Policy Department on Budgetary Affairs - Post A

The Directorate General for Internal Policies of the Union (DG IPOL) is responsible for organising the work of Parliament's committees dealing with internal policies and for assisting Members in the exercise of the legislative, budgetary and oversight powers conferred upon the European Parliament.

We are a team of 15 colleagues with 10 different nationalities;

• We assist two important committees in the Parliament: the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT). These committees prepare the decisions of the Parliament regarding the EU budget and its control;
• Due to the horizontal nature of the two committees, we work potentially on all EU policies, from Foreign Relations and Development Aid, Home Affairs, Migration and Justice, to Economic, Social and Environmental issues, from a budgetary (control) point of view;  
• We provide internal and external expertise in the form of briefings, studies, country reports, workshops, tables and data;
• We work closely with the secretariats of the committees and the other policy departments and research units, as well as with external partners such as national Parliaments, universities, European think-tanks;
• We deal with a variety of different topics and institutions such as the annual EU budget, EU resources, Multi-annual Financial Framework, implementation, management and control of the EU budget, fraud and irregularities, OLAF, European Court of Auditors, EPPO, EU agencies, etc..

You will:

• Support the team through research, drafting of texts, maintaining of data-bases, proof-reading and organisation;
• Work online and be in contact with other institutions or Member States;
• Present your research in written format to colleagues;
• Participate in committee meetings and other events and report on them orally or in writing;
• Help with the organisation of workshops, e.g. welcoming guests to workshops.

• Interested in politics and the European integration;
• Curious about the EU policies, institutions and procedures;
• Keen to get an overview on EU policies from a budgetary (control) point of view;
• Interested to gain experience in the European institutions and to learn how the European Parliament works;
• Fluent in English and also capable of drafting texts in English;
• Open-minded, curious, team-oriented, ambitious, and flexible. 

You would like to:

• Learn more about the EU budget and its control;
• Work in an international environment with rich language skills.