The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation based in Brussels.

EED’s goal is to provide flexible support to democracy activists, complementing other EU and member state democracy support programmes. EED provides context-based, demand driven support based on a principle of fostering democracy and facilitating initiatives of local actors. Its geographic mandate covers the European neighbourhood and beyond.

EED seeks a trainee for a 12-month traineeship for Administrative and Logistics Support, starting on 1 September 2022

The trainee will support EED’s reception desk and assist EED’s secretariat in making travel and accommodation arrangements and processing invoices.

Responsibilities

• Sit at the reception desk and welcome visitors to EED.
• Assist in implementing EED security arrangements and monitoring of EED closed-circuit cameras.
• Support the EED secretariat in organising the logistics of missions for EED staff to the countries of EED operations and European countries (including booking travel and accommodation of participants)
• Assist in organising the logistics for EED events and engagement with members of the EED community of practice (including travel and accommodation of participants)
• Assist with events organisation (including arranging room layout, interpretation, catering organising participant lists and welcoming guests, reception duties, etc.)
• Assist in processing EED invoices, and other support to the EED finance team, as required.
• Update EED databases and maintain the EED archive.
• Draft the minutes of the weekly staff meeting
• Monitor Covid-19 related developments in Belgium
• Assist with other administrative tasks of the EED team.