Traineeships – Cedefop

Cedefop invites applications for the traineeship intake of October 2015.

For the intake of 2015 Cedefop offers 12 traineeships in the following projects. The online application can include a maximum of three projects in order of priority.

• Records management and assistance (Director’s office 50%) & Support to Open Access Repository project (Department for Communication 50%)
• Legal research and assistance (Legal service)
• Data Protection Officer (Director’s office)
• Information and Communication Technology (Department for Resources and Support)
• Press and News service (Department for Communication)
• Publications (Department for Communication)
• Lifelong Guidance (Department for Learning and Employability)
• Apprenticeship (Department for Learning and Employability)
• VET policies and systems (Department for VET systems and Institutions)
• Europass (Department for VET systems and Institutions)
• Statistics and Indicators (Department for Skills and Labour Market)
• Skills forecasting and Skill mismatch (Department for Skills and Labour Market)

Introduction – aim of the traineeship scheme

Cedefop’s traineeship scheme is mainly for young university graduates as well as PhD students, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained a university diploma and are at the beginning of a new professional career.

Cedefop’s in-service training aims to:

• provide university graduates and PhD students with a unique and first-hand experience of the workings of Cedefop, in particular, and of the EU institutions in general. In addition, it aims to provide an understanding of the objectives and goals of the EU integration processes and policies;
• enable such trainees to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of Cedefop’s departments and services. To provide the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic environment contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance. To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship;
• provide the opportunity to young university graduates to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies and in particular in their specific areas of competence. To introduce these graduates to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.

Timing and duration of traineeships

There is one training period per year:

• from 1 October to end June;

A traineeship typically lasts 9 months.

Traineeship grants

Trainees are awarded a monthly maintenance grant. The amount of the grant is decided by Cedefop and revised on a regular basis depending on budgetary constraints.

Currently the amount of the grant is:

• EUR 918.53 per month for trainees from abroad (member states of the EU or candidate countries), as well as trainees residing in Greece who need to move to Thessaloniki for the duration of the traineeship.
• EUR 688.90 per month for trainees residing in Thessaloniki prior to the start of their in-service training.

Travel expenses (within certain limits) are also reimbursed.

The deadline for the submission of online applications is Tuesday 2 June 2015, at 15:00 Greek time (CET+1).

Read more and apply here.