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Join Our Team | APROPOS is Hiring!





Join our team! APROPOS is currently seeking to fill two internship positions. Are you the person we need? Find out whether you are a fit below.


Position: Intern, Open European Dialogue

Closing date: 10 May 2023, end of day

Contact: ronith@aproposgroup.org

Contract: three-month freelance contract

Place: fully remote, APROPOS operates from Berlin and Rome

Summary:

APROPOS-Advancing Process in Politics is recruiting two enthusiastic and detail-oriented interns for the Open European Dialogue.

About us:

APROPOS is a non-profit, politically neutral think tank. It operates in the field of democratic innovation and specializes in the development and implementation of process design methods for the political sphere. We are a collective of practitioners, researchers and policy thinkers, largely operating out of Berlin and Rome. We are process designers, facilitators, political dialogue conveners, and political analysts. Our working language is English.

We coordinate the work of the Open European Dialogue, Europe's first dialogue platform for elected policymakers. We work primarily with members of national parliaments as well as European and regional parliaments. Our members meet regularly, online and in-person, to participate in multilateral and thematic activities on key political challenges, such as economic governance, digital taxation, migration and border security, measures of well-being, democratic innovation, and more.

Your functions:

  • Logistical and administrative support with planning and implementing of workshops for the Open European Dialogue policymakers’ network (online and in-person)

  • Stakeholder communication with policymakers in 27+ countries in Europe

  • Manage spreadsheets for internal or external use

  • Regularly update content on the Open European Dialogue’s website (WordPress) and social media (Twitter, LinkedIn)

  • Collaborate in brainstorming sessions with the APROPOS team and the Open European Dialogue partners

  • Research and analysis of EU affairs and broader geopolitical, economic and societal trends

Requirements:

  • Undergraduate or graduate student

  • Intellectual curiosity and the ability to work independently as part of a remote team

  • Effective communication skills

  • Excellent organizational skills combined with the ability to work well under pressure

  • Excellent analytical and writing skills

  • Knowledge of or strong interest in European politics

  • Experience with political communication is an asset

  • Familiarity with Trello, Miro, WordPress, InDesign and Mailchimp is an advantage

  • Fluency in English

What we offer:

  • Start date: as soon as possible

  • Fully remote internship

  • Three-month freelance contract. Possibility of employment (in Berlin) after internship period (4-day workweek).

  • Internship remuneration: 500,00 € / month

  • Home-office personal budget: 100,00 €

  • Join dialogues and policy workshops, alongside think tankers, experts and politicians from all over Europe

  • Learn the basics of Political Process Design and Dialogue Facilitation

  • Meet the APROPOS team at least once during internship period (location TBD). Even more if you are in Berlin or Rome!

How to apply:

Please submit your cover letter (max. 1 page) and current resume (max. 2 pages) to ronith@aproposgroup.org by May 10, 2023, by end of day. Please include "Intern" in the subject line.

To be considered for this position, your cover letter should include brief responses to the following questions:

  1. What attracts you to the work of the Open European Dialogue?

  2. In your opinion, what are the biggest opportunities for cross-party collaboration in European politics today and why?

We process the information you provide for purposes related solely and exclusively to this recruitment process. The data provided will be kept until the end of this process or until you exercise your right of withdrawal. Therefore, you have the right to access your personal data, rectify inaccurate data or request its deletion when the data is no longer necessary. You may exercise this right by sending an e-mail to team@aproposgroup.org. The data will not be passed on to third parties.

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