terms of Reference
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director, Environment; the Chief, Environmental Standards Section and the Environment Officers, the intern will:
- Monitor public information on worldwide clean energy sources including: processes, new developments, market studies, financing, user contracts and agreements, pilot projects;
- Contribute to the analysis of information provided by States through their action plans regarding the use of renewable energy in the aviation sector and their effect on progress toward the global aspirational goals;
- Assist in the quantification of environmental benefits and economic impact from the implementation of renewable energy projects;
- Assist in identifying opportunities for capacity building and partnerships;
- Assist in the development of articles, publications, press briefings, and any other outreach material etc., as required, on the pilot projects on clean energy implemented by the ICAO ENV Assistance Projects; and
- Perform other related duties.
Education
At the time of application, candidates are required to have completed or be enrolled in a graduate degree programme (second-level university degree or higher) in a field of study related to aviation, environment, aeronautical/aerospace or other engineering, or computer science. Applicants pursuing studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages should have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree.
Languages
Essential requirements: Fluent reading, writing and speaking abilities in English.
Desirable requirements: A working knowledge of a second language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish).
Conditions of Internship
Interns are not paid. All costs related to travel, insurance, accommodation, and living expenses must be borne by the intern.
The duration of the internship is between three to six months. The intern is expected to work up to five days a week, with flexible arrangements possible to accommodate part-time schedules (e.g., up to 24 hours per week) for eligible students, in accordance with current off-campus work regulations.
Interns shall not be eligible to be engaged in any other form of employment within ICAO during the period of internship and shall not be eligible to apply for or be appointed to any post in the Secretariat or be contracted for any other remunerated employment with ICAO for the six months immediately following the end of their internship.
- Job Identification 28050
- Posting Date 07/28/2025, 04:19 PM
- Apply Before 08/09/2025, 03:59 AM
- Degree Level First Terminal University Level Qualification 4 years or more
- Job Schedule Full time
- Locations Montreal, QC, Canada
- Agency Int Civil Aviation Org
- Vacancy Type Internship Programme
- Education & Work Experience Bachelor's Degree
- Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks
- ICAO Practice Area Aviation
About International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944).
Its core function is to maintain an administrative and expert bureaucracy (the ICAO Secretariat) supporting these diplomatic interactions, and to research new air transport policy and standardization innovations as directed and endorsed by governments through the ICAO Assembly, or by the ICAO Council which the assembly elects. Industry and civil society groups, and other concerned regional and international organizations, also participate.
Once governments achieve diplomatic consensus around a new standard’s scope and details, it is then adopted by those same 193 countries in order to bring worldwide alignment to their national regulations, helping to realize safe, secure and sustainable air operations on a truly global basis.
ICAO is not a regulator. ICAO standards contain never supersede the primacy of national regulatory requirements. It is always the local, national regulations which are enforced in, and by, sovereign states, and which must be legally adhered to by air operators making use of applicable airspace and airports.
In addition to these core diplomatic and research capabilities, ICAO also conducts educational outreach, develops coalitions, and conducts auditing, training, and capacity building activities worldwide per the needs and priorities governments identify and formalize.
Our LinkedIn account provides a venue for professionals to support ICAO’s advocacy for the safe, secure, and sustainable development of aviation, offering resources and a forum for discussion. Our social media moderation rules apply: https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/social-media.aspx
Internship – Clean energy in aviation
Top Benefits
About the role
The Organizational Setting
Clean energy in aviation: This position is situated in Environment (ENV) within the ICAO Air Transport Bureau (ATB). ICAO's activities in the environment field aim to limit or reduce the impact of international aviation on noise, local air quality, and the global climate. ENV is responsible for the development of a range of standards, policies and guidance material and provides capacity building and assistance for the implementation of mitigation measures to achieve these objectives. Measures include aircraft technology, operational improvements, the development and deployment of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation, and the use of market-based measures. In addition, ENV maintains close relations with other UN policy-making bodies that have expressed an interest in environmental aspects of civil aviation. The primary focus of this internship is to support research on clean energy sources available for the aviation sector for the reduction of emissions and to identify the different business models and financing mechanisms for the implementation of renewable energy projects in ICAO Member States.
Terms of Reference
Under the supervision of the Deputy Director, Environment; the Chief, Environmental Standards Section and the Environment Officers, the intern will:
- Monitor public information on worldwide clean energy sources including: processes, new developments, market studies, financing, user contracts and agreements, pilot projects;
- Contribute to the analysis of information provided by States through their action plans regarding the use of renewable energy in the aviation sector and their effect on progress toward the global aspirational goals;
- Assist in the quantification of environmental benefits and economic impact from the implementation of renewable energy projects;
- Assist in identifying opportunities for capacity building and partnerships;
- Assist in the development of articles, publications, press briefings, and any other outreach material etc., as required, on the pilot projects on clean energy implemented by the ICAO ENV Assistance Projects; and
- Perform other related duties.
Education
At the time of application, candidates are required to have completed or be enrolled in a graduate degree programme (second-level university degree or higher) in a field of study related to aviation, environment, aeronautical/aerospace or other engineering, or computer science. Applicants pursuing studies in countries where higher education is not divided into undergraduate and graduate stages should have completed at least four years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a degree.
Languages
Essential requirements: Fluent reading, writing and speaking abilities in English.
Desirable requirements: A working knowledge of a second language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish).
Conditions of Internship
Interns are not paid. All costs related to travel, insurance, accommodation, and living expenses must be borne by the intern.
The duration of the internship is between three to six months. The intern is expected to work up to five days a week, with flexible arrangements possible to accommodate part-time schedules (e.g., up to 24 hours per week) for eligible students, in accordance with current off-campus work regulations.
Interns shall not be eligible to be engaged in any other form of employment within ICAO during the period of internship and shall not be eligible to apply for or be appointed to any post in the Secretariat or be contracted for any other remunerated employment with ICAO for the six months immediately following the end of their internship.
- Job Identification 28050
- Posting Date 07/28/2025, 04:19 PM
- Apply Before 08/09/2025, 03:59 AM
- Degree Level First Terminal University Level Qualification 4 years or more
- Job Schedule Full time
- Locations Montreal, QC, Canada
- Agency Int Civil Aviation Org
- Vacancy Type Internship Programme
- Education & Work Experience Bachelor's Degree
- Vacancy Timeline 2 Weeks
- ICAO Practice Area Aviation
About International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO is funded and directed by 193 national governments to support their diplomacy and cooperation in air transport as signatory states to the Chicago Convention (1944).
Its core function is to maintain an administrative and expert bureaucracy (the ICAO Secretariat) supporting these diplomatic interactions, and to research new air transport policy and standardization innovations as directed and endorsed by governments through the ICAO Assembly, or by the ICAO Council which the assembly elects. Industry and civil society groups, and other concerned regional and international organizations, also participate.
Once governments achieve diplomatic consensus around a new standard’s scope and details, it is then adopted by those same 193 countries in order to bring worldwide alignment to their national regulations, helping to realize safe, secure and sustainable air operations on a truly global basis.
ICAO is not a regulator. ICAO standards contain never supersede the primacy of national regulatory requirements. It is always the local, national regulations which are enforced in, and by, sovereign states, and which must be legally adhered to by air operators making use of applicable airspace and airports.
In addition to these core diplomatic and research capabilities, ICAO also conducts educational outreach, develops coalitions, and conducts auditing, training, and capacity building activities worldwide per the needs and priorities governments identify and formalize.
Our LinkedIn account provides a venue for professionals to support ICAO’s advocacy for the safe, secure, and sustainable development of aviation, offering resources and a forum for discussion. Our social media moderation rules apply: https://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/social-media.aspx