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Traineeship

Traineeship title: Communications Assistant

Reference: N155365/20/BRUSSELSCAPITAL
Hosting period start: 04/05/2026
Hosting period end: 29/10/2026
Region
Brussels-Capital
Country
Belgium
Traineeship start date:
04/05/2026
Traineeship end date:
29/10/2026
Traineeship Duration:
Approximately 6 months
Work Schedule
Monday to Thursday: from 9h00 to 18h00

Friday: from 09h00 to 16h00

3 days in the office, 2 teleworking
Location
Brussels
Traineeship Area:
Communication, Media, Journalism
Period and duration of the language course:
Si vous souhaitez améliorer ou apprendre une des deux langues officielles de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, vous pouvez bénéficier d'un remboursement de 200 euros maximum pour suivre des cours de français ou de néerlandais. Les cours de langues doivent être suivis parallèlement au stage et non avant.

If you are interested in improving or learning one of the two official languages of the Brussels-Capital Region, you can benefit of a maximum reimbursement of 200 euros for French or Dutch language courses. Language courses must be taken in parallel with the internship and not before.
Includes Trips
No
Description of the tasks to be undertaken by the trainee(s):

Who are we? The CETAF community unites major natural history and natural science museums, botanic gardens and research centres in Europe to create a unique research network formed by 46 Members including 81 research organizations across 27 countries. The collections at the heart of CETAF Members facilitate fundamental geodiversity and biodiversity research, particularly in taxonomy and systematics, that enables ground-breaking discoveries across broad fields of science. The CETAF community jointly holds 1.5 billion specimens which represents about 80% of the world’s described species. These institutions and their researchers are custodians of this irreplaceable natural heritage that serves scientific and social progress.

We are looking for an enthusiastic "Communications Assistant" to support the handling and maintenance of both the corporate and EU-funded project websites and social media.
The candidate should be at ease with IT, and will participate in the updating of websites and the improvement of the online presence of CETAF and the services offered by CETAF.

MAIN TASKS
Update the CETAF website
Contribute to maintaining and improving other projects or initiatives related websites
Create social media campaign content
Propose, and co-develop visual multimedia documents/material (e.g. press kit, flyers, brochures, presentations, posters, videos)
Develop adn implement marketing campaigns for CETFA services
Participate in the development of communication materials (printed and digital)
Produce communication content (from press releases to blog content and/or social media posts).

Profile of the Trainee

Qualifications

Degree/Interest in Communications, Graphic, Public Relations, Event Planning, Media Manager, Marketing, etc.

Personal and Social Skills

Solid digital skills
Experience in social media management, with particular focus on BlueSky, LinkedIn and YouTube
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and Google One
Competency in CMS management for web maintenance (Wordpress)
Video and photo elaboration skills (Canva, Photoshop, iMovie, Premiere,...)
Comfortable use of various communication tools and platforms (e.g. project management tools)

Well-organized with an eye for detail
Proactiveness and willingness to learn.
Ability to work both in a team and independently
Enthusiastic and positive attitude

Language Skills

* Fluent knowledge of English.
* Fair knowledge of French and other EU languages is considered a plus

Information Technology (IT) Skills

* Knowledge of website maintenance and CMS (Wordpress)
* At ease with technology
* Working knowledge of MS Office, Wordpress, OneDrive and photo and video production (Canva, iMovie, Photoshop, Premiere…)

Other Skills

* Capability to search and find information throughout the web and social media
* Database creation and administration
* Will to learn and discover

Other Skills

Language Competences
Understanding
Speaking
Language
Listening
Reading
Spoken Interaction
Spoken Production
Writing
English
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
French
B1
B2
B1
B1
B1
Spanish
A1
A2
A1
A1
A1