Funded traineeship for young graduates at the EU Delegation to Belarus

What we offer?

A trainee­ship of up to 6 months with­in the Polit­i­cal, Eco­nom­ic, Press and Infor­ma­tion Sec­tion of the EU Del­e­ga­tion to Belarus, start­ing in April or May 2020.

The Polit­i­cal, Eco­nom­ic, Press and Infor­ma­tion Sec­tion of the Del­e­ga­tion is in charge of devel­op­ing analy­sis and rec­om­men­da­tions for HQ relat­ed to :

• Polit­i­cal, social and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ments in the coun­try, includ­ing issues relat­ed to the evo­lu­tion of civ­il soci­ety and the sit­u­a­tion of human rights;

• Belarus’ for­eign and secu­ri­ty poli­cies, includ­ing with­in the con­text of the East­ern Part­ner­ship;

• Sec­toral mat­ters notably on trade and ener­gy secu­ri­ty.

The intern will be ful­ly embed­ded in the work of the sec­tion, receive direct expo­sure to the EU activ­i­ties in the Repub­lic of Belarus, and be pro­vid­ed with a unique occa­sion to under­stand from inside the work of an EU Del­e­ga­tion in a third coun­try.

Main tasks:

• Data gath­er­ing and analy­sis of social and eco­nom­ic indi­ca­tors in the coun­try;

• Par­tic­i­pate in inter­nal and exter­nal meetings/events and report time­ly about them;

• Assist the work of the Sec­tion as nec­es­sary, includ­ing with regard to outreach/visibility projects and vis­its to the Repub­lic of Belarus;

• Assist in the Sec­tion’s research and report­ing on domes­tic issues in the Repub­lic of Belarus;

• Par­tic­i­pate and con­tribute to the prepa­ra­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of pub­lic diplo­ma­cy activ­i­ties of the EU Del­e­ga­tion;

• Assist in the con­cep­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of infor­ma­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tion prod­ucts.

Qual­i­fi­ca­tions or spe­cial require­ments:

• Uni­ver­si­ty degree in inter­na­tion­al rela­tions, polit­i­cal sci­ence, law, soci­ol­o­gy, eco­nom­ics or relat­ed field;

• Excel­lent Eng­lish lan­guage skills;

• Good Russ­ian lan­guage skills, knowl­edge of Belaru­sian lan­guage would be an asset;

• Good ana­lyt­i­cal and draft­ing skills;

• Proven inter­est for EU affairs and neigh­bour­hood poli­cies;

• Knowl­edge of Repub­lic of Belarus’ insti­tu­tion­al sys­tem and polit­i­cal land­scape would be an asset;

• Capac­i­ty to work in a team with atten­tion to details; 

How to apply?

The dead­line for sub­mit­ting appli­ca­tions is 17 Feb­ru­ary 2020.

Please send the fol­low­ing doc­u­ments to the e‑mail address:

DELEGATION-BELARUS-RECRUITMENT@EEAS.EUROPA.EU(link sends e‑mail)

• A detailed Europass cur­ricu­lum vitae (CV)

• a cov­er let­ter describ­ing why you want to par­tic­i­pate in a EU trainee­ship

• and an appli­ca­tion form 

Please men­tion in the sub­ject of your e‑mail: Fund­ed Trainee­ship — Polit­i­cal, Eco­nom­ic, Press and Infor­ma­tion

Impor­tant infor­ma­tion

Before apply­ing you are request­ed to exam­ine the ded­i­cat­ed web­site as well as the gen­er­al eli­gi­bil­i­ty cri­te­ria for a paid trainee­ship (Arti­cle 8 of the Deci­sion ADMIN(2017)28 – Paid trainee­ship)

Each select­ed trainee will receive a month­ly grant to cov­er liv­ing expens­es. All costs relat­ed to trav­el inside the coun­try of res­i­dence, visa, insur­ance, accom­mo­da­tion must be borne by the trainee.

Appli­ca­tions from non-eli­gi­ble can­di­dates will not be con­sid­ered. After the eval­u­a­tion of all appli­ca­tions, short­list­ed can­di­dates will be con­tact­ed and invit­ed for an inter­view. Unsuc­cess­ful can­di­dates will be noti­fied by email. In case the select­ed can­di­date is not able to present the required doc­u­ments, his/her can­di­da­cy will be reject­ed.