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Embark on a Stellar Legal Career with the European Space Agency in Paris
Overview
Salary No salary declared 😔
Location Paris, France
Expires Expires at anytime
The European Space Agency (ESA) serves as Europe's portal to the cosmos, pioneering advancements in space exploration and developing satellite applications that enhance life on Earth. ESA's collaborative efforts with its Member States push the frontiers of scientific knowledge and foster international cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space.
- Provide comprehensive legal advice across ESA's diverse programs.
- Engage in decision-making processes with Member States regarding space policies.
- Formulate legal opinions to support the Agency's strategic objectives.
- Current university student in the latter stages of a Master's level course.
- Enrollment at a university for the internship's duration is a must.
- Proficiency in English or French, with additional ESA Member State languages as a plus.
- Background or studies in space law and policy is advantageous.
The European Space Agency is an international organisation and the European gateway to space. Together with its Member States, the Agency expands the boundaries of discovery and exploration and provides space applications for the benefit of citizens on Earth.
The role
This position is based at the ESA HQ - Paris, France. The Legal Services Department provides the full range of legal services across ESA’s programmes and legal disciplines, such as public international law, European law and the national law of ESA’s Member States. The Legal Services Department provides authoritative legal advice to the Director General, the Directorates, but also to Council and other organs of the Agency, to achieve the objectives set up in the ESA Convention. As such the Legal Services Department participates to the decision making among Member States, formulating legal opinions and bringing new ideas to formalise space policies and programmes in  Europe.
Job requirements
You must be a university student, preferably in your final or second-to-last year of a university course at Master’s level and you need to remain enrolled at your University for the entire duration of the internship. The working languages of the Agency are English and French. A good knowledge of one of these is required. Knowledge of another Member State language would be an asset. Knowledge and background in space law and space policy, demonstrated through both study and experience, is an asset.
Applications details
Please note that applications are only considered from nationals of one of the following States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Nationals from Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, as Associate Member States, or Canada as a Cooperating State, can apply as well as those from Bulgaria, Croatia and Cyprus as European Cooperating States (ECS).
