Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking traineeship programme – Communications

Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking traineeship programme

Support to Communications activities.

The Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking has a traineeship programme. The programme gives trainees an understanding of the Joint Undertaking and its role within the activities of the European Union, enables them to acquire practical knowledge of the Joint Undertaking and its regulatory framework and to obtain professional experience in the course of their work.

The aim of the training within Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking is to provide young university graduates with a working experience within an international organization.

Clean Sky JU wishes to host a trainee for 6 to 12 months to support the Communications activities

The trainee will have an opportunity to

• Work in a multicultural and multilingual environment, contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance.
• Put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies, particularly in their specific areas of competence.
• Experience the professional life and its constraints, duties and opportunities.
• Acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of an EU organization in an international environment

Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking, through its official traineeships scheme wishes to benefit from the input of young enthusiastic graduates, who can give a fresh point of view and up-todate academic knowledge, enriching the everyday work.

Detailed rules for the traineeship programme are:

1. The candidates must:

• Be nationals of one of the Member States of the EU and enjoy full rights as citizens
• Have a very good command of written and spoken English.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of Windows tools such as Word, Power Point, Excel, web based systems.
• Have achieved the study level specified in the annex II. Candidates must provide copies of the diplomas or other relevant certificates.

Functions and responsibilities of the trainee

Functions will depend on the available places within the JU.

Each trainee will have an adviser within the JU, who may be responsible for one trainee only per training period. The adviser must guide and closely follow the trainee during his/her traineeship, acting as his/her mentor.

2. Conditions

All trainees are awarded a monthly living allowance € 1.122,40 €, per month.

Where justified, disabled trainees may receive a supplement to their living allowance of up to a maximum of 50% of the living allowance.

Any trainee who terminates his/her traineeship early will be required to reimburse that part of the living allowance which he/she may have received, relating to the period after the termination date.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Applications shall be submitted no later than 1.00 pm (Brussels time) on 24 th of May 2016.

Read more and apply here.