Organisation
Eurocities is the network of major European cities, comprising more than 200 members, working across a wide range of thematic areas that reflect cities’ priorities.
Eurocities is a dynamic and international team where we trust in people, value constructive exchanges and collaborative work. We help people thrive in a friendly, open and healthy environment while promoting a work/life balance.
We are recruiting a trainee to work on topics linked to culture and cultural heritage with our culture team for 1 year (six months, renewable for another 6 months), ideally starting end of April 2025.
Responsibilities
As trainee, you will play an important role in Eurocities’ daily work, with a focus on topics linked to culture and to cultural heritage. You will work with the Head of culture on culture and the project coordinators on culture. In this role, you will:
- monitor policy initiatives and developments at EU level on topics such as cultural policies, cultural heritage, architecture and the built environment, the creative industries, culture and social inclusion, culture and sustainable development etc;
- carry out research, analysing policy documents;
- support the implementation of EU funded projects on culture;
- support project development in the field of culture, if needed;
- draft briefing notes, articles for Eurocities newsletters or project newsletters;
- update Eurocities web pages and other communications-related tasks;
- contribute to the organisation of meetings linked to culture, both online and onsite;
- update members database;
- give general support to the culture team.
Profile
You are proactive and enthusiastic about delivering positive results in a flexible manner.
Eurocities will support you in developing your skills for entering the workplace. We have set out below some skills that would help you get the most out of this traineeship.
You have:
- essential: a university degree on culture or cultural management;
- a keen interest in local cultural policies;
- basic knowledge and interest about cultural trends in the European Union;
- basic knowledge about cultural policies in the EU, the EU institutions and the role of local authorities;
- excellent oral and written communications skills in English. other languages is an asset;
- advanced writing skills;
- excellent organisational skills;
- problem-solving approach;
- 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 offer
- a 1-year traineeship contract (six-month renewable for another 6 months), starting in April 2025,
- a full-time position that will be carried out at Eurocities office in Brussels;
- a remuneration of approximately €1,100 per month.
Important: Eurocities will provide you with a Belgian trainee contract (CIP “convention d’immersion professionnelle”). Due to the CIP requirements and conditions, the selected candidate will need to either live in Belgium or be willing to move to Belgium for the duration of the contract (candidates need to provide a Belgian address). More information on this type of contract may be found on: https://www.actiris.brussels/fr/citoyens/convention-d-immersion-professionnelle/
Benefits
- meal vouchers
- full reimbursement of public transport costs
Some other benefit examples are:
- training opportunities and access to online training;
- a dynamic international team;
- a pleasant working environment;
- flexible working hours;
- part-time teleworking.
Eurocities promotes the importance of a work life balance.
How to apply
Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation (1 page maximum) together with a CV by COB on 12 March 2025 to: Patricia de Wouters, Head of HR, at jobs.trainees@eurocities.eu.
In their letter of motivation applicants should explain their suitability for the position and respond to the following question: how does culture contributes to sustainable urban development?
Please send the documents in pdf format and mention ‘CIP Culture’ in the subject line.
A longlist of candidates will be drawn up, with pre-selected candidates invited to a one-hour remote test.
On the basis of the test results, shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview on 28 or 31 March 2025 (the interviews will be scheduled either in person in Brussels, or remotely on Teams).
We are aware that you might use AI when applying for this position. It’s perfectly fine to use AI to brainstorm, structure your ideas or edit your language. Just please be aware that while AI is one of the tools we use in Eurocities, the main tool we need for the work here is our brains: This is a content-based position and one that AI cannot often do for you. Please keep this in mind during the application and interview phase to avoid disappointment on both sides later in the process. We want to use this interview to get to know you and your ideas, not what ChatGPT thinks the best answers are.
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