European Institute for Gender Equality Traineeships

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces traineeship opportunities in its Outreach and Engagement Unit lasting 11 months for graduates who are either nationals of an EU Member State or an EFTA country or an IPA qualifying country.

The traineeships are based at the Agency's premises in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The traineeship will offer the possibility to university graduates in areas such as communications, public relations, international studies, European studies, politics, social policy or similar to gain experience in the work of the EU in general and in the work of EIGE in particular.

The selected trainee will have a traineeship supervisor for the entire period of the traineeship. The traineeships aim principally to:

Provide on the job training experience in key areas of the Agency's work covered by the Outreach and Engagement Unit (in particular stakeholder relations, communications and technical assistance);
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.