Position description

Conditions

To be eligible to a VIE a contract, the candidate must fulfil the following conditions:

• You must be older than 18 and younger than 29;
• You must be a national from an EEA Member State;
• You must have a clean criminal record;
• You must not have had a VIE contract before;
• You must not be registered in a Belgium.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse railway news in Europe and EU policy developments;
• Report on meetings and conferences;
• Contribute to internal working groups to develop SNCF positions and to working groups of European sectoral federations;
• Draft briefing papers on specific topics, prepare newsletters;
• Support the organisation of events;
• Prepare meetings with EU policy-makers.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in European studies, law, economics, political science;
• Minimum 6 months to one year professional experience in European affairs gained in an EU institution, an association, a consultancy, or in-house;
• Ability to cope with deadlines and work independently; reliable, well-organised, proactive, transparent, team player;
• Excellent understanding of the EU policy-making;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; research skills;
• Proficient in written and spoken French and English;
• Interest in contributing to sustainable mobility in Europe;
• Desirable: knowledge of EU transport policy, prior experience in working on one or several of the subjects referred to in the “About SNCF” section, knowledge of additional EU languages.

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