Maersk Oil Qatar has launched an internship competition in partnership with the Supreme Education Council (SEC), Qatar University (QU) and several other higher education establishments, which are part of Qatar Foundation.
Ten high school and university students will come on board the programme and learn from the company’s leaders about the skills and training required to build a career at an international oil company.
The selected students will have the once in a lifetime chance to meet Maersk Oil Qatar’s managing director or deputy managing director, a one-on-one briefing session with the head of Qatarisation and a briefing on corporate social responsibility from the head of social investments.
High school students will be offered a one-week internship, while university students will be offered a month-long internship.
Sheikh Jassim bin Saud al-Thani, head of Qatarisation at Maersk Oil Qatar, said: “For many years, Maersk Oil has focused on developing leadership capacity in Qatar through our successful Qatarisation strategy and close partnerships with local universities.
“The Maersk Oil Qatar Future Leaders Internship builds on this success and will allow students to gain valuable career guidance while experiencing day-to-day life at the country’s largest oil producer. I look forward to receiving many applications.”
The internship is open to high school students in Qatar aged between 15 and 18 years and university students in Qatar over the age of 18.
To win a place on the programme, the students need to submit a paper that is between 500 and 1,000 words in either English or Arabic.
The subject of the paper is the impact of the oil industry on Qatar’s ambitions against the four National Vision pillars, or the role of the oil industry in Qatar’s development over the past 20 years and the future.
The deadline of the competition is 3pm on May 31. Students are required to register and submit their paper on www.findyourplace.qa
Maersk Oil is heavily engaged in Qatar’s efforts to educate and train more nationals for future oil and gas jobs and has two support initiatives in place – the Qatari Development Programme and the Qatari Leadership Talent Pool.
Fawzia al-Khater, director of the SEC’s Education Institute, said: “We are proud to support this unique initiative and will motivate all the students to participate. This is a great way to excite students in Qatar to pursue Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education as it will lead them to opportunities like this.”
Maha Almarri from QU commented: “At Qatar University, we have expanded opportunities for young men and women by opening up further places in all of our programmes. I encourage all students to enter this competition for the chance to win a fantastic internship at Qatar’s largest offshore oil producer.”
