Internship in IEEP Environmental Governance Programme – Brussels, Belgium
DEADLINE: 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2011
Environmental Governance Programme – Internship Description
The IEEP Environmental Governance Programme works on a variety of research projects on cross-cutting and strategic issues within the EU. The successful internship applicant would undertake the following tasks within the Programme.
* The major share of the intern’s time will be spent in providing research and organisational support to a project on Charting Europe’s environmental policy future. The main tasks would involve undertaking literature reviews and data collection to feed into various stages of the analysis such as on the coherence between different strategic agendas being developed in the EU and gaps in existing EU environmental policy areas;
* Support the organisation of a policy dialogue meeting planned for November/December 2011 which will include participants from EU institutions, EU Member States and relevant stakeholders;
* Ad-hoc support to on-going IEEP work on strategic approaches in EU environmental policy, including following the discussion processes relating to the greening of the future EU budget and assisting in the organisation of two policy dialogue meetings that IEEP is organising in this context;
* Contributing to other organisational and administrative tasks in the IEEP Brussels office as appropriate
Interns are normally asked to work 37½ hours (5 days) per week unless agreed otherwise in advance; however, consideration would also be given to applicants wishing to work part time. The internship would ideally start on 3 October or earlier.
The internship will be for 3 – 6 months.
During the internship period, interns are covered by IEEP’s workplace accident insurance, covering accidents at work and between home and work. This is not general health or property insurance.
Person Specification
Interested applicants should:
* hold, or be working towards, a degree or equivalent in environmental policy, environmental economics or related subjects;
* have a demonstrated interest in environmental policies;
* have good writing skills and capacity to conduct literature research and analysis;
* have initiative and be flexible with regard to the tasks they may be asked to complete;
* be capable of working independently;
* have good communication skills, in particular good written and spoken English and the ability to present information in a clear, precise and accessible style;
* have good organisational skills and time management skills;
* be reliable and capable of paying close attention to detail;
* have good computing skills (particularly in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and internet).
The IEEP Brussels office operates primarily in English and therefore fluent English is essential. IEEP is a relatively small organisation so, like other staff, the intern will be required to show commitment and flexibility in undertaking a range of general tasks in pursuit of the smooth running, effectiveness and development of the Institute. Candidates should either be EU citizens or have a suitable visa already in place that allows an internship in Brussels.
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