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unsolicited application: 

Student employees (20 hours/week)

for our offices in Berlin and Brussels  

Become a freshman and part of the First Reading team! You ask yourself why? Because we immerse ourselves in the political discourse every day with passion and fun. Because we love to be at the cutting edge of events and help our customers navigate through the jungle of legislative initiatives and political decision-making processes. Because we like to develop strategies together on how to get good causes heard. Because CONNECTING THE DOTS are not empty words for us, but part of our company culture, which we also like to connect in the triangle between Berlin, Brussels and Paris. If you share this passion with us, we will give you the space to work with well-known customers, to help shape things with your own initiative, to take on responsibility and to become part of a diverse, flexible team in which collegiality is very important.  Are you studying and living in Berlin or Brussels, have initial internship or working student experience in the field of public affairs or at political institutions and a high affinity for European, digital or energy policy? Do you speak German, English and maybe even French? Are you a reliable worker, do you have the desire and ability to proactively support work processes from start to finish and would you like to work at the interface between politics and business? Then apply to us as a student employee!  This is what we can offer you:      

  • Flexible working hours so that work and studies are always compatible  
  • Collaboration in various fields of activity of a public affairs agency  operating at various European locations  
  • Diverse opportunities to get involved and develop further  
  • Working in a young, collegial and dynamic team  
  • A workplace in the heart of the European Quarter in the immediate vicinity of the EU Parliament or  within walking distance of the German Bundestag in Berlin Mitte  
  • Flexible home office days  
  • Working from all locations  
  • First-class technical equipment  

The tasks include:  

  • Support in monitoring and analysis of legislative processes  
  • Support in the design of position papers and texts  
  • Support in the organization, implementation and follow-up of events  
  • Research and support on a wide range of topics  

Your profile:  

  • A high affinity for European, digital or energy policy, ideally initial experience in this field  
  • Very good knowledge of the political system of the European Union and the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany (knowledge of other EU member states is an advantage)  
  • Very good written and spoken expression in German and English  
  • Strong research and analysis skills  
  • Very good knowledge of common Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)  
  • An excellent ability to understand and a high degree of personal responsibility and  initiative (experience in social engagement is an advantage)  
  • Desire to learn new things and to constantly develop further  
  • “Hands-on” mentality and desire to actively participate in agency activities  

Do you feel addressed? Then write to mail@erstelesung.de Further information about the FIRST READING can be found here: https://www.erstelesung.de/