Government Affairs Intern (Rolling Intake)

About Intel Malaysia

In Malaysia, Intel Corporation's legal name is Intel Malaysia Sdn. Berhad is a company that manufactures and sells computers and computer peripheral equipment. The company offers processors, chipsets, keyboards, mice, boards, monitors, storage, and wireless products. Intel Malaysia serves customers worldwide.

Your role

Intel is seeking highly proactive and motivated candidates to join the Government Affairs team in Kuala Lumpur as an Intern for 6 transformative months. As a Government Affairs Intern, you will play a pivotal role in supporting Intel’s engagement with key stakeholders in the Federal Government and industry associations to shape policies that impact the advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in government affairs, policy analysis, and corporate advocacy while contributing to Intel’s mission of creating world-changing technology that improves the lives of every person on the planet.

Key responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assist in monitoring and analyzing relevant policy and regulatory developments to Intel’s business interests in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.
• Support the coordination and execution of meetings, events, and engagements with government officials, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Draft and review materials such as briefing documents, presentation decks, and talking points for internal and external stakeholders.
• Research policy issues, industry trends, and emerging technologies to support the development of Intel’s advocacy strategies.

Training & development 

In general, Intel provides its employees with various training and development programs. Intel’s internal training organization is called IDL and it offers over 7,000 courses that cover job development, and personal and career growth. Intel University also offers more opportunities worldwide. In addition to creating and presenting new courses, the company constantly reviews course content to ensure that its programs are up-to-date and that they are creating a learning environment that is conducive to the success of each learner.

Benefits

Intel offers competitive pay for the position and also offers other attractive employee benefits as below:

• Stock
• Bonuses
• Benefit programs include health, retirement, and vacation.

Career progression

Generally, your skills, performance, and aspirations are the key factors for your career progression at Intel Malaysia. You can learn and grow with Intel’s various opportunities, such as training programs, mentoring, coaching, and feedback. You can also move within the company and find different roles and functions that suit your interests and goals.

Work-life balance

The regular office hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Saturday and for the shift, working hours will be 12 hours (7 am to 7 pm). However, Intel applies flexible working hours as well, so you can work within flexible hours as long as the work is well delivered. Specifically for this role, you will be eligible for Intel's hybrid work model which allows you to split your time between working on-site at your assigned Intel site and off-site.

Company culture

Intel is highly rated as one of the best companies to work for. The main reasons for that achievement mainly that Intel has a good working environment, friendly colleagues, and the people here have a good culture of working together. Good management, work-life balance, and a good place to work for.

About you

To apply for this role, you need to meet the following requirements:

• Actively pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in economics, international relations, laws, political science, public policy, or a related field.
• Strong interest in technology policy, government affairs, and the regulatory landscape.
• Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively in a remote and team-oriented environment.

How to apply

To apply for this job, click the button "Apply on employer site" below. We will navigate you to Intel Malaysia's official link. Make sure you've read all of the mentioned requirements for this role.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• jobs.intel.com/en/internships
• intel.com/content/www/us/en/jobs/benefits.html
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Intel-Corporation-Malaysia-Reviews-EI_IE1519.0,17_IL.18,26_IN170.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng