Job Description.

The European Newspaper Publishers‘ Association (ENPA) is an international nonprofit association, advocating the interests of publishers of newspapers and news media in Europe.

ENPA is looking for a legal policy intern to provide support to the policy advisors at the association’s offices in Brussels, with a position available from Mid-June 2017 for a period of up to 6 months.

Tasks:

• Monitoring developments in different types of EU legislative and policy issues with a direct or indirect impact on the news media sector (e.g. copyright legislation, advertising rules, media policy, taxation, freedom of press);
• Working on amendments to legislative proposals;
• Attend relevant committee meetings at the European Parliament.
• Set up meetings with Members of the European Parliament and EU Permanent Representations in Brussels. 
• Provide research assistance to ENPA policy advisers as needed.
• Contribute to the newsletter for members.
• Contribute to the Tweeting account and website of ENPA

Qualifications: 

• The person should have a background in legal studies and have a strong interest in EU media policies;
• Knowledge of EU policies and institutions is an advantage.
• Candidate should have excellent English language skills and very good written and verbal communication skills;
• Candidate should have good French language skills, German is an asset
• Strong IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, database);
• The candidate should be well organised, multi-tasks and able to work efficiently

Please note that ENPA internships are only open to candidates registered in a University/school/institute, as a contract must be signed between ENPA and the student’s university. Please note that this is a compulsory condition; applications that do not match this criterion will not be short listed.

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter to Ilaria.todde@enpa.eu by the 5th June.