Civil Society Outreach Unit - Post B: Private and Public Multipliers Outreach Trainee

The European Parliament stands for European democracy. We help connect it to people.  

This entails providing complete and impartial information to citizens and media about the European Parliament, and assisting Members in their communication activities. The Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) strives to reach and engage the right audience with the right message at the right time and in doing so, deliver world-class communication. We are committed communication professionals coming from various professional and academic backgrounds.

The Civil Society Outreach Unit collaborates with civil society, private and public companies, partners, stakeholders and engaged individuals. We are building close relationships to create networks of multipliers and to encourage them to disseminate our campaigns and messages to their own audiences and to actively engage with the European Parliament. 

As private multipliers’ trainee you will have the opportunity to work on several projects within the unit that are focusing on activating multipliers in the communication of the Parliament’s activities, values and goals namely European wide non-governmental organisations, Pan-European business organisations, private companies, trade unions and professional associations. 

Your tasks will consist of stakeholder management (mapping, email marketing, calendar management, social media monitoring, etc.), assisting in meetings with stakeholders, assisting in internal meetings as well as cross-unit meetings and identifying dissemination opportunities in each industry.

Moreover, you will assist at communication tasks such as managing databases, usage of CRM-tools as well as other supports; drafting invitations, collecting information, research, social media listening via Talkwalker, etc.

At partner’s events, events hosted by the unit and unit’s internal events, you will be asked to help with preparation (from communication to set-up of the venue), coordination and evaluation. You will also be involved in reporting tasks.

Do you have a solid background and/or a first professional experience in Communication, Events and/or PR. Then this traineeship might be a match...

Do you have experience in working with the private sector or civil society? Are you a great networker and do you easily adapt to different settings? Are creativity, curiosity and entrepreneurship part of your skillset? You are pro-active and don’t shy away from responsibility?  Do you have excellent organisational skills and have experience with CRM, e-mail marketing and data management? Are you a team player full of enthusiasm? Then you might be the candidate we are looking for!