VOCATIONAL INTERNSHIP IN BRUSSELS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ICS
In May 2008 Gary Wilton was appointed as the first Church of England Representative to the EU to ‘help the EU to understand the Church of England and the Church of England to understand the EU’. He also has pastoral responsibility for the growing 7.00pm Service Community of the Pro-Cathedral of Holy Trinity, Brussels. This community includes a significant number of people in their 20s and 30s who work for the EU Institutions or NGOs.
From mid September 2010, ICS and Gary Wilton are eager to put in place a programme of three successive internship opportunities each lasting nine months from mid September to mid June with 2 weeks holiday at Christmas and a week holiday at Easter. The internship is for 20 hours a week, usually worked between 9.00 and 3.00 on four days as agreed. It involves: basic administrative and research duties, regular prayer meetings at Holy Trinity and in the Parliament, liaising with ecumenical and other partners, attending events in the EU Institutions, supporting the administration of the 7.00pm service community, supporting a termly Church of England E-Briefing for UK MEPs, participation in the ministry of the 7.00pm service community and observation of the wider Pro-Cathedral ministry
The gross salary for this part-time post will be c.700 euros a month dependent on the health insurance costs of the successful candidate. Members of the 7.00pm service community will assist the person appointed to find appropriate accommodation. This will be an exciting and developmental opportunity for three graduates/postgraduates in succession who wish to explore Christian mission and ministry in a pioneering context, are interested in the interface between the Church and the institutions of the EU in Brussels and (ideally) have some foreign language(s) skills.
For information please contact Gary Wilton on: +32 (0) 2 511 71 83 or e-mail: gary.wilton@holytrinity.be
Closing date: 21 May 2010; interview: w/c 14 June in Brussels or Warwick. Enhanced Disclosure required.
