Intern in the Markets & Customers Team

Intern in the Markets & Customers Team

Full-time 6-month Paid Internship

EURELECTRIC - Union of the Electricity Industry

Brussels, Belgium

The Union of the Electricity Industry - Eurelectric is the sector association which represents the common interests of the electricity industry at pan-European level, plus its affiliates and associates on several other continents. We currently have over 34 full members, representing the electricity industry in 32 European countries.

As intern, you will:

• Support the members of the team to monitor, analyse and follow EU energy policy and legislative developments of relevance for the topics in the remit of the team. Notably:
  • European internal electricity market (IEM) policy developments;
  • The introduction of locational signals to reduce congestion costs;
  • Implementation of the Electricity Regulation and the Electricity Directive. Such as the European Market Guidelines on: Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management, Forward Capacity Allocation or Electricity Balancing.
• Help advisors executing work programmes of Working groups and Committees, including organizing and coordinating the related activities (i.e. meetings, deliverables, advocacy plans, internal communication, etc.);
• Support the process of creating position papers, policy recommendations and other advocacy deliverables, incl. dissemination and lobby campaigns;
• Support advisors on ad hoc projects i.e. studies carried out with the support of an external consultant, a project bringing together several stakeholders of the sector;
• Other ad hoc actions may include: drafting of briefings, stakeholder’s mapping, drafting of press articles, preparation of presentations and speaking points.

Requirements and competencies:

• Enrolled in a degree in EU affairs, political science, engineering, law or equivalent;
• A good understanding of EU policy-making and lobbying, some previous knowledge of the energy sector is a plus;
• Diplomatic and with very good inter-personal skills;
• Strong written and oral communication skills and a structured mindset;
• Fluent in English, other languages a plus.

Our offer:

Eurelectric offers a paid internship starting in September.

Base allowance as per contract for professional integration (CIP) and reimbursement of public transportation will be provided.

A CV (maximum 2 pages) and a short motivation letter (1 page) should be sent to grondinelli@eurelectric.org quoting “MC Intern” in the subject line.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.