The Brussels office of the public interest law firm Frank Bold is currently recruiting an Events and Communications Intern to start in mid-March on a 3-5 day/week basis, for a period of three months, with the possibility of a three month extension.
Frank Bold is a law firm with a social purpose established in 1995 with four offices in the Czech Republic as well as offices in Krakow, Poland and Brussels, Belgium. The firm seeks to use the power of business and non-profit approaches to solve social and environmental problems. Frank Bold is a steering group member of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice, which promotes corporate responsibility within the EU. For more information please visit our website at www.frankbold.org/en as well as our dedicated website on the Purpose of the Corporation Project at www.purposeofcorporation.org
The intern will provide support to the organisation through a number of tasks, primarily divided under the general areas of event organization and external communications.
Please send a motivation letter and CV (short writing sample optional) before 5:30 pm on Friday, 28 February 2015 to Paige Morrow with the subject line "Brussels internship". Any questions may be sent to Paige as well.
Applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. Interviews will take place in early-March, either in person in Brussels or via phone/Skype.
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