Internship/stage – Shipping and Aviation

Transport & Environment (T&E), the leading Brussels-based NGO promoting cleaner transport in Europe, is offering an internship for a period of six months, starting as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be working with T&E's Shipping and Aviation team, focusing on supporting our campaigns for cleaner and more efficient ships and planes. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring regulatory and industrial developments at European and International level (ICAO and IMO)
• Assisting in outreach to EU institutions (EP, Council and Commission)
• Organising events – European Parliament and others
• Maintaining and developing contact databases
• Ad-hoc tasks

Skill and competences required

• Good knowledge of climate issues
• Sound understanding of the functioning of EU policy making processes
• Demonstrable interest in environmental politics and environmental campaigning
• Good written and verbal communications skills including the ability to synthesize complicated policy issues into digestible products
• Well-organized and able to work on projects autonomously
• Proven ability to work effectively in a multicultural team environment and strong interpersonal skills
• Computer literacy
• Fluency in English is essential. Any other language is an asset.  

This is a fixed six-month contract with remuneration once the successful candidate is eligible under the terms of the Belgian labour code's convention d'immersion professionnelle. The intern will receive an indemnity of €755 a month.

Deadline for application is 16 October, and interviews will commence shortly afterwards, with a view to the candidate starting as soon as possible.  

Application should be sent by email to vacancy@transportenvironment.org and should include:

• The application form (downloadable below)
• A CV
• A short motivation letter explaining your motivation and commitment to work with Transport & Environment’s aims and highlighting examples from your previous work that show us that you have the skills and competencies outlined above (1 page max)

Please ensure the job vacancy title is shown in the subject line, and title the documents as follows: NAME_CV and NAME_Cover_Letter. 

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, we are only able to contact those who have been shortlisted. Only applicants with the existing right to work within the EU will be considered