Internships
Requirements
- Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Ongoing university or technical college studies
CULTURE MOVES EUROPE - GRANT TEAM
Culture Moves Europe is the largest European cultural mobility scheme. It provides mobility grants to artists and cultural professionals in all 40 Creative Europe countries. For a period of 3 years (2022-2025), 7.000 artists and cultural professionals will receive a mobility grant.
It is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.
Culture Moves Europe has 2 different actions lines: the Individual Mobility Action directly targeting artists and cultural professionals willing to implement a project in a different country, and the Residency Action targeting legal entities willing to host from 1 to 5 artists for a longer duration to implement a residency project.
The Grant team (currently composed of 4 full-time staff members) is the first contact point of applicants and selected grantees, and manages a wide range of tasks, from the application stage until final reporting.
Within the framework of Culture Moves Europe, interns fulfil the following tasks:
Support to Grant Team (90%):
Under the supervision of the Senior Grant Coordintator and together with the other grant officers, the tasks include:
- Support with the external evaluation processes: eligibility checks, contact with evaluators, etc.
- Send notifications and general messages through the Goethe-Application Portal/email to applicants and grantees;
- Liaise with beneficiaries regarding their specific questions, preparation of contracts and amendments to contracts, etc;
- Check the status of mobilities and update internal tracking with changes;
- Read and check activity/residency reports;
- Management and organization of content and folders;
- Support with the organization of online info-sessions and other events;
- Support with compiling data together with the Monitoring and Evaluation officer;
Other tasks (10%):
Depending on project’s needs, you could be involved with the work of other teams.
Our requirements:
- Interest in developing knowledge on grant management and for the cultural and creative sectors in Europe;
- Interest in sustainability and/or inclusion topics would be a strong asset;
- Good IT skills, especially standard MS Office applications (Word, Excel and Outlook);
- Positive ‘can-do’ attitude and creative problem solver;
- Strong organisational skills, eye for details, and ability to prioritise;
- Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1), German and other foreign language skills would be an advantage;
- Familiariy with results-oriented project management;
- Ability to work well independently and in a team with people from different professional and cultural backgrounds.
Cultural Relations Platform:
Activities of the Platform include:
- To provide support/technical assistance on cultural policy in external relations and international cultural cooperation via studies, mappings, trainings on cultural policy, working meetings with representatives of local cultural operators, etc.;
- To organize yearly training programmes for cultural leaders (the location being in Europe) and regional ad-hoc trainings of similar nature (the location being outside of Europe);
- To support cooperation among cultural and creative sectors via provision of specialised services (participation in book fairs, performing arts markets/ meetings, networking activities, curatorship for events, trainings, organisation of festivals' side events, etc.)
As an intern, you will learn about working in international cultural relations by working with the project team on diverse activities and support the project team members in monitoring results of activities and attending internal and external meetings with partners as well as EU institutions.
Within the framework of the Cultural Relations Platform , interns fulfil the following tasks:
- Supporting the project team in the day-to-day administrative, financial and logistical management of activities;
- Working closely with the financial department on finance-related administrative tasks including following up on payment procedures;
- Supporting the project team members in drafting the reports for the EU institutions;
- Attending to administrative matters required in the mobilisation of short-term experts, including drafting contracts, processing payments related to activities, following up on timesheets, etc.;
- Assisting the preparation of the audit reports for the external auditor;
- Conducting any desk research and other ad-hoc tasks when required.
Our requirements:
- Proficieny in English
- Good MS Office competences
- Attention to details
Cultural Programming
In its cultural programming work, the Goethe-Institut in Brussels arranges encounters between artists and scholars from Germany, Belgium and other European countries for an international and Belgian audience. The cultural programmes organised by the Goethe-Institut with its partners include exhibitions, dance and theatre, film, music and literature/word.Currently, internships in the cultural programming are only possible as part of a compulsory internship.
Within the framework of cultural work, interns fulfil the following tasks:
- Collaboration in the preparation and implementation of cultural events
- Public relations, e.g. editing press releases, invitations and programme information
- Support for artists and speakers
- Translations
- Research work
- Processing external enquiries
- Maintenance of the website of the Goethe-Institut Brussels
- Cooperation with other European cultural institutes in Brussels within the framework of EUNIC
- Assumption of further tasks to be carried out largely independently
- Willingness to carry out routine work
- Good knowledge of English
- Good knowledge of either German, French or Dutch (preferably two or more)
- Good knowledge of the European, Belgium and German cultural scene
- Willingness to do routine work
- Willingness to work flexible hours
- Willingness to work independently
We offer versatile opportunities to work independently and creatively in an international environment, an expense allowance, flexible working hours, personal support, team and project work.
We are currently offering internships in cultural programme work (compulsory internships only) and in our Culture Moves Europe team (voluntary internships also possible)
You are welcome to send us an unsolicited application. We offer compulsory internships in cultural programme work in the following periods:
9th of September - 6th of December
(application deadline until 31 July)
January - April
(application deadline until 30 September)
April - July
(application deadline until 10 January)
An internship at "Culture Moves Europe" is also possible outside these periods and application deadlines.
Please enclose the following documents with your application:
- Curriculum vitae with indication of language skills
- In the case of a voluntary internship, a letter of motivation
- Compulsory internship certificate, if applicable
The Goethe-Institut in Brussels will conduct telephone interviews with suitable applicants.
According to Belgian labour law, a distinction must be made between a voluntary and a compulsory internship.
In the case of a compulsory internship, a monthly allowance of € 300 gross is paid, based on the internship allowance of the Federal Foreign Office.
In the case of a voluntary internship, the intern will receive a Belgian work experience contract.
In addition, all students have the opportunity to apply for a short-term scholarship abroad, for example from the European Union or the DAAD or via Erasmus+. The simultaneous granting of a scholarship does not exclude the payment of the allowance.
Persons who do the internship as part of their paid training (e.g. civil service trainees, legal trainees) cannot receive any additional remuneration from the Goethe-Institut abroad either.
Important: Please clarify your health insurance coverage before starting the internship.
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An evaluation of the activity does not usually take place, but can be prepared on request. There is no legal entitlement to an evaluation letter.