Traineeship – Human Resources Department, EASA

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) offers traineeships for periods of up to six months. Our traineeship programme presents an opportunity to receive work experience in a distinctly multinational and intellectually stimulating environment, while contributing to the Agency’s mission of promoting the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation in Europe and worldwide.

Organisational Location

We offer a traineeship in the Resources & Support Directorate – Human Resources Department. The Resources & Support Directorate is responsible for all activities related to Human Resources, Information Technology, Certification approval support, Finance and Logistic support. The role of the Directorate is essential as it supports the other Directorates through delivering a range of client focused services so that the Agency can fulfil its tasks and obligations in relation to civil aviation safety. The Human Resources Department supports the Agency in addressing short, mid and long term HR matters in response to the overall strategic objectives. The Department delivers classical services in the area of HR and is in charge of attracting, selecting, developing and retaining the right people in the right posts, ensuring compliance with the applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Your tasks

Under the direct supervision of the traineeship advisor the selected candidate will:

• Familiarise him-/herself with the activities performed in the Department;
• Contribute to ongoing projects in the area of recruitment, such as the review of related rules, policies and procedures;
• Carry out market research and benchmarking to identify best practise on identified recruitment related topics;
• Make suggestions for practical implementation of respective concepts and policies.

Monthly maintenance grant for graduate trainees: 1.096,10 €

Monthly maintenance grant for undergraduate trainees: 876,88 €

EASA is offering to trainees the JobTicket, which allows the holder to use public transportation within the Cologne/Bonn area.

In addition EASA pays at the end of the traineeship a travel allowance for the travel from your place of residence to Cologne and back.

The traineeship takes place at our headquarters in Cologne, Germany.

Deadline for applications: 21/05/2015 at 23:55 hrs CET (Cologne time)

Read more and apply here.