Fwd: Greens/EFA internship

Fwd: Greens/EFA internship

[Alex Sassmannshausen]

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Hello,

Sorry for cross-posting, and I hope this is an appropriate use of the mailing
lists.

As part of my work I have the exciting opportunity to organise a paid
internship. The details are in the email below.

Please feel free to advertise this far and wide, and on socials. The deadline is fairly short
unfortunately.

Best wishes,

Alex


SASSMANNSHAUSEN Alexander-Carlos <alexander.sassmannshausen@europarl.europa.eu>
writes:

> The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament are looking for a paid intern to work with the IT Project Manager of the group.
>
> The intern will work in the office of the project manager and data analyst of
> the group. The project manager’s office places a strong emphasis on practical IT
> skills as well as project management. In addition the office is committed to
> using Free Software in its toolchain where possible.
>
> Potential tasks for the intern might be:
>
> *   Free Software community participation in the form of triage, patching, documentation writing or other forms of engagement;
> *   Internal toolchain development, debugging or maintenance, using Guile Scheme, Guix, PHP (Drupal / CiviCRM), bash, postgres, sqlite and similar technologies
> *   VPS server administration, including software deployment, CI, system upgrades, network management, using Hetzner Cloud provided VPSs
> *   Project management activities such as liaising with end-users, organising user testing and QA sessions, working with contractors to resolve issues.
> *   Some data entry work, though where possible these tasks should be automated using APIs
>
> The particular tasks the intern will be performing will depend strongly on the intern’s particular interests.
>
> We welcome applications from anyone excited about Free Software &amp; green values such as inclusion or diversity. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented people in politics or tech.
>
> ## What we can offer you
>
> The aim of this internship is to provide a space for a person who is excited
> about working in a progressive political environment at the European level to
> further the use of Free Software for the green group. You will have the
> opportunity to:
>
> *   work in a large multilingual organisation
> *   participate in Free Software communities in a self-directed way
> *   flex your tech muscles, or to develop them in a new direction, in a supportive environment
> *   work with a project manager to develop project management skills
> *   develop personal IT practices that minimise service disruption and maximise reproducability of systems
>
> The precise nature of the work you will carry out will be very much tailored to the interests and skill level of the successful applicant.
>
> ## Practical matters
>
> *   The internship will take place in Brussels, in the European parliament buildings
> *   The compensation for the position is 1500 EUR per month
> *   The duration of the internship is 5 months
> *   The application process will be through the standard internship program of the group; this is the first time we are recruiting an intern in this office, so the recruitment process is not adapted to this position
>     *   Please follow the instructions detailed at [<https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/get-involved/work-with-us>](<https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/get-involved/work-with-us>)
>     *   In the webform used for applications, please select &quot;Central Secretariat&quot; as your first choice for the department in which you would like to work
>     *   Do feel free to mention any particular experience you have of working with or as part of Free Software communities
>
> Alex Sassmannshausen
>
>
> www.greens-efa.eu
>
>
>
>
> Alex Sassmannshausen (he/him)
> IT Project Manager
> alexander.sassmannshausen@europarl.europa.eu
> Phone: + 32 228 32860
>
> PHS02C027
> Rue Wiertz 60
> B-1047 Bruxelles

Re: Greens/EFA internship

[Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.]

Hi Alex,

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 4:11 AM Alex Sassmannshausen
<alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As part of my work I have the exciting opportunity to organise a paid
> internship.

That's exciting! I live on the wrong continent (and have other plans)
but I'd totally apply!

> > The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament are looking for a paid intern to work with the IT Project Manager of the group.

It took me a few minutes browsing to figure out that you are in fact
the "IT Project Manager". First, I looked through the MEPs and then
through the staff directory, where I found you.

It's been a while since I have seen so many happy faces!

Your office looks like a great place to work. Or maybe it's just that
the Greens have for a long time been the kindest and most
compassionate folks when it comes to advocating for peace, for unity
and for common sense in how we treat our precious planet.

Applicants, don't wait!

Kind regards
Felix

Re: Fwd: Greens/EFA internship

[indieterminacy]

On 12-05-2023 13:02, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Sorry for cross-posting, and I hope this is an appropriate use of the 
> mailing
> lists.
> 
> As part of my work I have the exciting opportunity to organise a paid
> internship. The details are in the email below.
> 
> Please feel free to advertise this far and wide, and on socials. The 
> deadline is fairly short
> unfortunately.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Alex
> 

Hi Alex,

Given some historic interactions with a Green policy officer at Freedom 
Not Fear and an awareness of MEPs roles regarding data-privacy it should 
not surprise me that the party has such exemplary tooling under the 
hood!

If I can make a suggestion, please adjust the template for your 
employment landing page:
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/get-involved/work-with-us

When I visited to promote it (on the fediverse), I visually mistook the 
yellow banner as the website footer - and then made the false conclusion 
that your promoted temporary-agent IT project-manager role was infact 
the internship position:
https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/job/it-project-manager-it-developer

This confusion was only rectified attempting to correct another Lisper 
posting the (correct) internship role (given that the application 
deadlines are different).

These are oversights from me - but I suspect if both employment and 
internships were given the same formatting it may not have happened.

FWIW, I consider 1500 EUR rather generous for a Brussels internship 
relative to many EU ones in the city, which pleases me no end.
Precariat employment practices are a blight within EU associations, it 
shames us all that talent struggles to succeed compared to the spawn of 
the well heeled.


Best wishes,


Jonathan McHugh

> 
> SASSMANNSHAUSEN Alexander-Carlos 
> <alexander.sassmannshausen@europarl.europa.eu>
> writes:
> 
>> The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament are looking for a paid 
>> intern to work with the IT Project Manager of the group.
>> 
>> The intern will work in the office of the project manager and data 
>> analyst of
>> the group. The project manager’s office places a strong emphasis on 
>> practical IT
>> skills as well as project management. In addition the office is 
>> committed to
>> using Free Software in its toolchain where possible.
>> 
>> Potential tasks for the intern might be:
>> 
>> *   Free Software community participation in the form of triage, 
>> patching, documentation writing or other forms of engagement;
>> *   Internal toolchain development, debugging or maintenance, using 
>> Guile Scheme, Guix, PHP (Drupal / CiviCRM), bash, postgres, sqlite and 
>> similar technologies
>> *   VPS server administration, including software deployment, CI, 
>> system upgrades, network management, using Hetzner Cloud provided VPSs
>> *   Project management activities such as liaising with end-users, 
>> organising user testing and QA sessions, working with contractors to 
>> resolve issues.
>> *   Some data entry work, though where possible these tasks should be 
>> automated using APIs
>> 
>> The particular tasks the intern will be performing will depend 
>> strongly on the intern’s particular interests.
>> 
>> We welcome applications from anyone excited about Free Software &amp; 
>> green values such as inclusion or diversity. We particularly welcome 
>> applications from underrepresented people in politics or tech.
>> 
>> ## What we can offer you
>> 
>> The aim of this internship is to provide a space for a person who is 
>> excited
>> about working in a progressive political environment at the European 
>> level to
>> further the use of Free Software for the green group. You will have 
>> the
>> opportunity to:
>> 
>> *   work in a large multilingual organisation
>> *   participate in Free Software communities in a self-directed way
>> *   flex your tech muscles, or to develop them in a new direction, in 
>> a supportive environment
>> *   work with a project manager to develop project management skills
>> *   develop personal IT practices that minimise service disruption and 
>> maximise reproducability of systems
>> 
>> The precise nature of the work you will carry out will be very much 
>> tailored to the interests and skill level of the successful applicant.
>> 
>> ## Practical matters
>> 
>> *   The internship will take place in Brussels, in the European 
>> parliament buildings
>> *   The compensation for the position is 1500 EUR per month
>> *   The duration of the internship is 5 months
>> *   The application process will be through the standard internship 
>> program of the group; this is the first time we are recruiting an 
>> intern in this office, so the recruitment process is not adapted to 
>> this position
>>     *   Please follow the instructions detailed at 
>> [<https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/get-involved/work-with-us>](<https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/get-involved/work-with-us>)
>>     *   In the webform used for applications, please select 
>> &quot;Central Secretariat&quot; as your first choice for the 
>> department in which you would like to work
>>     *   Do feel free to mention any particular experience you have of 
>> working with or as part of Free Software communities
>> 
>> Alex Sassmannshausen
>> 
>> 
>> www.greens-efa.eu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Alex Sassmannshausen (he/him)
>> IT Project Manager
>> alexander.sassmannshausen@europarl.europa.eu
>> Phone: + 32 228 32860
>> 
>> PHS02C027
>> Rue Wiertz 60
>> B-1047 Bruxelles

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Jonathan McHugh
indieterminacy@libre.brussels