Legal and Procurement Department Traineeship

The current call is open to fill any potential vacant places at the Legal and Procurement Department.
The trainee will be expected to carry out under supervision the following duties:
– Assist the department in its daily activities, including participating in internal and/or external meetings;
– Support contract management, procurement and grants activities, such as drafting and revising tender specifications, contracts and contract amendments;
– Participate in tenders/grant proposals evaluation;
– Provide assistance on various files and on legal requests handled by the department;
– Interact with internal and external stakeholders on legal/procurement/grants/contract management questions;
– Research and analyse law sources, such as EU regulations, legislations, legal articles, treaties;
– Report on new case-law of EU courts and keep the relevant database updated;
– Support in keeping the department databases up-to-date;
– Assist in the negotiation or amendment of contractual terms and conditions;
– Provide administrative support (e.g. archiving, data entry and processing);
– Contribute to internal reporting tasks.