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The Information Technology Support Unit (ITS) Unit at the Directorate General
for Translation at the European Parliament is offering a paid 5-month
traineeship programme (Schuman Traineeships - general option) in the areas of
Language Technology Research and Development and Communication.
Entity and location: Information Technology Support (ITS) Unit of the
Directorate General for Translation at the European Parliament in Luxembourg.
Requirements:
The ITS Unit is looking for candidates for a traineeship in 2 different teams:
1) Research and Development Team
a) Computanional Linguist or Research Engineer with an interest in NLP and
translation technologies.
b) Translation or Communication Graduate with an interest in translation
technologies
2) Communication Team
a) Graduates with a degree in IT, Web publishing or equivalent
b) Graduates with a degree in Journalism, Communication or equivalent.
Detailed profile descriptions (4) are attached to this e-mail.
General requirements:
1) Be a national of a Member State of the European Union or of an applicant
country (derogation possible).
2) Have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European
Union and a good knowledge of a second (English or French)
3) Not have been awarded any other paid traineeship, or have been in paid
employment for more than 4 consecutive weeks, with a European Institution or a
Member or political group of the European Parliament.
4) Have obtained, before the deadline for applications, a university degree
after a course of study of at least three years’ duration;
5) Submit a written reference from a university lecturer or from a professional
person who is able to give an objective assessment of the applicant’s
aptitudes.
6) have produced a substantial written paper, as part of the requirements for a
university degree or for a scientific journal
You can find all rules governing traineeships on:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/traineeships/general_rules_en.pdf
Application procedure:
Applications for traineeships starting on 1 March 2010 are accepted until 15
October 2009 (midnight).
To find more information, conditions for admission and online application form
on this page:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=147&pageRank=2&language=EN
To indicate in the application form that you would be interested in a
traineeship in ITS, please fill in:
a) in point 6 "Other" of the application form in subpoint "Aim of
traineeship" in "other" that you are interested in a traineeship
at the Information Technology Support Unit at Directorate General for
Translation
b) in point 6 "Areas of interest" select appropriate areas of interest
(e.g. information technology, engineering/technology, multimedia,
communications)
c) in point 6 "Department - preference": Directorate General for
Translation
[Apologies for possible cross-postings]
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