Call for Expression of Interest for the Traineeship Programme in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
REFERENCE: ACER/TRAINEE/2017/AUTUMN
The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (hereinafter referred to as “the Agency”) is a European Union (“EU”) body, legally established by Regulation (EC) No 713/20091 and operational since 2011. The Agency is central to the liberalisation of the EU’s electricity and natural gas markets.
The Traineeship Programme addresses mainly young university graduates, without excluding those who, in the framework of lifelong learning, have recently obtained a
university degree and are at the beginning of a new professional career.
Applicants can find in the following table the available traineeship positions in the different Departments and Teams, as well as a description, for each position, of some of the tasks that the trainee can expect to get involved in and the requirements for the position.
Eligibility criteria
To be admitted to the Traineeship Programme, applicants shall, by the starting date of a specific traineeship period:
1. Be 18 years of age or older;
2. Be nationals of a Member State of the European Union;
3. Have language skills at level C1 for the first language (thorough knowledge) and
at level B2 for the second language (satisfactory knowledge), these level being
defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(CEFR).
4. Have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies
attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is three
years or more,
(Only study titles that have been awarded in EU Member States or that are subject
to the equivalence certificates issued by the authorities in the said Member States
shall be taken into consideration.);
Failure to comply with one or more of the eligibility criteria will result in disqualification
of the concerned applicant.
Applications will not be accepted from applicants who, for more than 6 weeks:
- Have already benefited or benefit from any kind of traineeship within a European
institution or body,
or
- Have had or have any kind of employment within a European institution or body.
For the Traineeship Programme related to this call for expression of interest, the monthly grant amounts to 500 EUR.
Accommodation allowance:
– Trainees whose place of recruitment is at least 50 km from the place of engagement and are required to change their place of residence, shall receive an accommodation allowance as a contribution towards the inconvenience of the temporary change of residence.
– The accommodation allowance shall be granted on a monthly basis and paid upon providing evidence of costs of accommodation (rent).
Contribution towards travel expenses incurred at the beginning and at the end of traineeship
– Trainees completing at least a 3-month traineeship period shall be entitled to receive reimbursement of their travel expenses incurred at the beginning and end of their traineeship.
– Travel expenses are paid half at the beginning and half at the end of the traineeship period for travel from the place of recruitment to the place of engagement and back.
Travel allowances shall be calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Annex 7 of the Staff Regulations.
– Trainees whose place of recruitment is less than 200 km from the place of engagement are not entitled to the reimbursement of travel expenses.
Public transport travel contribution:
– Trainees may be entitled to a monthly pass for public transport within Ljubljana.
– Trainees who are not entitled to the accommodation allowance, upon providing appropriate evidence, shall be entitled to a monthly public transport travel contribution
from their place of residence to the place of engagement in Ljubljana.
The place of traineeship will be Ljubljana (Slovenia), where the Agency is based.
Applications must be sent by e-mail by 16 July 2017 (closing time 23:59 Ljubljana time).
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