FINA is offering two paid six-month sports operations internships for recent aquatics athletes.

Are you an aquatics athlete? FINA is looking for you to become the future of acquatics sports events!

Since you can remember, you have had a passion and purpose for aquatics. Whether it be the pool, open water or the diving platform, you fell in love with your sport. You paired this passion with poise and professionalism to rise to the sport’s upper ranks. 

After years of chasing high performance, you might be interested in trying out a new career path — especially one that draws on your skills and experience as an athlete. 

Perhaps you would like to give back to the aquatics community, stay connected to your sporting roots while also cultivating a professional career path beyond the field of play. But, where does one begin? 

If you’re determined to unearth this side of your talent around water, here’s your chance to join the global governing body of aquatics sport.

FINA wants to draw on the experiences of our aquatics athletes to develop and deliver the future of our sports events through a new initiative - the FINA Athlete Intern Position. We are offering two paid six-month sports operations internships for recent aquatics athletes that competed at the FINA World Championships, FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or the Olympics in the past four years to help us deliver the biggest events in the pool and open water for 2022.

You’ll be an integral member of FINA’s hard-working and knowledgeable sports operations team and have an opportunity to work at some of our upcoming events in 2022.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR: You are an Aquatics athlete that competed at an international-level championship in the last four years and possess a native or working-level of English. We will give extra consideration to candidates that have earned a four-year university degree. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO: You will work with local organising committees, liaise with national swimming federations and operate between various FINA departments and stakeholders to manage and run competitions in Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, High Diving, Water Polo, and Masters.

WHEN’S THE START DATE: We are pretty flexible on the start date, but we prefer to have an internship position (up to six months in duration) begin in both the spring and the fall of 2022. 

WHICH EVENTS WOULD YOU BE FOCUSED ON: The intern starting in the spring would have a focus on helping deliver the FINA World Championships this summer in Budapest, various Water Polo fixtures, and the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) this December in Kazan (RUS). 

HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please send your CV and cover letter expressing your interest in the internship (500 words max) to [email protected].

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