During your traineeship you will, together with the support from colleagues from the InfoCentre, undertake a research project to explore and identify new AI-based information tools to ensure that the EMA staff can have access and analyse information from the latest scientific literature sources (mainly health-related) as easily as possible and supported by cutting-edge applications of artificial intelligence.

Learning outcomes 

• Gain knowledge of innovative literature resources, information services and tools including electronic databases, online subscriptions and related management software available in the field of medicine, life sciences and regulatory science.
• Increase knowledge management skills in the field of library and information science.
• Gain experience in a customer-oriented information service within an Agency of the European Union.
• Improve soft and practical skills while gaining insights into collection management, cataloguing, conducting literature searches, performing document delivery and delivering live presentations.

Eligibility criteria

1. enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State or Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway.
2. possess a university degree in library and information sciences or similar discipline (minimum of three years or more) that must have been obtained between 30 September 2023 and 30 September 2024 or be a university student on an Erasmus + or a similar programme or a PhD student or a Master's student with a previous fully finished degree in the areas mentioned before.
3. a thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and good knowledge of other official EU language (at least B2) of the Common European Framework for Languages.

For criteria 1 and 2, you will be required to provide proof in the application form and at the interview stage. Failing to present these documents may result in the disqualification from the procedure.

Behavioural Competencies

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Working with others
• Adaptability
• Research and analytical skills
• Learning and development.