Facilities Management 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 Facilities Management Unit supports the Directorate-General for Logistics and Interpretation for Conferences (DG LINC) in the daily logistical operations. It deals with innovation, accessibility and inclusion issues related to the infrastructure and supervises the installations of infrastructure such as plexiglass in booths, mobile booths and sanitation issues. The unit is part of several inter-DG working groups such as the Accessibility and Inclusion working group and the Inter-DG Steering Group on Facility Management.

• Study workflows related to moves and space allocation and planning, assisting the Logistics Coordinator in drafting plans, visiting spaces, contacting and collecting stakeholders needs, preparing communications and proposals;
• Analyse and propose future options for space planning in DG LINC, taking into account any future teleworking / hot desking arrangements / activity based working;
• Research ergonomics studies and their possible application in DG LINC (for office or teleworking);
• Processing demands for office moves, space allocation, furniture, etc. in a client-oriented way;
• Contribute to the administrative and communication tasks of the unit.

Enthusiastic, eager to learn and to share knowledge, customer oriented, team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ideally you have:

• University degree (interior) architectural and/or in engineering and/or environmental studies;
• Interest in space planning and facilities management in the context of modern working environment;
• Knowledge of new ways of working, activity based working and modern office buildings;
• Knowledge of AUTOCAD, SketchUp and other space planning tools or interior design software will be an asset;
• Interest in ergonomics;
• Interest in accessibility for persons with disability;
• Interest in environmental policies related to buildings/offices;
• Fluent in EN and FR;
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.