Multilingualism and Succession Planning 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 Multilingualism and Succession Planning Unit is responsible for ensuring that there are enough new interpreters in the booths with the right skills, quality and languages. The unit cooperates with universities upstream, offering pedagogical and financial support, and then contributes to the organisation of accreditation and language-adding tests. It is a friendly team operating in a multicultural environment.

Your main tasks will consist of:

• Assisting with the organisation of virtual classes and masterclasses  - preparing, implementing, following-up;
• Assisting the test team, helping to organise language-adding tests (and possibly accreditation tests);
• Attending meetings, drafting minutes, analysing data, consolidating results, reporting on feedback etc.;
• Liaising with other parts of the service - interpreters, heads of language units, IT unit - as well as potentially with our partners in other EU institutions;

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 and to understand it better.

• You are enthusiastic about the European Project, and 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 are open, flexible and adaptable, have good team spirit and are willing to work within a small, friendly and motivated team;
• You are a trained conference interpreter. Experience in teaching and/or working on projects would be considered an asset;
• Fluency in English and/or in French (oral and written) is needed. Other languages would be an asset.