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Are you a dynamic and proactive young professional looking for an enriching experience in a truly international working environment? Are you curious to explore a career path within an European Agency and contribute to protecting human life and health, taking account of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment?

Then look no further and apply for a 12 month-traineeship at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)! 

EFSA Traineeship Programme offers you a unique opportunity to join a team of professionals from all over the world working together in an international and multicultural environment on Science, Safe Food and Sustainability projects at the heart of European Food Safety activities.  

We are looking forward to welcoming motivated young talents from different academic and professional backgrounds (scientists, communication and legal professionals, IT experts, etc.).

From scientists to communication specialists and the colleagues supporting our daily work, everyone at EFSA has a role to play in achieving our mission to keep food safe in the EU.

EFSA Traineeship programme lasts for up to 12 months and offers you:

• A unique professional experience as part of a team of scientists and business professionals from all over the world, working together on inspiring projects and various tasks in an international, multicultural, and friendly environment;
• An opportunity to get a taste of what an EU career is all about for an extended period (12 months) and experience that can act as a springboard for a number of career paths;
• Exposure to different areas and networks in EFSA, while developing personal and professional competencies;
• A mentoring/advising relationship: as a trainee you will have an adviser who will be your main point of contact and will be responsible for the overall coordination of your traineeship;
• A modern working environment with flexible working arrangements to help balance professional and personal lives: besides working in EFSA’s modern headquarter located in the heart of Parma, as an EFSA trainee you are also offered the possibility to telework up to 60% per week from the distance reachable to Parma within approximately 3 hours. Such conditions will allow you to enjoy working not only from home, but also from the Dolomite Mountains or the Ligurian Sea coast, etc.;
• A monthly grant of €1,463.

The EBA is looking for trainees for the Conduct, Payments and Consumers (COPAC) Unit. The mission of the COPAC Unit is to protect consumers against harm arising from the misconduct of firms, to make retail payments more secure, competitive, innovative and convenient, and to prevent bank runs by strengthening depositors when their bank fails.

Eurofound’s post-graduate traineeship programme is addressed to recent university graduates, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained their university qualification and are at the beginning of a new professional career.

12 trainee profiles are offered in 2025 – 11 for placement in Research:

Working life: Industrial relations; Working conditions Survey 2024 – data analysis; Minimum Wage database; Social Dialogue Network; Social Dialogue Network / Communication; Working Time in Europe.

Employment: European Restructuring Monitor databases; Change (anticipating & managing impact);

Social policies: Living conditions & quality of life; Social cohesion & convergence; Surveys.

as well as 1 profile in the Information & Communication unit in the Web team.

Applications are valid until end of 2025. Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for online interviews, throughout the year, according to business needs.

Duration: 6-month traineeships are offered and can be extended up to a maximum of 12 months.

Grants: In the 2025 programme, Trainees are paid a monthly grant of €1,929.58.

Eligibility Criteria:

To apply for a graduate traineeship, you must:

• Be a national of a Member State of the EU.
• have a very good knowledge of at least two EU languages, of which one should be English - the working language of Eurofound.
• Have recently obtained a university degree.

Trainees do not benefit from sickness insurance. Before the start of your traineeship, you must prove you are covered by a sickness and accident insurance.

Traineeships are not offered to applicants who have already been a trainee or an employee in a European institution or body, for more than six weeks.

EIGE is launching a call for applications for traineeships lasting 11 months within its Administration Unit.

These traineeships aim principally to:

• provide on the job training experience in key areas of the Agency's work covered by the Administration Unit, in particular with one of three teams focused on either (i) Audit and HR, or (ii) Finance and Procurement or (iii) ICT and Facility Management;
• extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;
• provide practical working knowledge of EU agencies and institutions;
• enable trainees to acquire work experience in an EU agency context.

The EIT is now launching a call for application for its traineeship programme for a period of six months for an intake at the beginning of 2025.

The trainee will support the daily operations of the Directorate & Administration as well as the Innovation, Education & Communication and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities Departments.

The place of employment will be Budapest, Hungary, where the EIT Headquarters are located. For the case of the Communication & Engagement Unit, there is a possibility for one of the trainees to be assigned to work from the EIT Liaison Office in Brussels, Belgium.

EIGE is launching a call for applications for traineeships lasting 11 months within its Research and Policy Support Unit.

These traineeships aim principally to:

• provide on the job training experience in key areas of the Agency's work covered by the Research and Policy Support Unit, in particular research and statistics, gender based violence and gender mainstreaming;
• extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;
• provide practical working knowledge of EU agencies and institutions;
• enable trainees to acquire work experience in an EU agency context.

The CBE JU operates a traineeship programme. The programme gives trainees an understanding of the CBE JU and its role within the activities of the European Union, enables them to acquire practical knowledge of the CBE JU and obtain professional experience in the course of their work.
The CBE JU wishes to host two trainees to support the Programme Unit and one trainee to support the Communications team. 

Who can apply? 

•  Nationals of a Member State of the European Union 
•  Applicants must have a university degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications (attested by a diploma/other relevant certificate) 
•  Applicants must not have already benefited or benefit from any kind of in-service training within a European institution or body, nor have had or have any kind of employment within a European institution or body.
   

Traineeship periods

Programme Unit: from March to August 2025 and from September 2025 to February 2026 

Communications team: from February to July 2025 
 

Paid: Yes. The CBE JU pays a monthly grant of EUR 1.418,19 net per month and will pay a travel allowance to compensate the expenses incurred at the beginning and at the end of the traineeship from the place of residence. 

The European Union Agency for Asylum offers a traineeship contract of 6 months, renewable for a maximum of another 6 months.

Who can apply?
        Citizens of an EU Member State or of a Schengen associated country (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland
        Recent university graduates and university students enrolled in a higher education course and having completed at least three years of studies before starting the traineeship. 
        Candidates should have a minimum level B2 of the (Common European Framework for Languages) in English.

What is the start date of the traineeship?
       A traineeship can start on the 1st or the 16th of any month, first intake begins in March 2025.

What is the duration of the EUAA traineeship?
      The initial traineeship contract is up to six months and may be renewed for a maximum of another six months. The maximum duration of a traineeship is 12 months.

How to Apply
      You can apply through EUAA online application tool.

Remuneration
       € 1376.89 traineeship grant, along with travel support for joining and leaving the Agency.

Location(s): Malta or other EUAA offices in Belgium, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus

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