Five internships and jobs are open right now across Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Ukraine and Spain, and the range is unusually wide for such a small batch. You could be working at the elbow of a Secretary General at a European trade association in Brussels, supporting witnesses at the UN mechanism investigating the most serious crimes in Syria from Geneva, building the brand of entire cities and countries with a consultancy in Lisbon, financing Ukraine's recovery as a banker at the EIB office in Kyiv, or running events for exchange students in Bilbao. Some are paid, one is a senior professional role, and one is an unpaid but genuinely meaningful placement in international justice. Whichever fits you, each has a real deadline, and they fall between 17 and 25 August.
Here is the honest breakdown. The Brussels research assistant internship and the Bilbao event-organizer internship are paid, and the Lisbon marketing internship comes with a €500 monthly stipend. The EIB role in Kyiv is a full professional banking job, owning lending and guarantee deals end to end. The Geneva placement at the Syria IIIM is unpaid, requires fluency in both English and Arabic, and involves supporting witnesses of serious crimes, so the work may include distressing material, worth knowing before you apply. Across the board, language skills and the right background matter: clinical or forensic psychology for Geneva, finance experience for Kyiv, marketing or communications for Lisbon.
These are professional positions, so treat each listing's funding line as the source of truth: where a stipend or "paid" is stated, it is above; where a role is unpaid, we say so plainly. You can browse more internships and jobs across the site at youthworkshub.org. Deadlines run from 17 to 25 August 2026, ordered soonest-first below, so start at the top and apply early.
In This Batch
- 🇧🇪 Belgium, Brussels — research assistant to the Secretary General at a European trade association (paid) · 📅 17 Aug
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Geneva — witness support intern at the Syria IIIM · 📅 20 Aug
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, Lisbon — marketing and communications at a nation and city branding consultancy (€500/month) · 📅 23 Aug
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine, Kyiv — banker, lending and guarantee operations at the EIB regional office · 📅 23 Aug
- 🇪🇸 Spain, Bilbao — event organizer at an international student association office (paid) · 📅 25 Aug
4 Internships · 1 Job · 5 Countries · Deadlines 17 to 25 August 2026
💼 Internships & Jobs
1. 🇧🇪 Internship in Belgium 🤝 Research Assistant to the Secretary General at a European Trade Association 📊 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026
Working at the elbow of a Secretary General, seeing how a European trade association actually grows. Mapping potential new member companies with AI and data-analytics tools, running member outreach and CRM, conducting market and sector research, and supporting newsletters, member meetings and networking events across the healthcare technology industry. Apply here →
2. 🇨🇭 Internship in Switzerland 🕊️ Witness Support Intern at the Syria IIIM 🤝
📅 Deadline: 20 August 2026
Studying clinical or forensic psychology? The Syria IIIM in Geneva, the UN mechanism investigating the most serious crimes committed in Syria, is looking for a Witness Support intern to research psychosocial support best practices, update its Cultural Expressions of Distress and Facilitating with Care guides, and support translating its psychosocial toolkit into Arabic. It is a remote-friendly internship of up to six months requiring fluency in English and Arabic. Note: it is unpaid, and the work may involve distressing material. Apply here →
3. 🇵🇹 Internship in Portugal 📣 Marketing and Communications at a Nation and City Branding Consultancy 🌍 (€500/month)
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
Countries and cities hire this firm to build their brand, and the Lisbon team is small enough that an intern works directly with leadership. Social channels, email campaigns, copywriting and English-to-Portuguese translation for press releases, research and client presentations, with a €500 monthly stipend and on-site or hybrid working. Apply here →
4. 🇺🇦 Banker Job in Ukraine 🏦 Lending and Guarantee Operations at the EIB Regional Office in Kyiv 💶
📅 Deadline: 23 August 2026
The EU bank finances Ukraine's public sector, corporates and financial institutions, and this role owns those deals end to end. Identifying, appraising and signing projects, structuring blended finance with grants and technical assistance, running due diligence with cash-flow modelling and counterpart analysis, and monitoring disbursement and contractual compliance to first disbursement. Apply here →
5. 🇪🇸 Internship in Spain 🎪 Event Organizer at an International Student Association Office 💬 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 25 August 2026
The office where every exchange student in Bilbao walks in with a question, and you are the one with the answer. Helping students in person, informing them about trips and activities, then switching to editing web content, designing social posts and retouching images for the next event. Apply here →
Five opportunities, five countries, and a spread that runs from healthcare-tech advocacy in Brussels to international justice in Geneva, city branding in Lisbon, post-war finance in Kyiv and student life in Bilbao. If you scrolled this far, one already fits: a paid first internship close to the leadership of an organisation, a meaningful placement supporting witnesses of serious crimes, a hands-on marketing role with real client exposure, a senior banking job at the EU's own bank, or an events role at the heart of a student community. The thing that decides your shortlist is the requirements, language skills, academic background and, for Kyiv, real finance experience, so read each listing closely before applying.
The deadlines are close and staggered, from 17 August in Brussels to 25 August in Bilbao, and the earliest fill fastest, so the advantage goes to whoever applies first. Before you send anything, check the funding and eligibility on your pick and tailor your CV directly to it, especially the language requirements. You can find more internships and jobs like these at youthworkshub.org. Then open the link, apply, and if you want roles like these to reach you the moment they post, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where every new batch goes out first.
