Internship – EU Advocacy Assistant - NRC Europe

Job description

1. Role and responsibilities

Support the EU Advocacy and Policy Advisers by conducting research into relevant EU foreign, humanitarian and development policies, analysing opportunities for policy change in the EU, and assisting with advocacy and communication tasks.

Specific responsibilities

• Support the advisers by monitoring and preparing notes, briefings and updates on EU institutions and Member States’ humanitarian and development policies and activities;
• Conduct background research on relevant EU and Member States policies and activities, and analyse official EU documents;
• Attend relevant meetings organised by the EU, Member States and NGOs, represent NRC position in accordance to agreed messaging and redact meeting notes and report and;
• Assist in the organisation of events and meetings, including contacting EU and Member States’ officials;
• Assist in preparing meetings and missions in Brussels for visiting field-based colleagues, including conducting research on EU policies towards those countries and drafting briefing notes;
• Assist in the distribution of reports, updates and briefs from the field to EU interlocutors;
• Support NRC in developing its outreach strategy to the EU Parliament
• Manage and update NRC Europe’s contact database.

Qualifications

Generic professional competencies:

• University degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as international relations, European affairs, humanitarian assistance, international development, political science or advocacy.
• Fluency in English, knowledge of other EU languages (French in particular) is an asset
• Fully computer literate

Context/Specific skills, knowledge and experience:

• Good knowledge of EU institutions and EU policy
• Demonstrable interest in humanitarian and displacement issues
• Eligible to work in Belgium
• Previous humanitarian or advocacy experience desirable
• Previous experience abroad desirable

Personal qualities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Organizational skills including the ability to multitask, prioritize and work efficiently with limited supervision
• Comfortable in a multicultural professional and/or NGO environment
• Commitment to humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence

We offer

• Contract: Belgian “Social immersion professional contract”, with 13th month, meal cheques and transport allowance included.
• Contract period: September 2018 – March 2019 (negotiable), possibility of extention 6 months (maximum 12 months).
• Deadline for applications: 03/07/2018
• Please note that only applications received through Webcruiter will be considered.
• NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and to check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activities.
• NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

Miscellaneous info

• Travel: No travelling required