General Secretary Office and Treasurer - Trainee Position

Volt wants to change politics, empower people, and unite Europe. We believe that only Europeans that act together can solve our shared challenges. A Pan-European movement with over 130 elected officials in five different countries, Volt Europa is a young, international and dynamic organisation that works with thousands of professionals and volunteers from all corners of Europe. 

Volt Europa offers the chance to experience European politics firsthand. Apply and become a part of our community! We are an ambitious organisation who want to see the European Union change for the better. 

The Traineeship

You will be working as a Trainee for the General Secretary's Office of Volt Europa (GSO) and the Treasurer. The Traineeship will be supervised by the General Secretary Office and Treasurer. 

You will work closely with them on a daily basis as you will be responsible and involved in a large range of tasks.

What you will do: 

The focus will be on business operations and communications. Moreover, it is also possible that you are asked to contribute to some other tasks related to the GSO’s work. Some examples are: 

  • Content Creation: Writing of newsletters, speeches, writing of internal promotion posts and social media posts

  • Coordination: Organising coordination calls between teams

  • Administrative tasks and corporate housekeeping: Taking minutes of meetings, approval of memberships, ensuring the google site /VIP is up-to-date, processing and organising invoices and expense requests

  • General Assembly Event Planning and Organisation: Provide and coordinate financial assistance for people attending the General Assembly, write the General Assembly minutes, writing stage plans, coordinating requests from guest speakers

  • Governance: Write governance documents relating to the statutes and internal regulations

  • Hiring and Human Resources: Assisting the hiring of full-timers and volunteers, Updating the Human Resources Manual, Assisting in Human Resources administration

  • Volunteer Engagement: Improve volunteer engagement, creation of volunteer and professional surveys, organising and polishing meeting minutes

... And more: at Volt, there is always room to engage in various projects. If a particular subject or project interests you, there is room for you to dedicate time towards that. 

What you will get out of it: 

This is the “Swiss Army knife” of Volt Europa Internships.  Through it, you will learn a wide variety of different skills, including, but not limited to: 

  • Working in a unique, dynamic, and fast moving environment

  • Event planning skills

  • Recruitment skills

  • Finance and Administration skills

  • Content writing skills

  • Email writing and public speaking skills

  • Time management skills

Need to have  

  • A passion for Volt’s vision, mission, and policies

  • Fluency in written and spoken English

  • Communication skills: at Volt Europa you will deal with professionals and volunteers from all backgrounds and all corners of Europe. Good communications skills are therefore required as well as cultural sensitivity.

  • Working independently and self-motivated: we provide a large amount of freedom. This means you are in charge of your own schedule and will have to plan accordingly.

  • Undergraduate degree on a relevant field

Note: EU working rights are required (either you have EU Citizenship or you are registered to study in the EU).

Characteristics that suit a candidate for this traineeship:

  • Trustworthy and reliable.

  • Independent, proactive, curious and positive attitude.

  • Argumentative and social skills.

  • Eager to learn, engage, and make mistakes. 

  • Volt is primarily a volunteer organisation, which means we do not have fixed working hours. We aim for trainees to work 38 hours per week, so working in the evening gives the opportunity to take the morning off, but being flexible is important. 

  • Able to work with deadlines

  • We are looking for undergraduates in the last phase of their studies and masters students

Practical Details

  • Start date: 4th September

  • A competitive internship allowance for a full-time contract for 6 months

  • 2 days of time off / month

  • Location: No particular location is required. You will mainly work from the location of your choice. Depending on where that is you will also be able to work in a Volt office (located in The Hague) from time to time. Approximately once or twice a week. Travel could be part of the internship, depending on needs.

Please note: at the moment we only have the ability to remunerate trainees based in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In principle we do not provide unpaid traineeships.


How to apply

Interested? Send us your motivation letter and CV to [email protected].

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until end of August. Please apply early!