Internship - Policy Assistant

EuropeanIssuers is looking for a full-time intern to join its Brussels-based team for 6 months. The successful candidate will be assisting in policy work of the association. 

The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements:

General knowledge of EU institutions and legislative processes and interest in EU politics is a must;

Good research skills and attention to detail; 

Good communication skills: proficient knowledge of English both speaking and writing is essential; knowledge of French is a plus;

Interest in capital markets and companies’ ability to access market finance;

Good IT skills (especially MS Office software, Google analytics and cloud computing);

On-going studies or recent university graduate with a focus on political /European studies (we particularly welcome applicants via the Erasmus or Leonardo da Vinci programmes);

Available to start on 30 November 2015.

Main duties and responsibilities

Main projects related to policy & research (60%): 

Monitoring legislation via official EU websites, RSS feeds, news, etc  

Updating Policy Scorecard giving an overview of all relevant EU legislation 

Assisting Senior Policy Adviser with organisation of Working Groups of members and other activities

Main activities related to communication (20%): 

Drafting newsflashes / website alerts to members and uploading on EI website 

Updating the policy sections of website (policy topics, committees, WGs, external representation)  

Attending conferences, meetings and other events and reporting back on behalf of EI 

Updating contact details in policy distribution lists (permanent representatives, MEPs, policy interest categories e.g. corporate governance) 

Assisting with other activities on request (20%).  

We offer

Internship for a period of 6 months;

Acquiring practical knowledge of how EU lobbying works;

Obtaining good understanding of the EU legislative processes and of the impact of EU regulation on non-financial companies;

Experience of working in small but international team;

Experience of living in Brussels; 

Housing allowance.

How to apply  

Please apply in English with CV and cover email to Aleksandra Palinska, Senior Policy Adviser, EuropeanIssuers, via info@europeanissuers.eu by 1 November 2015. 

About us 

EuropeanIssuers is a Brussels-based association which represents the interests of publicly traded companies in Europe. EuropeanIssuers' aim is to serve the interests of its members by ensuring that their views as users of capital markets are heard in the debates on company law, corporate governance and capital market regulation. Members of EuropeanIssuers include both national associations and quoted companies from all sectors across 15 European countries.  

EuropeanIssuers' secretariat consists of 4 people, but we share offices with our French and Italian member associations AFEP and Assonime, so that there are around 10 people in the office in total.