Secretariat of the committee on Constitutional Affairs - Post A

The Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union (DG IPOL) is responsible for organising the work of the Parliament’s committees dealing with the EU’s internal policies, and for assisting Members in the exercise of the legislative, budgetary and oversight powers conferred upon the European Parliament.

Secretariat of the Constitutional Affairs committee

The secretariat of the Constitutional Affairs committee (AFCO) is one of the units of the directorate “Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs”. These units provide support to five EP committees (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Legal Affairs, Constitutional Affairs, Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Petitions), to the President’s Cabinet and to other parliamentary bodies in shaping legislation and exercising democratic scrutiny over EU internal policies.

AFCO contributes to the legislative process, adopting reports which will be submitted to Plenary, and conducts negotiations with the Council on EU legislation. AFCO also adopts own-initiative reports, organises hearings with experts, scrutinises the other EU bodies and institutions and organises delegations to Member States or third countries.

Our AFCO secretariat has close contacts with the Members of the parliamentary committee on a regular basis, by organising meetings and providing support to the Chair, political group coordinators, rapporteurs, working groups or parliamentary delegations.

In our secretariat you will gain valuable insight into all the procedural and political aspects of the European Parliament and in particular of the Constitutional Affairs committee.

During your internship, you will work across the entire policy cycle, from the drafting phase to the vote in committee. You will assist the administrators in their daily work, participate in committee meetings and attend EP internal and external events.

• You have studied law or constitutional law;
• You have an excellent knowledge of English, both written and verbal, as well as of another official languages of the EU;
• You have good organisational skills and you can meet strict deadlines.