EUROPOL - Internship in communications support

Europol’s main tasks are the following:

a) to collect, store, process, analyse and exchange information, including criminal intelligence;

b) to coordinate, organise and implement investigative and operational actions to support and strengthen actions by the competent authorities of the Member States;

c) to notify the Member States, via the national units, without delay of any information and connections between criminal offences concerning them;

d) to provide information and analytical support to Member States in connection with major international events;

e) to develop, share and promote specialist knowledge of crime prevention methods, investigative procedures and technical and forensic methods, and provide advice to Member States;

f) to support Member States' cross-border information exchange activities, operations and investigations, as well as joint investigation teams, including by providing operational, technical and financial support;

g) to proactively monitor research and innovation activities that are relevant for the achievement of Europol’s objectives and contribute to such activities by supporting related activities of Member States and by implementing its own research and innovation activities;

h) to prepare threat assessments, strategic analyses and general situation reports relating to its objective, including organised crime threat assessments.

For more information please visit Europol’s website.

The objectives of Europol’s internship scheme are:

• To provide interns with a unique and first-hand experience of the workings of Europol in particular and of the European Union institutions in general. It aims at providing an understanding of the objectives and goals of the Europol processes and policies;
• To enable interns to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of Europol 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.

Europol, through its internship scheme:

• Benefits from the input of enthusiastic interns, who can give a fresh point of view and up-to-date academic and educational knowledge, which will enhance the everyday work of Europol;
• Creates a pool of interns with first-hand experience of and training in Europol procedures, who will be better prepared to collaborate and co-operate with Europol in the future;
• Creates long-term “goodwill ambassadors” for European ideas and values both within the European Union and outside.

INTERNSHIP PROJECT SPECIFICATION

The aim of this internship project announcement is to establish a reserve list of successful candidates for the G5-24 Strategic Housing Roadmap (SHR) Programme Team, Security Risk Management & Services Unit, Governance Directorate.

The selected applicant will join the internship project for a minimum period of 6 months and a maximum period of 12 months, including any possibility of extension based on the performance of the intern, the interest of the service and budget availability with a work schedule of 40 hours a week. The internship will take place at the Europol premises in The Hague, The Netherlands.

There is currently one (1) available internship slot, which will focus on supporting the implementation of Europol’s ambitious SHR Programme to support the housing needs of the Europol organisation, its organisational growth and new business demands.

The scope and deliverables of the SHR Programme exists of seven housing assignments/projects in order to realise new workplaces and other spatial supporting functions. The internship is focussed on supporting the design of communication products and awareness raising amongst the Europol staff on SHR Programme and activities by using different tools and techniques. Additionally, the internship will focus on supporting the implementing the designed communications framework and supporting the coordination of the communication effort with the main goal being to inform and educate the parties identified in the stakeholder analysis of ongoing & upcoming initiatives, product deliveries, creating visibility for and awareness of the SHR Programme Team including it’s main products and future objectives.

The intern will support the team by:

• Conducting research on the Programme’s internal- and external stakeholders and their roles and defining the internal and external communication landscape of the Programme;
• Detailing the information that will be communicated to the stakeholders and to the organization to help to understand why a change is being made and how it will affect them;
• Analysing the communication needs, the formats and frequency of communication to the users;
• Maintaining and updating the SHR Communication Plan, geared towards informing and educating Europol staff about the SHR Programme, ongoing & upcoming initiatives;
• Designing and setting-up a Communication Calendar linked the overall SHR Programme Planning;
• Creating visibility for and awareness of the SHR Programme products, objectives and developments to staff by using different communication techniques, presentation formats, tools and channels;
• Updating the SHR Programme Team’s internal webpage, as part of the Communication Plan;
• Providing support to the Project Managers of the different housing projects;
• Any other related activities under the supervision of the internship supervisor.