The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in Angers invites applications for a traineeship of 12 months (from 1st October 2026 to 30th September 2027).
Detailed information about the CPVO can be found at http://www.cpvo.europa.eu/.
The Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) in Angers offers a 12-month traineeship within the People & Resources Unit.
This traineeship is designed for high-potential graduates seeking broad exposure to organisational management in an EU agency. Rather than being confined to a single domain, the trainee will contribute across several strategic areas of the Unit, including:
Human Resources and Talent Development
Financial and Budgetary processes
Internal Control and Governance
Environmental Sustainability and Greening initiatives
The purpose of the traineeship is not to allocate predefined percentages of time to each field, but to offer a dynamic and integrated experience reflecting how modern organisations operate: interconnected, data-driven and impact-oriented.
What You Will Experience
Working under the supervision of the Head of Unit and in close collaboration with the team, the trainee will:
1. Human Resources & Organisational Development
Contribute to talent management, learning and development initiatives
Assist in data analysis related to staff engagement, training, or other projects
Participate in ongoing HR transformation or digitalisation projects
2. Accounting, Finance & Resource Management
Gain exposure to budget planning and monitoring processes
Support data preparation and financial follow-up exercises
Contribute to improving reporting tools and internal dashboards
3. Internal Control & Governance
Support risk assessment exercises and internal control reviews
Contribute to documentation and process mapping initiatives
Assist in monitoring compliance with internal procedures
4. Sustainability & Greening Network
Contribute to the implementation of environmental strategy initiatives
Support sustainability reporting and performance monitoring
Assist in awareness-raising and internal communication activities
The trainee will work across these domains depending on organisational needs and project priorities, thereby gaining a holistic understanding of how strategy, people, governance and resources interact in an EU agency. We are looking for intellectually curious, analytical and proactive candidates who are motivated to understand how organisations create value in complex institutional environments.
Trainees are for the CPVO highly skilled professionals, whose capacities are very much valorised.
The human dimension of the Agency together with the wide range of tasks dealt in it will allow the trainee to truly understand and experience what it is to work for an EU institution. Pro-activity and flexibility are highly valued at the CPVO.
Please note that applications can be sent to the Office in any of the official EU languages, however we recommend candidates to send the application in English as it is the working language of the office; knowledge of multiple EU official languages is considered an asset.
To be considered eligible, applicants must satisfy the following requirements on the closing date for the submission of applications:
Candidates who fulfilled a traineeship in an EU institution are eligible to apply.
None required.
None.
- The successful candidate will be offered a traineeship of 12 months, not renewable.
- Grant: trainees will be awarded a monthly traineeship grant, equal to 25% of basic salary for EU officials in grade AD5 step 1 as of 31.12.2025, plus the correction coefficient for France (for information: 1.747 € in 2026).
- The traineeship will take place in Angers (France).
- Starting date: 1 October 2026
Candidates who fulfill the above requirements will be contacted for an interview via Microsoft Teams.
For applications to be valid, candidates must be made through the CPVO electronic recruitment portal which can be found on the CPVO website: Recruitment | CPVO
Incomplete applications, and applications not sent via this tool, will automatically be excluded from the selection procedure.
The CPVO contacts candidates via email and will only use the email address provided during the registration of the candidate's profile. Therefore, candidates should regularly check their Spam folder, as CPVO cannot be held accountable for emails that may end up in that folder.