European Public Prosecutor’s Office - Traineeship for the Digital Services Unit

TRAINEESHIP OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

• To provide trainees with a comprehensive understanding of the EPPO’s objectives, activities, and day-to-day operations across its different functions and teams, through practical experience.

• To enable trainees to apply the knowledge acquired during their studies in real-world professional contexts and specific areas of competence.

• To promote European citizenship and integration by fostering awareness and appreciation of European values through active participation in EPPO activities.

• To create opportunities to work in a diverse, multicultural, and multilingual environment that encourages mutual understanding, trust, and tolerance.

• To introduce trainees to a new professional landscape, including its challenges, responsibilities, and career opportunities.

ROLE AND KEY ACTIVITIES

Through this Call for Applications, the EPPO is recruiting trainees in the following three domains:

1. Digital Strategic Alignment
2. Business Analysis and Project Management
3. Software development Testing and Azure DevOps

Selected trainees will be assigned to one of the above domains, depending on profile suitability and organisational needs. They will report directly to the Senior Officer responsible for the respective domain and will carry out the tasks described below:

1. Digital Strategic Alignment:

• Supporting the improvement of day-to-day management and monitoring of Digital Strategy Alignment focus areas and contributing to the development of related documentation and the execution of associated activities.
• Contributing to the development of self-service performance reporting tools for ongoing digital initiatives.
• Analysing and documenting compliance topics, including monitoring risk mitigation activities, digital service changes, demand management, and prioritisation.
• Contributing to the preparation of documentation and slide decks related to digital governance lifecycle activities.
• Assisting in the reporting and documentation of performance indicators of ongoing digital initiatives, consolidating inputs from different sources.

2. Business Analysis and Project Management:

• Supporting business analysis activities, including gathering and documenting business requirements, functional specifications, and process mappings.
• Assisting in stakeholder communication by preparing meeting agendas, minutes, and follow-up action tracking.
• Contributing to project planning activities such as defining scope, timelines, milestones and deliverables.
• Monitoring project progress, identifying risks and issues, and supporting mitigation and escalation processes.
• Supporting change management activities, including impact analysis and user communication.
• Assisting in preparation of project documentation, dashboards, and status reports for governance and steering committees.
• Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives by analysing project performance and identifying optimisation opportunities.

3. Software development Testing and Azure DevOps:

• Supporting the design, documentation, and execution of test cases, test scenarios, and test plans for digital solutions.
• Assisting in functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing activities.
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects using testing and project management tools.
• Contributing to the setup and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps environments.
• Supporting release management activities, including deployment coordination and validation.
• Assisting in the monitoring of application performance and system stability.
• Contributing to the documentation of testing, quality assurance standards, and DevOps practices.
• Collaborating with developers, business analysts, and project managers to ensure quality delivery of digital initiatives.