Traineeship Call 2026
About FRA
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) provides independent, evidence-based advice to policymakers, to help ensure full respect for fundamental rights across the EU, for everyone. To this end, the Agency collects and analyses information and data on a range of fundamental rights issues, provides assistance and expertise to EU Institutions and to EU Member States’ governments, raises rights awareness, communicates its findings and strengthens cooperation and ties between fundamental rights actors.
Traineeships at FRA
The traineeship is open to recent graduates who can bring fresh perspectives to FRA’s work. We are looking for motivated candidates who want to gain initial work experience in the agency’s areas of activity and explore career paths within the EU institutions. Prior work experience is not required. The call is also open to candidates who have recently completed a new university degree and are changing the direction of their professional career. To be eligible, you must have completed your most recent university studies within the past three years and no later than one month before the start of the traineeship. For this call, this means holding a degree obtained between 30 September 2023 and 1 September 2026.
The duty station of the traineeship will be in Vienna, Austria. One trainee will be placed in our Brussels Liaison Office.
Description of the Unit
We are looking for talented people for traineeships in the following areas:
- Director’s Office (DIR)
- Director’s Office Sector
- Planning Sector
- The Fundamental Rights Forum 2027
- Communications and Awareness Raising (CAR)
- Media and Public Relations Sector
- Web and Publishing Sector
- Equality, Inclusion and Sustainability (EIS)
- Equality and Non-Discrimination Sector
- Climate and Sustainability Sector
- Age and Social Inclusion Sector
- Institutional Cooperation and EU Charter (INST)
- Charter, Rule of Law and Democracy Sector
- National Partnerships and Networks Sector
- Institutional Relations and Policy Sector
- Donor-funded Programmes and Enlargement Sector
- Brussels Liaison Office (duty station Brussels)
- Justice, Digital and Migration (JDM)
- Justice and Security Sector
- Data and Digital Sector
- Migration and Asylum Sector
- Administration (ADMIN)
- Digital Services and Facilities Sector
- Finance and Contracting Sector
- Human Resources and Legal Sector
Which tasks are expected in this unit?
Please refer to the job presentations:
Submission of application
How to apply?
Please complete your application in English. Only applications received via the FRA e-recruitment platform will be accepted. Applications submitted via email or other channels will not be considered. The deadline for applications is 04/05/2026, 13:00 (CET).
In your application, you must specify which unit and sector you are applying for. You can indicate only one entity. Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria or that are incorrectly submitted will be excluded as ineligible.
Period of traineeship
The traineeship is offered for a fixed period of 10 months, from 1 October 2026 – 31 July 2027. The trainee will be required to work on a full-time basis at the FRA premises in Vienna, Austria. One position is located in Brussels, Belgium. For this position, the grant is adjusted to the salary coefficient applicable in Belgium.
Please note that no employment of any form can be offered following the end of the traineeship period unless through a recruitment procedure against a vacancy notice published on the FRA website.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a traineeship at FRA, you must meet the following conditions:
- Be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union (27), EEA countries (3), or EU candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine), or potential candidate countries (Kosovo);
- Have a very good knowledge of English, the working language of FRA (B2);
- Have completed university studies (obtained a degree diploma) by one month prior to the start date of the traineeship (i.e. no later than 1 September 2026) and no more than 3 years prior to the start date of the traineeship.
(N.B. In accordance with the Rules governing the traineeship programme at FRA, candidates of Roma background must have completed either post-secondary education attested by a diploma or have completed secondary education and have obtained at least 2 years of relevant professional experience.)
FRA encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply to this call and gives the possibility to all candidates to compete on an equal basis.
For detailed information about the eligibility criteria as well as the rights and duties of the trainees, please consult the Traineeship FAQ and the Rules governing the traineeship programme at FRA. We recommend you read them carefully before submitting your application.
Equal opportunities
FRA is an equal opportunities employer and ensures that its selection procedures do not discriminate on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, religion, or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation.
If you are a candidate of Romani background, we encourage you to disclose that information when applying (in the appropriate field of the application form), so that we can take into account the relevant eligibility requirements, as set out in the Traineeship Rules. Please note that you are not obliged to disclose that information if you do not wish to do so.
If you are a candidate with a recognised disability, please note that FRA encourages you to apply and is committed to ensuring that all trainees can take part in the activities of the Agency. We recommend that you read carefully through the Rules governing the traineeship programme at FRA to find all the information on the working conditions for trainees with a disability. We encourage candidates with disabilities to disclose that information when applying (in the appropriate field), so that we can assess your application equally. Please note that you are not obliged to disclose that information if you do not wish to do so.
If you consider yourself to have a physical, mental, intellectual or sensory disability, including any medical conditions that may require special adjustments to the recruitment process (e.g., interview), please indicate any adjustments or arrangements needed to recruitment@fra.europa.eu. If selected, you will also be asked to provide information on the reasonable accommodation needed to your work so that FRA can ensure your equal participation in the traineeship.
Data protection
Personal data shall be processed solely for the purpose of the selection procedure. Please note that FRA will not return applications to candidates.
The personal information FRA requests from applicants will be processed in line with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data. This applies in particular to the confidentiality and security of such data.
Should the candidate have any query concerning the processing of their personal data, they shall address them to: recruitment@fra.europa.eu
For further information with regard to the processing of personal data, please see FRA’s Data Protection Notice for selection procedures.
Deadline
The deadline for applications is 04/05/2026, 13:00 (CET).