Trainee Outreach and Recruitment Unit - Post A: MEP Traineeships' Management

If you would like to gain experience in the field of human resources within a large multicultural organisation such as the European Parliament, apply for one of the traineeships in DG PERS!

The Directorate-General for Personnel (DG PERS) is broadly responsible for managing the human resources of the European Parliament's Secretariat, so that it can provide the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) with the assistance they need to fulfil their mandate.

More specifically, DG PERS manages the different groups of staff throughout their career, in areas such as:

• Selection, recruitment, entry, training, career development;
• Management of rights and obligations, salary, allowances, pension rights;
• Protection and well-being at work;
• Strategies to improve and promote equality and diversity;
• Management of trainees;
• Internal communication in the institution.

We are the Trainee Outreach and Recruitment Unit and we are in charge of "Schuman" and "MEP" traineeships in the European Parliament. These are traineeships in the Secretariat of the European Parliament and traineeships with Members of the European Parliament respectively.

More specifically, we oversee the application and recruitment process of Schuman trainees, in collaboration with all the Directorates-General and we take care of the recruitment of MEP trainees upon request of Members.

We also deal with all aspects related to the administrative matters of trainees, as well as providing them with all the necessary information and support. In addition, we are responsible for promoting our traineeship schemes on social media and through different outreach events, such as career seminars and job fairs.

You will:

• Take part in the entire recruitment cycle of Members' trainees and study visitors by checking the validity of documents and processing traineeship requests;
• Provide relevant information to the Members, their Accredited Parliamentary Assistants and their trainees/study visitors by phone, email or in person at the MEP trainees’ Front desk;
• Organise a Welcome presentation for MEP trainees on a regular basis;
• Coordinate events and activities offered to trainees, and contribute to the creation of new projects;
• Communicate with and answer inquiries from external parties, such as future applicants;
• Draft guides and internal communications;
• Be in contact with other units and Directorates-General to exchange information;
• Prepare promotional communications for MEP Trainees' events and liaise with stakeholders.

If you:

• Have good organisation skills for administrative matters;
• Have an excellent command of English; French is an asset;
• Know how to prioritise tasks in a demanding and changing environment;
• Want to make the most of your skills (proactivity, team spirit);
• Are willing to acquire new skills and improve your professional efficiency;
• Know how to work independently and in a team;
• Are able respect deadlines;
• Are proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and interested in learning new IT tools.

Apply for our traineeship in the MEP trainees' team!