COFACE Families Europe is a pluralistic network of family organisations representing the interest of all types of families in Europe, without discrimination. We are a membership-based non-governmental organisation which works in partnership with the European Commission through an operating grant of the EaSI programme and we build bridges between research and policy through the Horizon Europe programme. 

Internship Summary   

The Project intern will join the COFACE secretariat in Brussels, Belgium, from January to June 2025 working closely with the rEUsilience Senior Project and Advocacy Officer on implementing key project tasks across communications, events, and policy. rEUsilience is a European research project focusing on understanding how different families respond when they are faced with socio-economic shocks and major decisions regarding managing family life and securing a decent income. The project aims to develop social policy solutions that contribute to family resilience and covers policy areas such as income support, care, work/life balance and more.   

Main tasks  

• Formatting and publishing rEUsilience research papers;   
• Writing and publishing articles on the rEUslience website, using wordpress;  
• Support in preparing the rEUsilience newsletter, using Mailchimp;  
• Social media work on the key platforms where rEUsilience is present, monitoring and posting regularly;   
• Support organising a multi-stakeholder research conference and meetings;   
• Attendance of relevant EU meetings.  

Offer 

• Based in Brussels, Belgium (the future intern will have to be resident in Belgium) 
• Contract: Full-time Contrat d’Immersion Professionnelle under Belgian law. 
• Income around 1035 euros/month plus monthly lunch vouchers, telework bursary, transport bursary 

• Deadline for applications

​COFACE Families Europe is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. We believe in fair treatment of all our employees and in promoting diversity in our employment practices. 

Application details

• Deadline: 12th November 2024 
• Interviews will take place the week of 18th November 2024 at the COFACE office or online. 
• Preferred starting date: 6th January 2025

Candidates are invited to send a letter of motivation and a curriculum vitae to lgosme@coface-eu.org to the attention of Elizabeth Gosme, Director of COFACE Families Europe. The applications will be processed in full confidentiality. We thank all candidates for their interest, however we are only able to contact those who are shortlisted. 

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