🇧🇪 Traineeship in Belgium 🗳️ Grant-making Support (Arabic) at the European Endowment for Democracy 📑 (€2,333.62/month)

If you want to launch your career at the intersection of democracy support, international cooperation, and grant management, this twelve-month paid traineeship at the European Endowment for Democracy in Brussels is a rare opportunity. You will work inside an EU-linked grant-giving organisation, supporting the full grant-making process while putting your Arabic and English skills to real, meaningful use.

About the Organisation

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is a grant-giving organisation based in Brussels. Its goal is to provide flexible support to democracy activists, complementing other EU and member state democracy support programmes. EED offers context-based, demand-driven support grounded in a principle of fostering democracy and facilitating the initiatives of local actors. Its geographic mandate covers the European neighbourhood and beyond.

EED is a genuinely international team. Its Secretariat staff members are nationals of 27 different countries, including Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. Many of its staff have lived extensively within the countries where it works, and EED also collaborates with numerous local consultants based around those regions. EED is an equal opportunity employer.

About the Traineeship

EED is seeking a trainee for a twelve-month traineeship in Grant-making Support (Arabic). The trainee will assist in the EED grant-making contractual, financial, and administrative process. Proficiency in both English and Arabic is required for this role.

Responsibilities

📄 Assist in the preparation of grant agreements, addenda, and other standard contractual documentation

🧾 Assist in the review of financial reports, including detailed checking of invoices and other financial supporting documents, to ensure compliance with EED requirements, and draft feedback to beneficiaries as well as internal memos

🌐 Translate brief texts from your mother tongue into English and vice versa

🗂️ Update the database and maintain the archive

🤝 Assist with other administrative tasks of the Grants team

Requirements

📚 Knowledge of the grant-making cycle and experience in administrative work and detailed assessment of financial reports is strongly preferred

📊 Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is necessary

🔍 A high drive for detail and accuracy

🗣️ Proficiency in Arabic in addition to English

Terms and Conditions

💶 A monthly remuneration of €2,333.62 gross

🌴 20 extra-legal holidays

🚌 Reimbursement of a monthly subscription to Brussels public transport

📑 The contractual relationship is regulated by a Convention d'immersion professionnelle, a professional immersion agreement under Belgian law, without social security contributions

🏢 Workplace: the EED Secretariat, located in the centre of Brussels, Belgium

Who Can Apply

🎂 EED requires all trainees to be less than 30 years old

🇪🇺 Citizenship of an EU Member State or residency in the European Union is preferred, but not mandatory

Non-EU nationals must fulfil the following criteria at the time of selection in order to be eligible to receive a Belgian work permit:

🎓 Hold a university degree that is not older than 24 months, or be currently enrolled at a university in a third country (non-EU)

🇧🇪 Or be enrolled at a Belgian university and/or be in possession of an Annex 15 or residence card A that allows unlimited access to the Belgian labour market

The Details

📍 Location: EED Secretariat, central Brussels, Belgium

📆 Start date: 1 September 2026

⏳ Duration: one year

💶 Remuneration: €2,333.62 gross per month, plus 20 extra-legal holidays and a Brussels public transport subscription

How to Apply

If you are interested and meet the criteria, submit your CV in Europass format, a motivation letter, and contact information for two referees. Applications must be made online using the apply panel on the vacancy page. After successfully submitting your application, you will receive an automatic email confirming receipt. Please do not make phone calls or send emails or letters.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The information provided is subject to EU legislation on the protection of personal data and confidentiality. Applications will be subject to pre-employment screening and vetting, including a criminal records check.

👉 Apply here: https://apply.workable.com/eed/j/29753BA449