Goethe-Institut is looking for a Culture Moves Europe Trainee

Location: Goethe-Institut Brussels

Field of activity: Culture

Position: Trainee

Start date: at the earliest possible date

Type of employment: Full-time (38 hours / week)

End of application period: 11/15/2024

Mail address for application: brussels-eu-cme@goethe.de

This is what we stand for

The Goethe-Institut sustainably connects people around the globe in a lively cultural and educational network. With our programmes we promote intercultural dialogue, cultural participation and strengthen the development of civil society structures. Openness and diversity are the hallmarks of our programmes and working methods.

Culture Moves Europe

is the largest European cultural mobility scheme. It provides mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals in all 40 Creative Europe countries. For a period of 3 years (2022-2025), 7.000 artists and cultural professionals will receive a mobility grant.

It is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.

Be part of this fascinating endeavour to promote the internationalisation of the creative and cultural sector in Europe!

What awaits you:

Support to the Grant Team (60%):

• Assisting the Grant team with implementation of the whole grant circle of the mobility scheme: notification, preparation of contract, monitoring, reviewing of reports from artists and cultural professionals;

• Support with organisation of online information sessions for potential and selected applications (invitation, facilitation of the chat, etc).

• Support with the creation of toolkits and info-sheets for grantees on various topics.

Administrative and communications activities (40%):

• Support with the organisation of events (internal and external)

• Preparation of invitation, mapping of participants

• Logistics

• Support to the administrative work related to the day-to-day running of the project (reporting; follow-up with invoices and payments, etc);

• Support with general office management.

• Participation and note taking in Culture Moves Europe internal and external meetings;

• Support in database maintenance.

What sets you apart:

• Positive ‘can-do’ attitude and creative problem-solver;

• Good organisational skills and eye for details;

• Good command of written and spoken English; German and other foreign language skills would be an advantage;

• Good command of Microsoft Suite;

• Curious to work in team with people from different professional and cultural backgrounds;

• Interest in developing skills in European projects in the field of culture

• Preferably but not mandatory undergraduate degree / University

• Applicants with not-linear career path and lifelong learners are encouraged to apply.

What we offer you

The Goethe-Institut offers its staff a varied and meaningful job in a modern office building in the heart of Brussels, characterised by openness, curiosity and diversity. We enable flexible time management via the already established possibilities of mobile teleworking, which is supplemented by teleworking allowances. In addition, the Goethe-Institut offers numerous opportunities for further development through internal and external training. Furthermore, permanent employees of the Goethe-Institut receive supplementary hospital insurance to cover them in the event of damage and benefit from some special features of Belgian labour law, such as a 75% reimbursement of travel costs when using public transport, or Km money for bicycle kilometres and automatic wage indexation. The Goethe-Institut Brussels offers a 6-month traineeship contract (Convention d’Immersion Professionelle), with a monthly salary of 1.000€.

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions about your application or about working at the Goethe-Institut Brussels, please contact our administrative manager Annette Huerre (annette.huerre@goethe.de).

Please send a written application by e-mail with relevant documents (application form, letter of motivation, proof of qualification and references) by 11/15/2024 at the latest to the following e-mail address: brussels-eu-cme@goethe.de.

The Goethe-Institut stands for the diversity of all employees. We welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their cultural and social background, age, religion, gender, ideology, disability and sexual identity. The Goethe-Institut strives for gender balance at all hierarchical levels and pay grades.