Trainee for Social Affairs

Trainee for Social Affairs

EUROCITIES

Brussels, Belgium

Responsibilities

As a trainee, you will play an important role in Eurocities’ daily work, with a focus on topics linked to social affairs. You will work with the Head of Social Affairs and other colleagues from the team, covering topics related to social inclusion and integration of vulnerable groups (homeless people, young people, elderly or children)- at the local level. In this role, you will:

• monitor policy initiatives and developments at EU level on topics such as employment and skills, child guarantee, housing and homelessness, intergenerational fairness and on relevant processes such as the European Pillar of Social Rights, European Semester and European Social Fund+;
• provide logistical support to the Social affairs team, including contributing to organising of Social affairs forum, training modules, and working groups meetings, both online and onsite;
• support with research, gathering and analysing data and good practice examples on policy and projects in cities in areas related to social services;
• analyse policy documents and draft briefing notes, as well as contribute to the writing of policy statements and reports;
• provide project administrative support, drafting reports, tracking, and filing of documents update members’ database;
• Update Eurocities web pages and other communications-related tasks;
• give general support to the social affairs team.

Profile

You are proactive and enthusiastic about flexibly delivering positive results. Eurocities will support you in developing your skills for entering the workplace. We have set out below some skills and experience that would help you get the most out of this traineeship.

You have:

• a university degree, preferably linked to social affairs;
• previous engagement in social affairs;
• basic knowledge about social policies in the EU, the EU institutions and the role of local authorities;
• a keen interest in local social policies;
• excellent oral and written communication skills in English, other languages are an asset;
• advanced writing skills;
• excellent organisational skills;
• problem-solving approach;
• attention to detail;
• good interpersonal skills for an international environment;
• experience with Microsoft Teams;
• digital awareness for online meetings.

You are:

• a dynamic team player;
• able to work independently;
• agile in a changing environment with the ability to juggle competing deadlines.

We are looking for candidates who fulfil most of these criteria, but do not hesitate to apply if you think that you could be a good fit for the position.