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EU Careers: Working in EU institutions and on Europe in the UK Civil Service

04 June 2024, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm

Careers Week 2024

As part of the UCL Political Science Careers Week 2024, we are hosting a session exploring what working within Europe entails and how the civil service can intersect with international institutions.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Joshua Jones

Location

Bentham House
4-8 Endsleigh Gardens
London
WC1H 0EG

About the event

Are you curious about how you can be part of a political institution in Europe? Or how you can harness your political science degree to launch a career in the EU? Join us for a session about working in EU institutions and on Europe in the UK Civil Service. This panel discussion includes Marit Sillavee, an EU Diplomat, and Thomas Lambert, a member of the FCDO working for the Europe Group. This event promises to give exciting insight into what working within Europe entails and how the civil service can intersect with international institutions.

Find out more about EU Careers on our 'Students Resources' page here

About the Speakers

Marit Sillavee

First Secretary, Citizens, Social and Justice and Home Affairs Section at EU Delegation to the United Kingdom

Marit Sillavee is an EU diplomat with over 15 years of professional experience in communications and outreach, public relations and political communication, capability building and stakeholder engagement in London, Brussels and Tallinn. She is currently working on EU citizens’ rights issues at the EU Delegation in the UK, bringing together EU Member States and NGOs representing EU citizens in the UK, and coordinating the relationship with the relevant counterparts in the UK Government and both Houses of the Parliament. In her previous role in Brussels, she was a member of the Cabinet of the European Commission President, working directly with the Head of Cabinet advising him on strategic communication, prepared briefings and coordinated the preparation of communication materials ahead of key communication moments of the European Commission President. Before joining the Commission she worked in London for a reputation management consultancy advising FTSE 100 companies on reputation management, stakeholder engagement and leadership development, running workshops and helping companies to collect measurable data on their reputation among their key stakeholders. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Relations from the University of Tartu in Estonia and she also holds a MSc in Communication Regulation and Policy from the London School of Economics. She spent 6 months in Beijing learning Mandarin which she found easier to learn than French.

Thomas Lambert

Deputy Head of Strategic Communications and Engagement, EU Directorate at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

Thomas Lambert is the Deputy Head of Strategic Communications and Engagement, EU Directorate, in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Before working at the FCDO, Tom was Senior Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Housing and worked as a Press Officer in a government Press Office. Prior to joining the Civil Service, he worked as a Teacher’s Assistant at a prep school after studying Politics and American Studies at the University of Nottingham with a year abroad at the George Bush School of Politics at Texas A+M University, graduating in 2016. Tom is from Kent and attended Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.