Intern, Public Policy & Law Enforcement Regulatory

Are you ready for alife and career defining personal & professional challenge?

"Empowering people to live their passions"

Aaqua is a refreshingly new social experience built around people, purpose and passions.

We bring like-minded people, fans, icons, creators and brands together in communities - blending epic original ~content, ~initiatives and epic physical events - centred around M.A.G.I.C.

(M.usic, A.rts & Entertainment, G.ames, I.nterests and C.ommunity).

Our philosophy is to empower people to live their passions in a safe place, with relevant engagement, genuine transparency and a democratised value system.

Your Community

You will be a member of the Public Policy, Law Enforcement Response Team, within the Safety & Integrity domain. You will be working closely with your lead, the Head of Law Enforcement and Government Response.

Your Purpose

Your role as Intern will focus on the privacy, regulatory and public policy front, as well as on non-governmental organisations and academic entities addressing privacy and cross-border data matters.

Your Learnings

We are committed to your learnings and will guide you;

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  To think more critically – both quantitively and qualitatively
• To enhance your understanding of a global social media startup, and the networking required to succeed
• To improve your breadth and depth of understanding of Safety & Integrity as it applies to society
• To help gain experience of working with a wide variety of stakeholders to deliver results

Your Focus

Your contribution will include:

• Compile trends in the privacy, regulatory and public policy front
• Track DSA, Privacy Shield, E-evidence, Cybercrime Convention, etc
• Learn from and analyse NGO positions in this space – such as Article 19, Access Now, Internet & Jurisdiction, Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Research trends concerning nefarious exploitation of technology to facilitate, by example, human trafficking; scams, criminal activity around cryptocurrencies, tokens / points, and extremism.

Your Journey

Ideally you will have experience in or exposure to the following:

• Background in political science, public policy and technology, international studies, economics, or law; either from studies or work experience.
• Avid social media user
• Follows and has opinions on trending socio-political topics
• Interest in online safety
• Great communication and writing skills
• Critical thinking strength
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-driven
• Able to work well cross functionally and build collaborative relationships
  

Why work with us

At Aaqua we are committed to real economic value distribution and this extends to our people. Aaqua is creating a work culture that caters to all your YOU’s. Our total rewards package is highly attractive, with generous compensation, options programs, comprehensive medical coverage and workplace flexibility.

Developing our people is a given and the exposure you will get at Aaqua will see you always evolving, creating opportunities for rapid career advancement. By putting our "members first" (that includes YOU), you will deliver the unexpected every day. Aaqua’s agile focus drives collaboration, ideation and allows you to be your true self, empowers our people and delivers a passionate and fun team.

Aaqua is a diverse and inclusive culture. We want our people to be reflective of our members and commit to a non-discriminatory culture that does not judge by; age, gender, sexual orientation and gender reassignment, race and colour, disability, religion and beliefs, pregnancy and family responsibilities, education level and all of your YOU’s.

Aaqua is the place for all YOUR ‘YOUS’!

Applications close at midnight on Wednesday 23rd March.