Analyst programme
Find out more about our programme offering entry-level applicants hands on experience in public policy and strategic advisory
About the programme
Global Counsel is recruiting three analysts to join our Brussels offices starting in February 2026, for twelve months. The roles are a great opportunity for anyone interested in getting hands-on experience in public policy and to learn about the world of strategic advisory. The successful candidates will have a strong interest in politics, policymaking and how it intersects with businesses’ commercial strategies.
During your first month, you will complete comprehensive training to understand our business, our clients and how we work. You will then undertake three placements of around four months each across our teams, depending on client needs, business priorities and your personal interests. GC’s sector and global teams advise investors and corporate clients across sectors including tech, health, financial services, energy and trade.
Analysts who successfully complete the programme have the opportunity to be promoted to Associate and go on to make great contributions as permanent members of the GC team.
FAQs
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During your first month, you will complete comprehensive training to understand our business, our clients and how we work. You will then undertake three placements of c. 4 months across our teams, depending on client needs, business priorities and your personal interests. GC’s sector and global teams advise investors and corporate clients across sectors including tech, health, financial services, energy and trade.
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We have three available places in total for Brussels analysts.
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Initial applications require an up-to-date CV and completion of a short video task. These will be sifted and shortlisted applicants will be requested to attend an in-person interview – lasting 2 hours. The interview will consist of three 30-minute meetings focussing on your skills, interest in GC’s analyst programme and your video submission. This will be followed by a short written task. Successful applicants will be invited to start the programme with a commencement date of Monday 2 February.
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Interviews will take place in-person in GC’s Brussels office on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th December.
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The aim of the programme is for analysts to experience a breadth of GC practices and develop their analytical, writing and quantitative skills. Preferences will be noted but rotations will be determined based on personal development requirements and business need.
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Although we do recommend being in the office every day, after your first rotation there will be a flexible working arrangement available to you.
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Depending on performance and business need, our intention is that successful analysts move on to become associates on permanent contracts at Global Counsel.
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Yes! We seek individuals with a demonstrated interest in politics, policy and regulation and the way these impact commercial sectors. While many of our recent graduate analysts have completed masters programmes, we welcome applications from undergraduates who can demonstrate a strong interest in politics, policy and regulation. Academic qualifications matter less to us than your interest in GC’s work and your ability to work well in a team.
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All candidates applying must have a valid European passport. Unfortunately, we do not sponsor candidates who do not have the right to work in the EU.
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We understand that AI tools are increasingly used in our work and daily lives. AI products can be used to proofread your application and to help you prepare for interviews but applicants should not rely on AI for their video task. You will be asked about your video task and application during the interview and AI over reliance will be clear. We want to get to know you as an individual and how you problem solve, not what AI thinks is the correct response.
Testimonials
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One of the best parts of the Analyst Programme was working with top-tier clients on some of the most exciting political and policy issues from day one. The Analyst Programme is a great way to grow quickly, explore a range of policy issues, and learn from a group of curious, intelligent and generous colleagues. My experiences on the analyst programme – where I complemented my existing passion for politics and public policy with greater commercial awareness, gained exposure to complex policy issues, and worked directly with GC clients—laid the foundations that have helped me to continue to build my career at GC.
Nina Kambili
Analyst 2022-23, now Senior Associate
Application timeline
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Using artificial intelligence
As a company – and based on our own use of Artificial Intelligence – we are firmly of the view that humans remain uniquely capable when it comes to contextualisation, interpersonal skills and judgement. We use AI to conduct research and collate and sythesise information, and that’s how we’d recommend you use it to enhance the strength of your application or to prepare for an interview with us.
You could, for example, use a Large Language Model to research our company and what public policy advisory firms do on a day-to-day basis for clients. You might also use the technology to ensure your resume is free from grammatical and spelling mistakes or make suggestions on what skills you should highlight that would be most likely to align with what we do.
Overall, though, as a company whose performance is firmly determined by the abilities of its people, we want to read about and interview your truest form, not material produced by AI. In return, we will ensure that our recruitment process is led with human judgement, and that at every stage – including interviews – we will be fully present.
About Global Counsel
Global Counsel (GC) is a strategic advisory business. We help 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. Our team has experience in politics and policymaking in national governments and international institutions backed with deep regional and local knowledge.
Our global team operates across Berlin, Brussels, Doha, London, Paris, Singapore and Washington DC and is supported by a network of policymakers, businesses and advisers.