Communications Intern

INTERNSHIP | COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION

EAPN is looking for an intern to work on communications and information issues, under the supervision of the Communications officer and the Director.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Website maintenance

The person will be asked to help update EAPN’s website, which entails:

Keeping an eye on media

Updating news section of the website

Making sure that the overall website is up to date

Blog maintenance

EAPN maintains a series of Wordpress blogs linked to different projects. The latter are coordinated by Development and Project Officer and/or Policy Coordinator.

Under the supervision of the Communications Officer, the intern will liaise with the other members of the team responsabile for projects to maintain the blogs linked to the different project.

Publications

The intern will be asked to finalise the layout of in-house publications (position papers, reports) done in Word. Any sound experience of In-design and Photoshop is welcome, but not compulsory.

Dissemination

The intern will be in charge of dissemination information and publications through different media (website, Mailchimp).

Social media and other ICT tools

The intern will contribute to EAPN’s social media; which include the daily used Facebook, Twitter.

He/she will also contribute to other ICTs such as Issuu, Google docs, Picasa…

Strategic thinking around communications

The Intern is considered as being a full member of the team and is encouraged to take part in strategic discussions. EAPN is embarking on a new Strategic Plan which entails the development of a new communications strategy, on top of building a new website.

This job description is a roadmap, to be discussed with the applicant and adapted according to his/her needs as much as the organisation’s needs.

SKILLS

You have studied communications and/or IT, and/or you have experience in the above-mentioned tasks.

You are a creative person and at ease with Information and communications technologies (ICTs) and tools.

You have a very good command of English. Any other language is of course welcome, notably French.

Positive attitude to workload.

Constructive team worker, open to perform other tasks that the daily life of an organization entails.

Good sense of humour.

All other skills in any other area are welcome.

Allowances

The internship is unpaid.

In line with EAPN’s guide on internships, we can only accept applications from people who can show that they receive financial support (Erasmus placement, regional grants or other national/international scholarship programmes) or who need to carry out an internship as integral part of their University degrees. We will reimburse 100% of the public transport travel costs within the Brussels region and give a meal allowance of 5 Euro per day.

Timeframe

Send your CV and (1-page) cover letter to team@eapn.eu with subject line INTERNSHIP - (your last name and first name)

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 27 January 2016.

Interviews will take place first week of February.

Starting date: Mid-February 2016.

The duration of the internship will be discussed with the candidate. However, it should cover a period of 3 to 6 months.

EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network

18 Square de Meeûs, 1050 Brussels

(+32) (0) 2 226 58 50