Traineeship Opportunity: November 2025 – March 2026

Member of European Parliament (MEP) Charles Goerens is looking for a trainee to support him in the daily running of his European Parliament office in Brussels.

Your task is to assist MEP Charles Goerens and his team with administrative, logistical, communication and research-related tasks. You will help in ensuring the smooth running of the office.

Mr Goerens’ legislative work spans across several parliamentary committees (AFCO, DEVE and AGRI), and his team therefore needs help with administrative tasks, research and policy. Mr Goerens is part of both the Renew Europe group and the Democratic Party, the national party from Luxembourg. and makes him a party member of the European party ALDE. The DP stands for social and liberal values aiming at pursuing social and environmental justice for all citizens in Luxembourg.

As an elected representative of Luxembourg, Mr. Goerens organises or attends a number of public events in Brussels, in cities and towns around Luxembourg, as well as in Strasbourg.

Main responsibilities:

1. Processing Mr Goerens’ emails and calendar ;
2. Support in Communication activities which entails: creation of communication material, elaboration of communication strategy and press release;
3. Draft meeting minutes of the different Committee meetings, Group meetings and Working group meetings ;
4. Provide briefing notes and background research on policy for Mr Goerens’ legislative work, and committees;
5. Assist Mr Goerens and his team during the Plenary sessions;
6. Help organise events: conferences, seminars or webinars hosted by Mr. Goerens, notably by overseeing logistics, distributing documents, and organising catering services Periodically help with drafting policy papers, amendments and other documents.

Requirements:

• C2 level in French and C1 level in English;
• German and Luxembourgish are considered to be an asset as well as any other EU language;
• Master in EU affairs and/or political science and/or EU law background.

Skills:

• Precision and rigour ;
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor messages to diverse audiences;
• Proficient in digital communication tools, social media management, and content creation;
• Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills;
• Good capacity of synthesis ;
• Ability to work autonomously and efficiently.

Challenges:

Applicants must be willing and able to undertake regular travel to both Luxembourg and Strasbourg, sometimes at short notice.

Contract details

• Type of contract: Trainee work contract 5 months
• Start date: mid – end November 2025, depending on the length of the recruitment process
• Salary: 1500€/month

How to apply:

 Applications should be submitted to MEP Charles Goerens via email at charles.goerens@europarl.europa.eu  by 15th October 2025 cob. Your email should contain your CV and a 1-page motivational letter and mention “Application for the role of  Trainee 2025-2026” in the email subject line.