Quality Coordination 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.

As a trainee in the Quality Coordination Unit of the European Parliament, you will have the opportunity to see how the translation service of the European Parliament functions and contribute to this work as part of a team coordinating and handling the translation-quality related issues.

You will work under the supervision of a mentor, who will help you to understand the translation process and the quality assurance and control system in place in the European Parliament and guide you through the varied tasks that are carried out by the unit and where you will be asked to contribute.

These tasks can include carrying out research on certain topics, analyzing information and drafting summaries, helping with the organization of meetings and workshops, handling quality-related questions and providing support for specific Directorate-General level projects that the Unit is involved in.

As a prospective trainee:

• You have very good command of English and/or French;
• You possess strong team-working and organizational skills;
• You have very good written and oral communication skills;
• You are enthusiastic about languages and multilingualism.

If you are interested in this offer, please submit a motivation letter in English or French summarizing your educational background and your motivation to apply. The motivation letter should not be longer than 300 words.

Please also submit relevant supporting documents (university diploma(s), course transcripts, etc.). The motivation letter and the supporting documents are to be uploaded as a single PDF file.