Multilingual Solutions Unit

The Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC) is the multilingual conference service hub of the European Parliament. Our mission is to enable the European Parliament to achieve its political objectives by providing linguistic, technical and logistical support to meetings and conferences. Our services support the democratic legitimacy of the Institution by helping the Members of Parliament get their message across in any of the official languages. We thus enable the legislative process and make it accessible to the citizens of Europe. This makes DG LINC a very dynamic, collaborative, and unique place of work, with opportunities for connecting with different actors across the Parliament. If you like challenges and are customer-minded then DG LINC could be a great place for you to do a traineeship. 

The Multilingual Solutions Unit is responsible for ensuring the provision of interpretation and technical interpretation support to the missions of the Delegations and Parliamentary Committees outside of the three working places. The Unit is also responsible for organising interpretation for the President’s bilateral and high-level meetings and for Members of the European Parliament who ask for Interpretation Ad Personam. It is also responsible for all requests for sign language interpretation and the provision of remote external interpretation for non-core meetings.

The unit is very dynamic with a friendly team operating in a multicultural environment.

• Assisting the unit in organising external interpretation support for events and meetings; 
• Assisting the unit in planning and management of customized services for missions outside the three places of work, based on user needs and in contact with other services inside the European Parliament (committee and delegation secretariats, language units, budget unit, conference technician unit) and with outside actors (EU Delegations, service providers);
• Attending meetings, drafting reports, assessing data, generating information graphics, building/maintaining database;
• Assisting the unit with setting up workflows and best practices, file keeping;
• Contributing to certain logistical tasks and in general, supporting the DG in its mission of servicing meetings and conferences. 

The traineeship should give you the opportunity to build on the knowledge acquired during your studies and to familiarise yourself with the activities of the European Parliament. Hence, careful attention will be given to adapting your tasks to your background as far as possible, as well as providing you with opportunities to develop an understanding of our Institution.

• You are enthusiastic about the European Project;
• You are eager to learn and to share knowledge;
• You are comfortable with new technologies and you have a good sense of communication (oral, written, visual);
• You have a team spirit and are willing to work within a small, friendly and motivated team;
• Studies and/or background in the field of languages, communication or external relations would be a strong asset;
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is needed, fluency in French is an asset.