Human Resources Unit

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 and working 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.

The Human Resources Unit in DG TRAD is in charge of coordinating the activities of the DG related to human resource management such as: publication of posts and recruitment of agents, staff movements, inter-institutional exchanges, protection of personal data and management of inventories and processing of HR statistical data.

In the Human Resources Unit, trainees are vital team members, actively participating in a variety of tasks and projects. This helps them develop a broad range of human resources skills. Your role will involve assisting with the full spectrum of services our team provides. These include:

• Recruitment, secondments, temporary placements;
• Drafting of reports and analysis of statistical data;
• HR-related planning and projects.

As a prospective trainee:

• You have an in-depth knowledge of English, knowledge of French is an asset;
• You have an interest in people;
• You possess strong team-working and communication skills;
• You have experience with Excel and data management.

If you are interested in this offer, please submit a motivation letter in English or French 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.