GreenFacts is offering Editorial internships
GreenFacts is looking for interns (stagiaires),
either full-time or part-time, to work
in the field of communication on environment
and health matters or to translate GreenFacts.org
into other languages.
A desired candidate should be:
- Student in a post-secondary institution,
preferably related to the fields of
Communications, Translation, Sciences
or Environment Digests;
- Skilled with computers and interested
in Web design
(knowledge of DreamWeaver or a willingness
to learn);
- With a good working knowledge of English
and preferably French;
- Interested in sciences and environment
& health matters;
- Capable of creative work in a small
but innovative organization.
The experience the interns will be
able to gain may include:
- Editorial experience, i.e. participation
in the preparation of clear impartial
summaries of scientific consensus documents,
providing explanatory glossary definitions,
useful links specific to each topic
etc.;
- Multilingual experience, as far as
possible, participation in the translation
and editing process of other language
versions
(French, Spanish or German);
- Participation in events, activities
and conferences on environmental subjects;
- Contacts with the different stakeholders
of GreenFacts (from the domains of environmental
and health non-profit organisations,
industry and the academe);
- Development of Web design skills;
- Increased knowledge in the science
of environment and health matters.
Duration of internship:
GreenFacts is a non-profit organization
bringing together key players concerned
with environment and health matters. It
publishes, on GreenFacts.org,
factual unbiased summaries of reference
scientific documents in a language for
the non-specialists, aiming to promote
science and objectivity in the debate.
The Organization is managed by a small
team with offices in Brussels located
within walking distance from the North
Station.
Contact Ms Stephanie Mantell at
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