European Endowment for Democracy (EED) - Traineeships

Background

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) has been created to foster and encourage democratisation and deep and sustainable democracy in countries in political transition and in societies struggling for democratisation. It is an independent private law foundation with its seat in Brussels. Its geographic mandate is focused on 15 countries in the European neighbourhood.

Traineeships

The EED is launching a call for trainees. During their time at EED, the trainees will assist EED Secretariat staff with technical assistance and operational support.

In particular EED is looking for trainees with the following specific expertise for the period September 2015 – February 2016:

      Southern Neighbourhood Programme Support - Detailed awareness of civil society sectors and the political context in the Southern neighbourhood, with strong, preferably fluent, Arabic Language skills.

      Eastern Neighbourhood Programme Support - Detailed awareness of civil society sectors and the political context in the Eastern neighbourhood, with strong, preferably fluent, Russian Language skills.

      Grant Reporting Support - Experience in detailed assessment of financial reports, based on understanding of grant-making and monitoring and evaluation. Arabic and Russian Language skills a distinct advantage.

Citizenship of an EU Member State or residency in the European Union is a requirement.

Should you meet the required expertise above, with some demonstrated relevant experience, please submit your CV (Europass format preferred) including a cover letter and contact information for two referees.  Applications should be made online using “apply” panel on this page. After successfully submitting your application you will receive an automatic email confirming receipt of your application. In addition, please send a copy of your CV as an attachment to email address tovacancies@democracyendowment.eu, with Trainee (Southern Neighbourhood), or Trainee (Eastern Neighbourhood), or Trainee (Grant Reporting Support) in the subject line. Please no phone calls/emails/letters

The application deadline is Wednesday 15 July 2015 at 12 midnight Brussels time.

All applications will be kept on file but candidates will only be contacted if a suitable opportunity arises. The information provided in the applications is subject to EU legislation on protection of personal data and confidentiality of information.

Terms and Salary

Preferred contractual relations with the Junior Consultants is a Convention d'immersion professionnelle (a professional immersion agreement under Belgian Law). Expected level of monthly consultancy fee up to €1,300 per month.