Careers in Brussels

We are delighted to welcome you to our Careers in Brussels programme hub, created to support students and alumni looking to work for EU institutions and the organisations that work with them.

In addition to a range of careers support and resources throughout the year, we run an event series, usually during Winter Term, in collaboration with Sciences Po in Paris and the College of Europe in Bruges. These events are primarily held in Brussels, Belgium, and open to students from all disciplines and years of study, but are likely to be of particular interest to master's level students. At the heart of the programme is our Careers in Brussels Fair (early 2025), which is the perfect chance for you to explore your options, network with other students, alumni and employers, and get ready to make your applications.

In previous years, Careers in Brussels events have attracted European institutions, public affairs and strategic communications agencies, lobbying organisations, think tanks, professional services firms, consultancies and international organisations looking to recruit high-calibre interns and graduates for roles in Brussels.

Read on to find out more about our year-round Careers in Brussels resources and support, including how to book onto upcoming events.

Now available: Please see the 'organisations' section below for more information on the organisations you can meet at this year's Careers in Brussels Fair. Here's a snapshot:

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What’s on: Browse the full timetable of upcoming Careers in Brussels events

This year's Careers in Brussels events include:

As they're published, you'll be able to browse and book all Careers in Brussels events on CareerHub.

How to join: Discover how to register for the events and the financial support available to help with travel expenses

Book for events on CareerHub

As with other LSE Careers events, registration for Careers in Brussels events takes place on CareerHub. 

Browse and book all Careers in Brussels events on CareerHub.

Getting to Brussels and financial assistance

Please note, attendees will need to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements for the events. Grant applications are now closed.

Organisations: Check out which organisations are attending this year’s events

Organisations you can meet at Careers in Brussels 2025 include:

  • Acumen Public Affairs

Website: acumenpa.com/careers

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 3

At Acumen we have built a culture to meaningfully shape policy and deliver impact that lasts. We bring more than experienced counsel and a winning record to the table. We pride ourselves in being the kind of advisers clients want at their side during their most complex, difficult decisions. We delight in what we do and look after our clients.

We are always looking for talent to contribute to our purpose. And as our people can attest and the awards show, we are a great and a meaningful place to work. We offer traineeships on a rolling basis, awarded through a competitive process. Our goal is to ensure trainees gain opportunities to apply their education to real-world work in public affairs and develop skills and expertise to launch their careers in Brussels and beyond.

  • Altermind

Website: altermind.com/fr/notre-equipe

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 2

  • Council of the EU

Website: consilium.europa.eu/en/general-secretariat/jobs/vacancies

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 5

The General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) is a team of more than 3,000 dedicated people working to shape the EU's future. Being part of the GSC is a unique opportunity to support and assist two major EU institutions: the European Council and the Council of the EU. Every year, new staff members with diverse backgrounds and qualifications join our many teams: from policy and communication experts to IT professionals, finance managers and linguists.

  • Covington & Burling LLP

Website: cov.com/en/careers/lawyers

Visa sponsorship: Yes

Number of vacancies: Various

  • Deloitte

Website: deloitte.com/be/en/Industries/government-public/about.html

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 3

Deloitte is one of the world’s largest professional services firms. Deloitte provides consulting, audit, tax, legal and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte’s more than 200,000 professionals deliver services worth over US$ 36.8 billion per annum. Deloitte has vast experience of serving the European Union: for over 30 years, Deloitte has delivered services to European Institutions and Agencies in a large number of areas.

Deloitte has dedicated teams with European Union expertise based in all 27 EU Member States within Deloitte, the Policy multilingual team of professionals offers high-quality policy services to the EU Institutions, in particular the European Commission, in a wide range of domains. We have more than 20 years of experience in carrying out successful assignments and in delivering value at the different stages of the policy process to EU bodies and institutions.

  • European Free Trade Organisation (EFTA)

Website: efta.int/careers/junior-professional-programme

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 8

  • European Parliament

Website: ep-stages.gestmax.eu/website/homepage

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 900

  • Euros / Agency Group

Website: eurosagency.eu

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 1 to 3

Euros / Agency Group was a pioneer in 2012 by breaking down barriers with an integrated approach combining public affairs, European affairs, and communications. This cultural diversity and our international openness are at the heart of our DNA.

In Brussels, our office is specialized in EU public affairs & communications. Working for several international and French organizations in transport, energy, environment, digital and health sectors, we aim to deliver a tailored-based approach and work in close collaboration with our clients. Comprising a cohesive team of 10 consultants, we are always keen to meet new profiles in order to find our next colleagues.

  • FIPRA

Website: fipra.com/careers

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 9

FIPRA is a public affairs agency at the intersection of business, politics and policy. As strategic advisors, we champion public policy goals and deliver value for stakeholders in a world of change. We’re a team of solution finders, consensus builders, policy wonks, political navigators, debate shapers and policy movers. Our culture unites our diverse backgrounds and individual expertise behind a singular purpose: making an impact for clients.

  • FlesihmanHillard Brussels/EU

Website: fleishmanhillard.eu/careers

Visa sponsorship: Yes

Number of vacancies: 2 (TBC)

FleishmanHillard EU is one of the top European public affairs and communications agencies and is part of the FleishmanHillard global network. Our staff of around 100 multinational and multilingual consultants, who have first-hand experience in European Union institutions, national governments, business and journalism, work closely with our client organisations to fully understand their objectives, the forces driving them and their issues. Our programmes reflect this investment, while at the same time striving to deliver tangible, measurable results.

With an understanding of many languages and cultures, our office is able to act as a hub for FleishmanHillard in Europe, providing centralised management for our clients' pan-European and international projects and advising on how to effectively address Europe's many cultural nuances. In fact, our culture in the Brussels office is one of the agency's strengths. A balance of youth and experience means we are able to provide both creativity and stability, while our structure promotes teamwork.

  • Global Counsel

Website: careers.global-counsel.com

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: Regular analyst and associate entry level positions

Global Counsel helps companies and investors across a wide range of sectors to anticipate the ways in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity – and to develop and implement strategies to meet these challenges.

With offices in London, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore and Doha, our work is backed up by high-quality analytical content and collateral that is politically and economically informed and builds quickly into executable strategy. Global Counsel has a firm commitment to reflecting in its own teams the diversity of the places we work and in building a workplace welcoming to all. Any candidate will always be considered in this spirit. 

  • Harwood Levitt Consulting

Website: harwoodlevitt.com/home#sectionHire

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 2

HLC is a boutique, Brussels-based, independent consultancy specialised in high-level advisory work. Operating since 2009, HLC bridges the gap between public affairs and management consulting, influencing policy, the public and commercial strategy. We work with leading organisations to create competitive advantage through political risk analysis, policy advocacy, and strategic communications across key levels of national, European, and global policy.

We are a dynamic, diverse, and flexible team always looking for fast-thinking, creative problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit who are ready to take on new challenges and responsibilities in a growing, dog-friendly firm. We also collaborate with leading universities to share our Public Affairs experience and knowledge with young professionals who want to pursue a career in Public Affairs.

Each year, HLC offers Junior Consultant positions to support and engage with all aspects of the agency. The type of contract for this role is a 6-months ‘Convention d’Immersion Professionnelle’ under Belgian law with possibility of extension to 12 months. Promotion to a permanent contract is possible pending performance evaluation.

  • NATO

Website: nato.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl

Visa sponsorship: Yes

Number of vacancies: 86

  • Red Flag Global

Website: redflag.global/careers

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 1

Red Flag is a multi-award-winning strategic communications agency. At Red Flag, we solve business-critical problems for some of the world’s biggest companies and organisations. Our clients win, in business and in media, because we identify, interpret and tackle risk. With offices in Brussels, Cape Town, Dublin, London and Washington D.C., we are looking for talented candidates to join our expert team of strategists, campaigners and communicators. Red Flag is run by former government advisors, diplomats, journalists and multinational business executives, backed up by a team of expert communications, political and strategy consultants. We take a campaigning approach to solving our clients’ problems, drawing on the latest political campaigning techniques from around the world.

  • RRP Group

Website: rpp-group.com/job-opening

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 3

RPP’s key field of expertise and activity is healthcare. As such, we take seriously our role in the political and societal landscape we work in and we believe in public affairs as a means to enhance the societies we live in, and not as a commercial end in itself. Our projects always aim at improving the lives of those concerned – patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare systems, etc. – and at bringing an added value to society. Many products have a societal value that extends beyond their immediate market value to the customer. Policymakers are responsible for ensuring that the overall societal needs of society are met and putting in place policy incentives or disincentives to ensure they are. RPP Group specializes in demonstrating the societal value of your products and ideas to one of the most economically powerful and influential consumer groups in the world: governments.

  • Rud Pedersen Public Affairs

Website: rudpedersen.com/careers

Visa sponsorship: Yes

Number of vacancies: 4

The Rud Pedersen Group is a growing public affairs and communications company with fourteen offices across thirteen countries, and around 480 consultants. As part of the Rud Pedersen Group, the Brussels’ office of Rud Pedersen Public Affairs opened in 2017, and today has around 70 team members. As a rapidly growing office, we offer the opportunity to work and grow in a fast-paced and energetic consultancy environment. Anyone joining will have the opportunity to develop within the Rud Pedersen team, working with our Brussels partners and the wider company.

Currently, the Brussels office has an immediate need for Research Executives across divisions of Environment & Circular Economy, Climate & Energy, Public Affairs, Food & Agriculture, Technology & Finance, and in Recruitment Services. If you would like to work for us and currently see no active roles that fit your profile, submit your CV here to join our candidate database.

  • Teneo

Website: teneo.com/careers/open-positions

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 2

Teneo is a global CEO advisory firm. Working exclusively with the CEOs and senior executives of the world’s leading companies, Teneo provides strategic counsel across their full range of key objectives and issues. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

The range of our services across the group ranges from advice on strategic communication, investor relations, corporate governance, diversity & inclusion to financial restructuring, digital transformation, financial advice and support with political, cyber and other risks.

Our 35-person strong team in Brussels are drawn from politics and government, the corporate world and journalism, NGOs and academia.

We offer traineeships as well as permanent junior positions on a rolling basis. 

  • ThinkYoung

Website: thinkyoung.eu

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 4

ThinkYoung is the first think tank focusing on young people. It was founded in 2009 in Brussels and has expanded to Geneva, Hong Kong and Nairobi. It is a not-for-profit organisation, with the aim of making the world a better place for young people, by involving them in decision making processes and by providing decision makers with high-quality research on key issues affecting young people.

ThinkYoung conducts studies and surveys, makes documentary movies, and writes policy proposals. Based on its research on young people, ThinkYoung develops educational programmes and workshops to empower youth with the tools to make a change.

  • Transparency International EU

Website: transparency.eu/jobs

Visa sponsorship: No

Number of vacancies: 1

Transparency International EU is part of the global anti-corruption movement, Transparency International, which includes over 100 chapters around the world. Since 2008, Transparency International EU has functioned as a regional liaison office for the global movement and as such it works closely with the Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin, Germany.

Transparency International EU leads the movement’s EU advocacy, in close cooperation with national chapters worldwide, but particularly with the 24 national chapters in EU Member States.

Transparency International EU’s mission is to prevent corruption and promote integrity, transparency and accountability in EU institutions, policies and legislation.



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