Job: New traineeship announced by the European Parliament

[Thierry Hamon]

Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:48:58 +0200
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X-url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/traineeships/general_rules_en.pdf
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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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