Comité International Olympique (CIO)

Department: Corporate Events and Services Department Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Contract Type: Internship Activity Level: 100% Internship duration: 01.09.2025 until 01.03.2026 Application end date: 28.05.2025 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including athletes, National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), Worldwide Olympic Partners, and Media Rights-Holders. It also works with public and private authorities, including the United Nations and other international organisations. Are you willing to help build a better world through sports? Here's your chance to make a lasting impact within the Olympic Movement at the IOC. As the Corporate Events Trainee you will be providing support to the Corporate Events management team with organising meetings and events in Lausanne. Main responsibilities: Coordinates daily business booking requests on behalf of IOC departments for various event-related services, such as meeting rooms, AV, catering, transport, accreditation and accommodation. With the Corporate Events Manager and client coordinator, follows up allocated event projects including planning, on-site execution and tear-down. Supports the set-up and follow-up of the arrangements linked to trips, hospitality, accommodation and accreditation for Olympic family members and IOC guests in Lausanne with the various partners concerned (hoteliers, congress centres, marketing companies, sponsors and the local authorities). Performs everyday administrative tasks: data entry, contracting process, invoice validation, correspondence and filing. Assists with setting up meeting rooms (managing rooms, seating and technical facilities). Assists the Corporate Events management team with coordinating meals, receptions and other event-related activities (choice of menus, guest lists, invitations, mail shots and welcome packs). To be eligible for this role, you need to match the following criteria: Recent graduate from or training at hotel school or equivalent, and/or experience in the field of international events. Excellent knowledge of English and French (preferably bilingual). Additional language a plus. Familiarity with teamwork in terms of managing the flow of files and communicating with colleagues. Excellent knowledge and command of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, event-related IT solutions, Outlook and the internet. Ability to manage stressful situations. Speed and accuracy in executing tasks. Sense of urgency and priorities, and service-orientation. Ability to take the initiative and be aware of activities and needs. Excellent organisational skills. Good communications skills and good all-rounder. Flexibility in terms of working hours generally. Interest in sports events and international news. Excellent command of the corporate tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, etc.). Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is embedded in its DNA and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.

Department: Corporate & Sustainable Development Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Contract Type: Open-ended Activity Level: 100% Posting closes: May 23rd The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including athletes, National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Sports Federations (IFs), Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), Worldwide Olympic Partners, and Media Rights-Holders. It also works with public and private authorities, including the United Nations and other international organisations. If you are an Administrative Assistant, and the vision to build a better world through sports inspires you, this is a unique opportunity to make a lasting difference to the Olympic Movement at its very heart.As Administrative Assistant at the IOC Corporate & Sustainable Development department, your mission will be to support the PA to the Director, to deliver centralized support and act as central source of information to the CSD team across various core needs, as detailed below: Provide administrative support to the Director Acts as a contact points for administrative items related to the CSD Director: Support the management of the Director’s day to day agenda and ensure related materials are ready for each meetings (agendas, supporting documents, presentations) Ensure follow-up of correspondence coming from the President’s Cabinet or Director General’s Office; drafting of correspondence in French and English on behalf of the Director. Support in preparing trips, booking hotels and flights ensuring all details are planned ahead. Provide administrative support to the Department General Contribute to weekly/ monthly meetings and oversight of all logistical aspects of the meetings e.g. ensure content is provided by teams, compile and share agenda, provide follow-up on any actions Monitoring of the CO2 budget for the whole Department and maintain an up to date calendar of events & key milestones Manage the department’s digital and physical workspace (SharePoint, office space), ensuring relevant information is classified . Plan and organise team building activities, group meetings, and other similar activities for the Department. Keep abreast of new policies/procedures/tools in order to facilitate the implementation of them Be a supporting liaison with enabling departments (Finance, Human Resources, IT, CE&S…) Sustainable Development units Provide necessary logistical and administrative support to the teams in the implementation of their strategic objectives: Effective collaboration with team managers/members in planning and implementing assigned projects Liaise and coordinate with various stakeholders involved in assigned project (internal and external) Provide administrative support and input on the production of administrative content: Support in the drafting of letters Support in creating or repurposing existing presentations Support to the Coordination meetings for the Sustainability, Impact and Legacy teams’ (IOC, Olympic Games and Olympic Movement); Manage logistical aspects of the organisation of the meetings for the IOC Sustainability & Legacy Commission, for the GEDI Commission and the IOC Advisory Committee on Human Rights; Contract management; Manage the entire contract management process, from the creation of the vendor and the drafting of the contract to the payment of the vendor. Act as subject matter expert and knowledge champion regarding the administrative tasks in SAP Ariba, CoRe and SAP Finance Assist with monitoring the Department’s contract and procurement management. Perform ad-hoc tasks delegated by the PA of the Director, and substitute in his absence. Eligibility for the role: CFC, university degree or equivalent education. At least 3 years’ experience in high level support in an international company or multinational. Bilingual French and English. Excellent knowledge of MS Office / Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). Highly service orientated. Excellent planning, coordination and priority management skills. Ability to maintain a high level of professional performance in a high stress situation. Come and join an organisation where the spirit of gender equality, inclusionand diversity is a top priority and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.

Department: IOC Television & Marketing Services SA Location: Lausanne, Switzerland Contract Type: Open-ended Activity Level: 100% The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities including the United Nations and other international organisations. About the role: As the Partnership Manager you will be responsible for owning and enhancing the relationship of the assigned TOP Partner(s), stratgeically integrating their contractual rights and interest to strengthen the value of their investment, and to support the evolution of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, with the ultimate goal of long-term retention. Your responsibilities: Oversee the management and delivery of contractual rights with assigned TOP Partner(s) through cross-functional cooperation and relationships. Establish, protect, enhance and nurture the relationships with assigned TOP Partner(s) to build and maintain open, productive and mutually beneficial partnerships. Initiate and develop a creative approach to partnership management to add incremental value to the assigned TOP Partners and the Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Develop and maintain the TOP Account Management Plan (APM) for your respective TOP Partner(s) which includes key information related to the TOP Partner(s) and their partnership, for example, contractual obligations, contacts, KPI, business objectives, governance, milestones, etc. Daily Partnership Management Act as an active advocate and supporter of, and contributor to, their TOP Partner(s) partnership efforts worldwide. Assigned TOP Partner(s): provide relevant and effective Olympic marketing expertise, information, and tools to ensure effective leverage of their Olympic partnership. International Olympic Committee (IOC): educate internal stakeholders on the TOP Programme and assigned TOP Partner(s) objectives raising awareness of contractual obligations, business and partnership objectives, and setting relevant priorities. Work with all Olympic Movement stakeholders (incl. National Olympic Committees) to identify new opportunities for assigned TOP Partner(s), with the objective of further increasing the value of their Olympic Partnership. International Paralympic Committee (IPC): provide support to the IPC Partnership Services team and ensure oversight of their delivery of the respective TOP Partner(s) rights and/or activations in relation to the Paralympic Movement (with the exception of onsite Games asset right delivery at the Paralympic Games where the IOC TMS is the lead). Provide proactive and solution-oriented recommendations and issue resolution processes in the interest of both TOP Partner(s) and Olympic Movement. Support the delivery of rights specific to assigned TOP Partner(s) for all Organising Committees of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOGs) working in collaboration with the Commercial Integration (CI) Team, IOC Functional Areas (including IOC Games Department), the relevant Organising Committees (including their respective Functional Areas such as Marketing Partner Services) and the IPC. Develop a deep understanding of the assigned TOP Partner(s) onsite programmes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games and ensure a good as well as up to date awareness of priorities. Proactively identify value-creation opportunities from within the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, as new assets are developed or enhanced in line with the IOC strategic roadmap. Collaborate with the Rights Activation (RA) team, to deliver timely and client-oriented activation approvals and campaigns for a specific partner(s). Actively lead commercial issue resolutions impacting RA with internal and external stakeholders. Collaborate with the Digital Engagement & Marketing (DE&M) Department in the delivery of digital rights of TOP Partners. Collaborate with the Business Partner Integration team to oversee the client-orientated delivery of digital contractual rights and ensure compliance with the IOC TOP Programme guidelines. Continuously keep the IOC team updated on the assigned Partner(s)’ business and environment and key news. ​​​​​​​TOP Supply Ensure that the TOP Partners’ supply rights, benefits and opportunities are recognized by the IOC and the OCOGs. Ensure efficient and effective management of TOP Partner supply rights through the TOP Account Management Plan. Oversee, plan and report the implementation of TOP Partners’ strategic projects, highlighting potential integration risk/priority areas, anticipating Value-In-Kind (VIK) usage gaps in collaboration with the IOC TMS Commercial Integration and IOC Finances functions. In collaboration with IOC TMS Legal, ensure the continued engagement of TOP Partner(s) to ensure the finalization of TOP/OCOG supply agreements promptly to maximize the delivery of supply rights. In collaboration with the OCOG MPS function, support and contribute to the delivery of OCOG supply workshops and debriefs. Lead, manage and enable the resolution of TOP supply-related issues with involved parties. Preparation of Partner / OOCG supply roadmap – specifically milestones and subsequent adaption of milestone timelines for each OOCOG. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​System coordination Educate and train counterpart partner services managers at the OCOGs and the IPC to correctly provide for the specific needs of assigned TOP Partner(s) as well as on best practices and procedures for local marketing partner servicing. Maintain regular and in-person communication with assigned TOP Partner(s), OCOG Partnership managers and the IPC. Ensure communication is distributed to all relevant stakeholders. Ensure efficient and effective management of TOP Partners’ rights through the TOP Account Management Plan. Organise, prepare and run regularly TOP Partner Reviews (at least 1 per quarter). Ensure IOC and/or TMS leadership are up to date on any TOP Partner(s) organisation changes and keys news. Our requirements University degree with a major (or focus) in marketing / sponsorship. Significant marketing program development experience and/or client-based sponsorship management in a corporate/agency/property environment. Experience of working in, or with entities active in technology, global brands and/or sports sponsorship industries is highly desirable. Olympic Games or other major sports property activation experience highly desirable (working on either sponsor, property and/or agency side). Understand digital and social media advertising formats, pricing, sales structures, and branded content planning, production, and distribution, specifically how media can enhance a broader activation program for TOPs. Fluency in English, both spoken and written; proficiency in French or other languages is a plus. Excellent command of standard corporate IT tools and adherence to internal user rules. Outstanding relationship management and interpersonal skills, with superior communication and presentation abilities for diverse audiences. Strong project management skills, demonstrating agility and the ability to achieve deliverables. Energetic and enthusiastic, with leadership, team-building, and coaching abilities, combined with business discipline and decisiveness. Proven ability to prioritize efficiently between competing objectives and adapt to changes. Comfortable working productively in a highly cross-functional/matrixed organization. Ability to interact with tact, sensitivity, efficiency, and professionalism at all levels, fostering trust and understanding. Commitment to ethical principles and acting accordingly. Passionate about the Olympic Movement and its goals to support sponsors’ business/marketing objectives and improve the world through sport. Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is a top priority and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.