Vacancy: EU Projects Traineeship

Brief description of the organisation

DIGITALEUROPE is the leading trade association for Europe’s digital industries: 120+ global technology leaders and 45 national associations, representing 56,000 businesses. When Europe writes its digital rules, we are in the room. Our teams is a trusted advisor to Commissioners, Ministers and CEOs. 

Join us, where diversity fuels innovation, openness breeds collaboration, and impact drives our mission forward. Discover a workplace where your ideas make a difference.

Placement job description:

• Overall support to the Projects team with project stakeholder engagement, research and administration. 

• Support in the organisation of events, meetings, agendas, and presentations. 

• Drafting reports and articles. 

• Conducting desk research on topics related to digital skills, green, health and other topics related to projects. See link to our running projects here. 

• Support administration with timesheets and other administrative documents, task management and budget updates. 

• Communicate with consortium members on project related tasks. 

Details of training and supervision 

You will join a growing and dynamic team of 70 and will get hands-on training from staff, with regular learning opportunities. Your work will be supervised by a line manager. We work a mixture of office and remote work. 

The working language is English, but there are plenty of opportunities to practice French and other languages spoken in the multicultural office and Brussels environment.

Placement Dates and Duration

From 1 September 2025 for ten months (flexible). 

Paid internship (in addition to any possible funding received from your sending university).

Only EU nationals or candidates with the necessary paperwork to work in Belgium will be considered.

Your profile:

• Student enrolled in a programme in Business administration, Communications or Political Science with strong interest in administration, project management and communications.  

• You are very organised, have a natural sense of structure and time estimation. 

• You are hands-on, highly motivated, friendly and approachable. 

• You are pro-active in your work and can manage multiple tasks simultaneously 

• You have good editing and proof-reading skills. 

• You have strong analytical skills, attention to detail and a results-driven mindset. 
• You can conduct desk research and contribute information to policy papers
  

Send your application titled ‘Placement position –Projects’ to the attention of Federica Tondo via this link by 5 July 2026. Short-listed candidates will be interviewed during July via MS Teams. Second interviews to potentially include a task.