EU Affairs Intern

The internship will be an interesting opportunity to work in the Regional Representation and have a challenging experience in the international professional environment.
The internship would suit a candidate enrolled in, or recently graduated from political science, journalism, media, communications, or similar.
Responsibilities:
• Monitoring of the European legislation;
• Liaising with European and local partners;
• Providing assistance to the Brussels Team;
• Draft media outputs such as press releases and commentary articles;
• Experts database maintenance (updating the information of the existing contacts; classification, research of relevant new contacts)
Requirements:
• Can-do attitude;
• Experience in Communication and Event or Conference organisation;
• Proven interest in European politics/Regional Policy;
• Excellent verbal and written command of Polish, English and French;
• Computer literacy (all MS office applications), multimedia skills desirable;
• Enthusiasm to work in a small, interdependent team.
If you wish to apply please send your CV (in Polish) and cover letter (in French or English) to
Mrs Małgorzata Ratajska-Grandin malgorzata.ratajska@umwm.pl, clearly stating "EU Affairs Intern”.
The position is based in Brussels, Belgium.
Period: at least 2 months.
Indicative starting date: December, 15 2013 (possibility to postpone starting date until January, 2 2014)
Unfortunately, due to the large number of applications that we receive, we are unable to respond to each individual candidate.
Compensation: This is currently a voluntary position with no compensation.