Apply for the Research & Policy Traineeships at the European Institute for Gender Equality (1,279.99 EUR monthly grant + travel allowance)

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Closing Date: 12 February 2025

Apply for the Research & Policy Traineeships at the European Institute for Gender Equality (1,279.99 EUR monthly grant + travel allowance)

Overview

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) announces traineeship opportunities in its Research & Policy Support Unit lasting 11 months for graduates who are either nationals of an EU Member State or an EFTA country or an IPA qualifying country. The Research & Policy traineeships are based at the Agency’s premises in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Applicants shall note that the specific tasks assigned to them will be identified in the offer letter sent to the selected candidate. The tasks of the trainee might be further tailored after the start of the Research & Policy traineeship. The trainee may be required to assist in other areas of activity, depending on the needs of the service and his/her profile and experience.

The selected trainee will have a traineeship supervisor for the entire period of the traineeship. The traineeships aim principally to:

Provide on the job training experience in key areas of the Agency’s work covered by the Research and Policy Support Unit, in particular research and statistics, gender based violence and gender mainstreaming;
Extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;

Provide practical working knowledge of EU agencies and institutions;
Enable trainees to acquire work experience in an EU agency context.

The Agency

Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) entrusted with specific objectives envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality. To achieve its goals, the Agency collects and analyses comparable and reliable information at EU level and develops appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange of good practices and dialogue between stakeholders and raises EU citizen awareness of this policy area by providing technical assistance to EU institutions, in particular the European Commission, as well as the authorities of the Member States.

Traineeship description

Reporting to a supervisor, the trainee provides assistance and support to ensure the smooth functioning of a particular area of work. The trainee is provided with relevant work experience in the context of an EU agency as part of one of the following teams.

Gender Mainstreaming

The selected trainee can expect to carry out duties from the following:

Contribute to research, data analysis and drafting reports on various aspects of gender equality and gender mainstreaming in EU priority areas, e.g. Democracy and decision making, the EU budget, Institutional mechanisms for gender equality;

Contribute to the development of evidence-based practical tools to mainstream gender in selected EU priority areas or policy processes, e.g. Pay transparency or Gender and Intersecting Inequalities Analysis, and the provision of technical assistance to EU institutions and the Member States;
Contribute to the design and implementation of assigned statistical activities and projects, including statistical data collections, development of gender indicators and gender analysis, in the context of the Gender Statistics Database;

Gender-based Violence

The selected trainee can expect to carry out duties from the following:

Assist the team with data collection on violence against women and domestic violence, including administrative data analysis on reported crimes connected to intimate partner and domestic violence;
Contribute to the development of tools and methodologies for data collection on specific forms of violence against women;

Research & Statistics

The selected trainee can expect to carry out duties from the following:

Assist with research in connection with the Institute’s annual releases of the EU Gender Equality Index;
Assist with quantitative and qualitative research on various aspects of gender equality in EU priority areas, e.g. Artificial Intelligence and digitalisation, the green transition, economic inequalities, gender care gaps;
Assist with the collection and processing of EU wide survey data on gender gaps in unpaid care, individual and social activities i.e. CARE survey;

Eligibility

The traineeships are open to applicants who have not previously undertaken a traineeship in another EU institution or body and who have a recognised university degree evidencing completion of a full cycle of studies and some initial experience either in issues related to gender equality obtained either through specialisation as part of the applicant’s studies for a university degree, or a dissertation or other research project conducted via a previous traineeship or otherwise through relevant professional experience.
Applicants must have fluent English, both spoken and written, an excellent knowledge of at least one other EU language as well as computer skills applicable to a Windows environment.