{"id":5649,"date":"2026-07-03T16:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?page_id=5649"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:46:25","slug":"staff-and-traineeship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/parliament-of-estonia\/chancellery-riigikogu\/staff-and-traineeship\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff and traineeship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read about the structure of the Chancellery, staff positions, vacancies, job offers and traineeship possibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/parliament-of-estonia\/chancellery-of-the-riigikogu\/staff-and-traineeship\/\">Positions and traineeships<\/a> (In Estonian)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Riigikogu-struktuur-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Structure of the Riigikogu (PNG, 1MB)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Structure-of-the-Chancellery-scaled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Structure of the Chancellery (PNG, 2MB)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traineeship at the Chancellery of the Riigikogu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traineeship is open to students who have completed the level of studies corresponding to the credit points of at least two academic years, speak the Estonian language freely and are interested in the activities of the Riigikogu and its Chancellery. Traineeship at the Chancellery of the Riigikogu is not paid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-info is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 20&nbsp;people who have worked in the Chancellery have later become members of the Riigikogu.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in a traineeship, please send your CV and a brief covering letter stating why you wish to take up a traineeship at the Chancellery and which unit you would prefer.<br>Applications for traineeship are mediated by the Personnel Department. Please send the documents to: <a href=\"mailto:helen.ilisson@riigikogu.ee\">helen.ilisson@riigikogu.ee<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information: <a href=\"mailto:helen.ilisson@riigikogu.ee\">helen.ilisson@riigikogu.ee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read about the structure of the Chancellery, staff positions, vacancies, job offers and traineeship possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":5075,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5649","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Staff and traineeship &#8211; Riigikogu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/parliament-of-estonia\/chancellery-riigikogu\/staff-and-traineeship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Staff and traineeship &#8211; 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