Traineeship at the European Institute for Gender Equality

Published: Thursday, February 14, 2013

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces a traineeship opportunity lasting up to five months for a graduate who is a national of an EU member state.
The traineeship shall be based at the Institute's offices in Vilnius, Lithuania. The registration of applications will close on 22 February 2013 at 23:00 Eastern European Time (EET).
EIGE is a regulatory agency of the European Union (EU) entrusted with specific objectives related to the contribution and strengthening of gender equality promotion.

To achieve its goals, the Institute shall collect and analyse objective, comparable and reliable information at EU level and develop appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into EU policies. EIGE shall equally foster the exchange of good practices and dialogue between stakeholders and raise EU citizen awareness of this policy area by providing technical assistance to the Community institutions, in particular the Commission, as well as the authorities of the Member States. In the course of its work to promote and strengthen gender equality EIGE will also strive to eliminate gender discrimination.

The traineeship shall aim principally to:

• provide work-training experience in key areas of the Institute's work;
• extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;
• provide practical working knowledge of the Institute;
• enable the trainee to acquire work experience through the contacts s/he makes.

The Institute is an equal opportunity employer and accepts applications without distinction on the grounds of age, race, political, philosophical or religious conviction, gender or sexual orientation and regardless of disabilities, marital status or family situation.

More information is available on the EIGE website.