Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Hungary
Budapest
Overview
CEPOL traineeship scheme targets university students or recent graduates with the interest in the work of CEPOL. The aim of the traineeship scheme is to benefit both parties – the Agency and the trainees – by giving university students or recent graduates their first experience of working for an EU body and to assist in the completion of specific tasks which are useful to CEPOL.
Details
Internships provide individuals with the opportunity to gain a first-hand experience of CEPOL’s core business. Internships also provide a better understanding of the objectives and goals of CEPOL and its processes and policies.
The aims of the official internship scheme with CEPOL are:
- To provide interns with a unique and first-hand experience of the workings of CEPOL in particular and of the European Union institutions in general. It aims to provide an understanding of the objectives and goals of the CEPOL processes and policies.
- To enable interns to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of CEPOL departments and services. To provide the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural, multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic environment contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance. To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship.
- To provide the opportunity to interns to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies and training and in particular their specific areas of competence. To introduce these interns to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.
Introduction to CEPOL
CEPOL was initially founded by Council Decision 200/820/JHA of 22 December 2000 as a body financed directly by the Member States of the European Union and functioned as a network, by bringing together the national training institutes in the Member States, whose tasks include the training of senior police officers.
CEPOL’s main function is to support, develop, implement and coordinate training of law enforcement officials, while putting particular emphasis on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of law enforcement, in particular in the areas of prevention of and fight against serious crime affecting two or more Member States and terrorism, maintenance of public order, in particular international policing of major events, and planning and command of Union missions, which may also include training on law enforcement leadership and language skills (Article 3.1 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2219). The working language of the agency is English.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Trainee profile
Trainee in the area of Communications
Trainee would be requested to provide assistance and support to the Communications team in number of events and promotional activities and tasks related to it. Creative person, with visual thinking, storytelling and photography would be a perfect candidate for the position. Communication experience would be considered as an advantageous.
Trainee in the area of International Cooperation
Trainee would be requested to support the International Cooperation Unit in mapping, analysing and research on new projects, monitoring and cataloguing relevant EU documents and their evolution, preparing meeting documents and position papers as well as International cooperation in the context of EU external relations, including correspondence handling.
Excellent communications skills, fluency in English would be considered as essential for the positions as well as the knowledge of the European Union legal frame, diplomacy and protocol. Working knowledge of French would be considered as an asset as well as familiarity with EU internal security policies and EU regulations on law enforcement cooperation and its instruments.
Eligibility
Any candidate who meets the criteria mentioned above and following minimum eligibility criteria may apply for a traineeship at CEPOL:
Nationality
Trainees shall be nationals of the Member States of the European Union, Schengen Associated Countries or candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy.
Qualifications
Education
Candidates must have a level of education which corresponds to completed or on-going university studies or vocational training relevant for the tasks of CEPOL.
Languages
Candidates must have very good, proven knowledge of the working language of CEPOL (English) at the level B21 or higher.
Certificate of Good Conduct
Candidates must provide a recent Certificate of Good Conduct prior to commencing the Traineeship.
Prior experience
Traineeships are, as a rule, open to candidates who have not yet had a possibility to work either as a staff member or as a trainee (formal or informal, paid or unpaid) in the European institutions, agencies or bodies. However, if justified for the benefit of service, CEPOL may consider applications from candidates having interned at other EU institutions if they may present particular value for the Agency.
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
Financial matters
- Trainees are entitled to a monthly grant during the period of the traineeship. The amount of the grant will be the one annually published by the Commission’s traineeship office, weighted with the correction coefficient that applies for Budapest (Hungary). The traineeship grant will be adjusted annually and published via an Administrative notice
- Trainees who continue to be paid by their employer for the purpose of completing a traineeship at CEPOL, or who receive a grant from another source for the same purpose or another subsistence allowance, shall only be entitled to a financial contribution from CEPOL if the sum they receive is less than the amount of the monthly grant.
- The above-mentioned grant shall be calculated in EUR and paid in EUR or in HUF, according to the applicable InforEuro3 monthly exchange rate. The grant shall be paid by the 16th day of each month. The grant for the first month of traineeship may be paid in four to six weeks following the start of the traineeship.
- Trainees are solely responsible for the payment of any taxes due on the grants received from CEPOL by virtue of the laws in force in the State concerned. Grants awarded to trainees are not subject to the tax regulations applying to officials and other servants of the European Communities. 5. At the end of the traineeship and for tax purposes, the Human Resources Team shall provide a certificate stating the total amount received by the trainee, confirming that tax and social security payments have not been paid by CEPOL.
What CEPOL offers?
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Unique and first-hand experience of the work of CEPOL and experience of working for an EU body;
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Understanding of the objectives and goals of the CEPOL processes and policies;
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Ability to put in practice the knowledge you have acquired during your studies in your particular areas of competence;
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Knowledge about the European Union institutions and bodies, and their activities;
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Experience and knowledge of the day-to-day CEPOL work;
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Working in a multi-cultural environment.
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