Administrative Assistant (Trainee) INNOVA Europe

INNOVA Europe is looking for a Trainee - Administrative Assistant who will take care of office management activities and in parallel provide support to project managers in research, reporting and event organization tasks.

We are looking for a motivated person with eye for details, visual presentation, and able to structure and execute work processes, data base management and the fine tuning of reports and presentations.

Main tasks :

• Providing administrative support to ensure effective functioning of the office
• Supporting internal communication between the companies of the Group
• Organisation of meetings and business trips
• Preparation of reports, agendas, minutes, presentations
• Information searches and analyses
• Maintenance and update of company website, including the preparation of texts and ads to be posted on the website
• Administrative and technical assistance to project managers
• Contributing to article writing for newsletters
• Taking care of visual and graphical quality of reports and presentations

Through this position, INNOVA Europe offers the possibility to grow in a dynamic work environment at the heart of European policy and innovation development. We offer a paid traineeship for the period of 6 months.

Requirements:

• Higher secondary education
• Motivation to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Good communication skills, positive attitude
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to work well under time pressure
• Reliability
• Excellent use of English and high level in French, both written and spoken

If you are interested, send us your CV and Cover Letter (in accordance with the following layout: NAME _CV and NAME_CoverLetter) to: innova-europe@innova-europe.eu

Deadline for applicants: 14/10/2011
Estimated start: 01/11/2011

Company Description:
INNOVA Europe is a privately owned company with offices in Brussels and Luxembourg. It is the European front end of the INNOVA Group, currently one of the leading private European companies in innovation consultancy and policy advisory. Since its foundation, in 1993, INNOVA Group delivers highly specialised services in research exploitation, technology transfer and innovation management.

INNOVA Europe provides businesses and public authorities with a wide range of highly specialised and tailor-made consultancy services. Our main activities are focused on three main areas of expertise:

• Innovation policies and RTD studies
• Project management for Innovation and RTD related projects
• Consultancy services.

More information about INNOVA Europe can viewed at www.innova-europe.eu