JOIN THE TEAM | Communications Trainee

The MobiliseYourCity Secretariat is looking for a Communications Trainee. If you speak French and English, are interested in NGOs, and are passionate about sustainability, you might be the person we are looking for.  

Context 

The MobiliseYourCity Partnership is a leading global Partnership for systemic and transformative urban mobility planning, facilitating investments and linking local action with the global sustainability agenda (Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement). The Partnership is supported by the European Commission, the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MTE), the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety (BMUV), which are working in collaboration to enable positive global transformation.   

Since 2015 the Partnership has gathered a network of 82 member cities and 16 member countries, which are being supported by 10 implementing and knowledge partners led by AFD and GIZ. City and country partners are supported through two main planning and project preparation tools: National Urban Mobility Policies and/or Investment Programs (NUMP) and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), which serve as the basis for the promotion of investments and development of attractive mobility services. The MobiliseYourCity Partnership also acts as a platform for financing by connecting international and bilateral technical & financial agencies with cities and countries across the world that have ambitious goals to decarbonise and improve their urban transport. The ambition of the Partnership is to work with 100 cities and 20 countries.    

Since February 2017, the MobiliseYourCity Secretariat, staffed by CODATU and GIZ, works in Brussels to coordinate the Partnership’s activities, including communication, monitoring and reporting, partnership management, fundraising and consolidating technical expertise.   

The advertised internship position will be part of the CODATU team within the MobiliseYourCity secretariat and funded by AFD. The comms intern will closely work with the Partnership and Outreach manager and with the Associate Communicate and Sustainable Mobility Expert.  

Main Traineeship tasks  

• Monitor developments and share key information on urban mobility-related events, publications, innovations, news on related initiatives and key actors and institutions.  
• Produce short synthesis knowledge products based on desk research and partner project activities.   
• Support in the organisation and conduction of events including webinars, steering committee meetings and in-person/online trainings.  
• Draft, organise, and publish social media content to promote on Facebook, LinkedIn and X.  
• Contribute to social media quantitative and qualitative analytics reporting.  
• Contribute to the development of visual communications products such as PowerPoint presentations, and other visual media using Adobe Package when necessary.  
• Contribute to updating and maintaining the trilingual MobiliseYourCity website.  
• Support with translation and editorial work of the newsletter and knowledge products.  
• Write short contributions for the MobiliseYourCity by drafting short articles and supporting its distribution via Mailchimp. 
• Support with administrative tasks as needed, including contact management.  

Requirements  

• Currently enrolled or recently graduated student in Public Policy, Communication, or Marketing with a strong interest in NGOs.  
• Passionate about sustainability and contributing to a fair future   
• Great communicator, with excellent writing skills  
• Good knowledge and strong interest for social media   
• Familiar with climate issues   
• Good knowledge of the Adobe Package  
• Ability to work in a decentralised international and multicultural environment  
• Full working proficiency in English and French is required, Spanish is highly desirable, native English-speaker is a plus  

Conditions of employment  

• Location : Global Secretariat of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership, in Brussels. Potential international travel for in person events (mostly within Europe).  
• Starting date: September 2025  
• Duration : 6 months  
• Contract : Contrat d’insertion professionnelle under Belgian law.  
• Compensation: 1,350 EUR per month.  
• Deadline for applications: 17th August 2025 
• Application: Please send your application via email to contact@mobiliseyourcity.net, including a cover letter and CV in English, saved together as one single PDF named: SURNAME_Name_CommsIntern2025 

CODATU encourages qualified applications regardless of national origin, ethnicity, opinions or beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, health status or disability.