Trainee (m/f/d) for our EU-funded Cultural Relations Platform
We are looking as soon as possible for a Trainee (m/f/d) for our EU-funded Cultural Relations Platform with a full-time contract (38h/week) and a limited duration between 6 and 12 months!
The Cultural Relations Platform is an EU funded Platform, set up with the overall objective to foster increased role for culture in EU’s external relations through engagement with cultural operators worldwide. It supports the European Union and its institutions (namely the European Commission in Brussels and global EU Delegations) in engaging in meaningful and sustainable cultural relations with partner countries.
Activities of the Platform include:
The Platform team is looking for a convention d’immersion professionnelle (CIP) / Trainee to join for a period of 6 months (min.) to 1 year (max.) As the CIP, you will learn about working in international cultural relations by working with the project team on diverse activities and support the project team members in monitoring results of activities and attending internal and external meetings with partners as well as EU institutions. Tasks will include:
The Goethe-Institut offers its staff a varied and meaningful job in a modern office building in the heart of Brussels, characterised by openness, curiosity and diversity. We enable flexible time management via the already established possibilities of mobile teleworking, which is supplemented by teleworking allowances. In addition, the Goethe-Institut offers numerous opportunities for further development through internal and external training. Trainees / Interns of the Goethe-Institut benefit from some special features of Belgian labour law, such as a 75% reimbursement of travel costs when using public transport, or Km money for bicycle kilometres and automatic wage indexation. The Goethe-Institut Brussels offers a CIP contract with a gross trainee-benefit of 1.014,94€/month
The Goethe-Institut stands for the diversity of all employees. We welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their cultural and social background, age, religion, gender, ideology, disability and sexual identity. The Goethe-Institut strives for gender balance at all hierarchical levels and pay grades.
Your application data will of course be treated confidentially, used only for these purposes and not passed on to third parties. You consent, in accordance with the European Data Protection Regulation 2018, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a to the processing of your data for the purpose of the application. You can object to your consent at any time if you wish to withdraw your application. Please send your objection to the following e-mail address: bewerbungen-bruessel@goethe.de
Your application data will then be deleted directly.
Brussels, the 12/04/24
This is what we stand for
The Cultural Relations Platform is an EU funded Platform, set up with the overall objective to foster increased role for culture in EU’s external relations through engagement with cultural operators worldwide. It supports the European Union and its institutions (namely the European Commission in Brussels and global EU Delegations) in engaging in meaningful and sustainable cultural relations with partner countries.Activities of the Platform include:
- To provide support/technical assistance on cultural policy in external relations and international cultural cooperation via studies, mappings, trainings on cultural policy, working meetings with representatives of local cultural operators, etc.
- To organize yearly training programme for cultural leaders (the location being in Europe) and regional ad-hoc trainings of similar nature (the location being outside Europe)
- To support cooperation among cultural and creative sectors via provision of specialised services (participation in book fairs, performing arts markets/ meetings, networking activities, curatorship for events, trainings, organisation of festivals' side events, etc.)
What awaits you
The Platform team is looking for a convention d’immersion professionnelle (CIP) / Trainee to join for a period of 6 months (min.) to 1 year (max.) As the CIP, you will learn about working in international cultural relations by working with the project team on diverse activities and support the project team members in monitoring results of activities and attending internal and external meetings with partners as well as EU institutions. Tasks will include:- Supporting the project team in the day-to-day administrative, financial and logistical management of activities
- Working closely with the financial department on finance-related administrative tasks including following up on payment procedures
- Supporting the project team members in drafting the reports for the EU institutions
- Attending to administrative matters required in the mobilisation of short-term experts, including drafting contracts, processing payments relating to activities, following up on timesheets, etc.
- Assisting the preparation of the audit reports for the external auditor
- Conducting any desk research and other ad-hoc tasks when required
What sets you apart
- Excellent interpersonal, administrative and communication skills
- Experience in project management, basic knowledge of budget planning and accounting
- Ability to work independently, in a structured, detailed and timely manner
- Flexibility and ability to work in a team
- Demonstrated experience using MS Office programmes
- An interest in cultural issues in general, as well as in specific topics such as cultural relations between the EU and partner countries, cultural and creative industries, the role of culture isustainability, culture and economic development, etc.
- Good knowledge of the EU institutions and EU-funded projects would be an asset
- Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English; knowledge of French and/or German is an asset
Useful additional skills:
- Knowledge of the field of Cultural and Creative industries, performing arts, visual arts
- Experience in working in/with third countries
What we offer you
The Goethe-Institut offers its staff a varied and meaningful job in a modern office building in the heart of Brussels, characterised by openness, curiosity and diversity. We enable flexible time management via the already established possibilities of mobile teleworking, which is supplemented by teleworking allowances. In addition, the Goethe-Institut offers numerous opportunities for further development through internal and external training. Trainees / Interns of the Goethe-Institut benefit from some special features of Belgian labour law, such as a 75% reimbursement of travel costs when using public transport, or Km money for bicycle kilometres and automatic wage indexation. The Goethe-Institut Brussels offers a CIP contract with a gross trainee-benefit of 1.014,94€/month
Do you have any questions?
Please send a written application by e-mail with relevant documents (application form, letter of motivation, proof of qualification and references) by 26/04/2024 at the latest to the following e-mail address: cultural.relations.platform@goethe.deThe Goethe-Institut stands for the diversity of all employees. We welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their cultural and social background, age, religion, gender, ideology, disability and sexual identity. The Goethe-Institut strives for gender balance at all hierarchical levels and pay grades.
Data protection:
Your application data will of course be treated confidentially, used only for these purposes and not passed on to third parties. You consent, in accordance with the European Data Protection Regulation 2018, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a to the processing of your data for the purpose of the application. You can object to your consent at any time if you wish to withdraw your application. Please send your objection to the following e-mail address: bewerbungen-bruessel@goethe.deYour application data will then be deleted directly.
Brussels, the 12/04/24