The European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE) is a trade association, which gives voice to over 130 small-to-mid-sized companies in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies and health technologies.

EUCOPE represents its members towards national and international governmental organisations in particular towards the EU institutions and agencies.

Period

Flexible, ideally as of March 2021. This is a paid internship for a period of 6 months, renewable once.

Place of work

Brussels, Belgium

Tasks & Responsibilities

The internship covers all kind of communications and public affairs activities, from monitoring of health-related legislative developments, elaborating social media and communications calendar, updating social media accounts and website and provide support in events organisation. Set in a team of 7, the internship will also require support in administrative and logistics matters.

Required qualities and qualifications

The topics we deal with include monitoring of EU legislative developments, general questions of EU law, health law & policy developments, and EU regulatory affairs.

The successful applicant will have the following qualifications:

• A good background in EU policy matters
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Experience in social media
• Previous internship with the European Commission, other EU institution or EU industry representations (desirable)
• Some prior knowledge of EU healthcare issues (desirable)

The applicant will also have the following qualities:

• Comfortable with social media
• Interest in health policies at national and EU levels
• Political sensitivity and intellectual curiosity
• Strong analytical and reporting skills
• Ability to develop personal networks
• Proven project and time management skills

Are you interested?

Please send your application (curriculum vitae + 1 page cover letter) by 15 February to the EUCOPE Secretariat (office@eucope.org).

Be informed that this internship is intended for students reaching the end of their studies or recent graduates. Due to the high amount of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants.