Job: Project Assistance, Wider Europe Network - 17.07.2025

The JMWEN is seeking to find an enthusiastic self-starter to work as
a part-time, freelance Project Manager and Web Administrator. The
contract would suit a recent graduate in European Studies, and could
be combined with postgraduate study, a stage at the Commission, an
assistantship at the College of Europe in Bruges or similar.

Languages: fluent English essential; French and Russian desirable

Skills set:
an ability to understand policy-making in Brussels; ability to
network with Brussels professionals; interest in and knowledge of
east European countries (esp. Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia and
Russia); you must be an independent and enthusiastic self-starter;
knowledge of designing and maintaining websites is essential.

Contract: fixed term and fixed price to be negotiated.

Period of contract: initial contract for 6 months.

The Wider Europe Programme has been running at Sussex European
Institute at the University of Sussex since 2003, and is a
collaborative project with the Aston Centre For Europe in Birmingham
and Leiden University. Our aim is to provide a forum for academics,
civil servants, lawyers, businessmen and other stakeholders with an
interest in European Neighbourhood Policy to discuss the policy-
relevant issues that relate to this field of EU policy. The JMWEN
advises the Swedish International Development Agency on its
assistance to Ukraine, the Committee of the Regions on ENP and
members of the team also advise the Ukrainian government on its
European integration strategy, including its negotiations with the
European Union on an Association Agreement. Your work will involve
supporting us in these activities.

Job Description

The overarching aim of this contract is to support the JMWEN as it
develops. You will be working in close collaboration with the core
JMWEN team.

Specifically your responsibilities will involve:

- a radical overhaul and redesign of the website to boost the volume
of material available significantly and to make the site a more
useful resource for the wider Network;

- developing a database of contacts and a mailing list;

- co-organization of conferences on ENP across Europe;

- networking in Brussels with contacts deemed useful for the future
development of the JMWEN;

- raising the profile and impact of JMWEN.

If you are interested in this contract, please send a CV and a one
page letter of motivation to [n.copsey@aston.ac.uk]

Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 September 2010.

Dr. Nathaniel Copsey
Editor, JCMS AR
Deputy Director, Aston Centre for Europe
Senior Lecturer in Politics
Politics and International Relations (LSS)
Aston University
B4 7ET

Tel: +44 (0) 121 204 5170
email: n.copsey@aston.ac.uk
http://www.wider-europe.org

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