Directorate-General for Personnel

If you would like to gain experience in the field of human resources within a large multicultural organisation such as the European Parliament, apply for one of the traineeships in DG PERS!

The Directorate-General for Personnel (DG PERS) is broadly responsible for managing the human resources of the European Parliament's Secretariat, so that it can provide the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) with the assistance they need to fulfil their mandate. 

More specifically, DG PERS manages the different groups of staff throughout their career, in areas such as:

• Selection and outreach, recruitment, training, career development;
• Management of rights and obligations, salaries, allowances, pension rights;
• Health, prevention and well-being at work;
• Strategies to improve and promote equality, diversity and inclusion;
• Management of trainees;
• Internal communication on staff matters across the institution.

The team of the Director-General for Personnel assists her in all matters relating to the responsibility of DG PERS as described above. You will be fully integrated in a small and dedicated team, working jointly from Luxembourg and Brussels, while you will be based in Brussels. We highly value diversity and warmly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

Tasks of our trainee include:

• Preparing, participating in and following up on various meetings e.g. with the DG PERS Management and Enlarged Management Teams;
• Assisting in preparing briefings and background notes e.g. by doing preliminary research on certain topics, summarising relevant information and contacting the respective units for feedback;
• Assisting in replying to individual questions by MEPs and staff members or the spokesperson's service;
• Assisting in preparing DG PERS replies for the discharge procedures, and in reporting on the work of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control.

...someone who: 

• Would like to learn more about HR in the context of the multilingual and multicultural environment of the European Parliament (no HR degree required);
• Has a deep interest in supporting MEPs and staff members in their daily work, thus contributing to our overall mission to help make European Democracy happen;
• Has strong analytical thinking and good communication skills;
• Is accurate and creative;
• Is reliable and enjoys working in a team;
• Speaks very good English and has a good knowledge of another EU language (for operational reasons, French would be considered a strong plus).

This sounds interesting, but you are not sure you fulfil all the requirements? Please do apply! 

You can use your motivation letter to answer the following questions:

• What would you like to learn during your time with us?  
• What are concrete responsibilities you have had so far and what have you learned from them? How would they help you while working with us? All examples are welcome and can include inter alia your studies, student jobs for financing your studies, previous internships, volunteering or other professional experiences.
• What is a personal achievement that has made you proud and why?

We are looking forward to hearing from you!