Summer Intelligence Internship 2026

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 424051

**Salary**:

- £6,910
- Accommodation provided for the duration of the Internship if required

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Administrative Assistant

**Contract type**:

- Internship

**Type of role**:

- Intelligence

**Working pattern**:

- Full-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 10

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- London

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
**About Us**

Ever wondered if a career in intelligence could be right for you? Or is it something you’ve never considered, but could get curious about? Our Summer Intelligence Internship is a great opportunity to spend some time exploring the day-to-day activities of an intelligence team at MI6. Discover how we keep the UK safe. And find out if you could see yourself building a career with us.

We're MI6, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (or SIS). Our mission is to protect the security and economic wellbeing of the UK from overseas threats such as regional instability, terrorism, and cyber-attacks. Working across the globe and in close partnership with MI5 and GCHQ, we help the Government to counter these threats through the provision of secret intelligence. An internship at MI6 will be unique and challenging, but you’ll be in a supportive and encouraging environment.

**Job description**:
**About the Internship**

Over the course of the programme, you’ll learn all about MI6 and what we do. You’ll be placed in one of our mission teams where you’ll experience what life as an Intelligence Officer is like. You’ll have the support of your dedicated internship manager for the duration of the internship to ensure you have a varied experience within one of our exciting mission teams. You’ll be introduced to all sorts of operations, whether that be from a data perspective, a requirements perspective, or many others. More importantly, you’ll see the human side of how we operate across the many strands of our work. You’ll also be given the opportunity to see and experience our training via a short residential trip.

**Person specification**:
**About You**

**For the 2025/2026 academic year, you’ll need to be in your penultimate or final year of university and a British national from a Black, Asian, mixed-heritage or ethnic minority background, who is also from a socially or economically disadvantaged background**.**

You’ll share our values - integrity, respect, creativity, courage and the desire to have a positive impact on the UK. It’s also worth considering what you’re passionate about and whether that aligns with what we do at MI6.

We look for naturally inquisitive people who thrive in a team and bring real enthusiasm. People who enjoy making sense of complex information, have good interpersonal skills, enjoy collaborating with others and who are passionate about contributing to keeping the country safe.

Our operations are hugely varied, which is why increasing diversity in our agencies is needed more than ever before. Having a diverse organisation is vital to ensure we have diverse insights, perspectives, innovative ideas and different skills to keep the country safe. More importantly, a diverse organisation makes for an enjoyable, fulfilling environment. And you could be exactly who we need to help us achieve our mission.

**We’re Disability Confident**
- Situational judgement test - you’ll be required to reach the set pass mark.

**Benefits**:
**Time Off and Other Benefits**

We’ll give you five days off that you can use during the internship. Everyone will need to attend the first two weeks for training, and the final day, so make sure you take note of these dates when applying. While you’re with us, you’ll also have access to organisation-wide events where you can network with people from other teams, learning even more about what we do, and where you could take your career.

**Things you need to know**:
**Selection process details**:
**Before You Apply**

Remember, these internships are only open to university students in their penultimate or final year of study, who are British nationals from an ethnic minority and socially or economically disadvantaged background. If you aren’t eligible for this internship, we’d encourage you to visit our careers sites to explore the many other opportunities we have available throughout the year.

**What to Expect**
- Situational judgement test - you’ll be required to reach the set pass mark.
- Face-to-face interviews and role-play

**Right to Withdraw Statement**:
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:
See our vetting charter.
- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

**Nationality requirements**:

- Open to UK nationals only.

**Working for the Civil Service**:

- Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

**Diversity and Inclusion**: