Advocacy Trainee

Organisation: Prospero & Partners
Location: While there is scope for remote work, the trainee will be expected to be in the office regularly. Due to interactions with European institutions, it is essential that the successful candidate is based in Brussels for the duration of the traineeship.
Type of Contract: Paid Traineeship
Period: Six months from 12 January 2026

Job Description

Want to help European farmers and food producers meet the growing demand for more sustainable and affordable food?

Prospero is looking for an ambitious and energetic individual to join our team, supporting a multistakeholder advocacy platform building political momentum for fit-for-purpose regulation for biological plant protection. You will work closely with other members of Prospero's public affairs team, and may be asked to support other clients as well.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor European institutions, policies, and stakeholders to identify emerging issues and engagement opportunities.
• Attend various public affairs events, take notes, network, and flag potential issues.
• Schedule relevant coalition meetings and pre-calls, ensuring timely circulation of meeting agendas.
• Develop slides for meetings under the direction of relevant consultants and managers.
• Manage advocacy webinars, including event logistics, promotion, speaker briefings, and post-mortems.
• Project management of various coalition initiatives, from outreach campaigns to in-person workshops and roundtables.
• Maintaining contact lists of relevant policymakers, setting meeting dates with policymakers, logging all policymaker meetings, and synthesising meetings.
• Update association communication materials, including websites, intranets, and social media.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for someone who understands political decision-making processes in the EU, is enthusiastic about supporting the EU food and agriculture sectors, and is highly motivated and empathetic. The candidate should be a resilient team player who can work independently while taking input from and providing briefing to key colleagues, leadership, and coalition members. Some prior knowledge or experience in a similar field is a plus.

Qualifications

• A degree from a reputable university in EU affairs, communications and/or environmental sciences
• Familiarity with the roles of key institutions and operation of coalition and NGOs in the EU.
• Passion for supporting the EU food and agriculture sectors and an interest in technical and scientific issues.
• Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to understand perspectives of multiple stakeholders interested in issues, to filter information to align briefs with the key concerns of clients, and adapt key messages to different target audiences.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including native or native-level English writing skills as well as the ability to swiftly and competently synthesise and communicate complex information without substantial editing from others.
• Ability to deliver on both shared and individual responsibilities.
• Resilience and ability to work independently.
• The successful candidate will have a learning mindset and be deeply committed to further developing their knowledge and skills, to be able to benefit from the exciting but demanding learning environment we offer.
• Prior knowledge or experience in a similar field is a plus.

Why Join Us?

Our Trainee will help our coalition members secure an enabling policy and regulatory framework that advances the sustainability of European agriculture. They will learn how to develop and strengthen stakeholder relations, engage with key EU political leadership, influencers, as well as relevant value chain and civil society actors.

Prospero & Partners,

an independent consultancy providing the secretariat for several associations and coalitions as well as individual clients. Prospero empowers clients in agrifood and the bioeconomy to unlock market access and transform innovation into business success. Since 1999, we have been delivering unrivalled sector expertise for our clients to cultivate change and harvest value.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to send their CV and a cover letter by 24 November 2025 to beatrice@prospero.ag.

Prospero & Partners values diversity and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process.

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