Every year, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) offers a limited number of paid traineeships for a minimum of six and a maximum of 12 months, to nationals of EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein (parties of the EEA agreement).

The EU-OSHA traineeship programme is addressed to university graduates, without excluding those who in the framework of lifelong learning have recently obtained a university diploma and are at the beginning of a new professional career.

The aims of the traineeship at EU-OSHA are to:
– provide trainees with an understanding of the objectives and activities of the Agency.
– enable trainees to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of EU-OSHA,
– enable trainees to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies, and in particular in their specific areas of competence.

The traineeships are based in:

• Resource and Service Centre (RSC) Bilbao
• Network Secretariat – Brussels Liaison Office (NET-BLO)
• Communication and Promotion Unit (CPU) Bilbao
• Prevention and Research Unit (PRU) Bilbao

Basic Allowance – Reimbursement – Insurance

Trainees are awarded a monthly allowance of 1.363,26 EUR.
Trainees whose place of selection (as indicated in their application form) at the beginning of the traineeship is more than 50 km from the place of employment are entitled to a reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred at the beginning and end of the traineeship.

Sickness and accident insurance is mandatory. Trainees are responsible for their own insurance for the duration of their traineeship.

Eligible candidates should
– be nationals of one of the Member States of the European Union and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein (parties of the EEA agreement); 
– have completed the first cycle of a higher education course (i.e. university education of minimum 3 years) and obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications. For declared on-going post-graduate studies an official declaration from the relevant university/institute must be provided;
– have knowledge of at least two official languages of the European Union, one of which must be English (for applicants from Member States of the European Union);
– have very good knowledge of English (for applicants from Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein).

Candidates can apply for one or more traineeship profiles by filling out a separate application form.
All parts of the application form must be completed in full.

Deadline: 15 November 2023 at 13:00 noon Central European Time (CET).

Find out more here.