My House of European History - Post C

The Directorate-General for Translation (DG TRAD) provides the European Parliament with translation services for its written or electronic communication in all official languages of the European Union.

Our mission is:

• to make available in all official languages all documents relating to Parliament’s role as co-legislator and one of the two arms of the budgetary authority, in order to ensure the legitimacy and transparency of the legislative and budgetary process of the European Union;
• to enable the European Parliament to meet its commitment to the policy of multilingualism, designed to ensure the equal treatment of languages and permitting all citizens of the European Union to communicate with the institutions and have access to the documents of those institutions in their own language;
• to support the Members of the European Parliament and its administration in their multilingual communication with citizens by providing high-quality, modern, multilingual services in text, audio and video and ensuring that content is clear and in all the official languages of the EU;
• to ensure that all these services are supplied as efficiently and effectively as possible.

As a trainee in the My House of European History (MyHEH) Unit of the European Parliament, you will have the opportunity to help develop and promote the MyHEH project of the Directorate General for Translation of the European Parliament.  

MyHEH seeks to create a virtual library of testimonies from people all across the world, by collecting citizens’ stories in 24 languages and publishing these stories in text, audio and video format. 

The MyHEH platform already hosts almost 1000 genuine citizens’ stories with a European background. A series of podcasts and video interviews are also produced on the basis of the written testimonies on the MyHEH platform. This audio-visual content sheds light on historical milestones of the 20th century and is available in all 24 official EU languages. 

You will work under the supervision of the five members of the MyHEH core team who will guide you through the process of collecting citizens’ testimonies, curating them, creating new content and developing the MyHEH website. This will give you the opportunity to work on a major multilingual communication and outreach project, with an international and multidisciplinary team. Depending on the ongoing tasks and projects of the unit, you will also collaborate with the core team in producing audio and video products, and drafting promotion material for both internal and external communication and outreach, among other tasks.

As a prospective My House of European History (MyHEH) trainee:

• You have an in-depth knowledge of English and a very good knowledge of at least one of the other official EU languages (English native-speaker equivalent is an asset);
• You possess strong team-working and communication skills, which will enable you to work as part of a multidisciplinary team;
• You have experience with, or are keen to learn how to produce audio-visual contents;
• You have communication or web design skills;
• You have a passion for museology, history and storytelling.

If you are interested in this offer, please submit a motivation letter in English summarising your educational background and your reasons for applying. The motivation letter should not be longer than 600 words. 

Please also submit relevant supporting documents (university diplomas, course transcripts, etc.). The motivation letter and the supporting documents are to be uploaded as a single PDF file.