Policy Managers, Policy Advisors and Office Manager

Position description

EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment is a Brussels-based European trade association (www.EPEEgobal.org) representing the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector in Europe. We provide RACHP equipment to residential homes, offices, schools, hospitals, data centres, public buildings including the EU Institutions, as well as in transport and district heating and cooling.

EPEE’s membership is composed of over 50 SMEs and international leader companies, as well as national RACHP associations and a broad range of partners from other European industry associations and coalitions, very much supporting a multi-stakeholder forum. It is both an exciting and growing sector making a critical contribution to society and business.

Our primary aim is to promote a better understanding of the sector in the EU and to contribute to the development of effective European policies. We are the key sector in decarbonising heating and cooling in buildings and contribute directly to the EU’s Green Deal and Repower Europe.

Open Positions:

The Secretariat to date has been ably provided by an external service provider but with the growth of the sector, the increasing number of dossiers and our ambition to contribute more actively to EU policy and legislation, EPEE has decided to create its own team. We are therefore looking for several positions to fill immediately to support on advocacy and trade association management.

We are seeking professionals who are prepared to be both operational and strategic, working in a dynamic team of 8-10 persons. The positions will be Brussels-based and in principle full time, but we are potentially flexible in accommodating a 3/4-day week as well. The Office Manager role will be part-time.

3 Policy Managers:

EPEE is structured around 3 vertical Working Groups (WG): Eco-Design, Energy Efficiency and Environment, FGAs which now includes Pfas) and we are therefore seeking 3 Managers to take the lead on managing these WGs.

Each Policy Manager will report to the Director General and will be responsible for a WG (30-80 members), working closely with the Chair and Vice-Chair, and members, and will specifically be:

• driving the agenda and overall responsibility for the day to day running of the WG;
• ensuring that members are well informed on key issues in a pro-active manner;
• resolving problems and leveraging opportunities;
• working directly with EU, national decision-makers and the media;
• developing advocacy and communication campaigns on specific themes and/or issues;
• building alliances with other like-minded industry and NGO associations; and
• profiling the industry in the policy sector as thought leaders, actively contributing to positive policy making.

They will be supported by an intern, a Policy Advisor, the Communication Manager, and the Director General and of course will be working closely with a very engaged and collaborative membership.

The profile (more details below) is 5-7 years or more of EU Brussels proven experience and expertise in European Union energy, chemical and environmental policies.

2 Policy Advisors:

The Policy Advisor will share her/his time between 2 WGs supporting very closely the Manager and members and the functions will be in support of the above responsibilities.

The ideal profile (more details below) is 2-3 years EU Brussels proven experience and expertise in European Union energy, chemical and environmental policies.

Key requirements for the Policy Managers and the Policy Advisor:

• You need to be a master’s graduate having studied European Affairs and/or political science/international relations and/or engineering;
• Business fluent in English (other languages are strongly preferred);
• Analytical, a curious personality, proactive, polyvalent and a team player but who can equally work on her/his own;
• A good listener and a broker of solutions as you will be managing a broad base membership;
• A good communicator and networker as you will be one of the faces of EPEE in the marketplace;
• A very good understanding of how the EU functions and a proven expertise in European Union energy, chemical and environmental policies.

1 Office Manager:

Part-time 1.5 - 2 days per week and Brussels based:

• Ideally, a Belgian national or someone already very familiar with Belgian systems with strong English and Flemish/French;
• The person will report to the Director General and will be responsible for:
  • HR and liaising with the payroll company;
  • general accounting and finances and liaising with the external accountant and auditor as well as the finance authorities;
  • IT and liaising with the external IT support company;
  • Liaising with the office supplier (we are in shared offices run by Clockwise) as well as other suppliers we will use on an ad hoc basis;
  • Liaising with EPEE members on memberships and any ad hoc issues;
  • Supporting the staff on all matters relating to travel and accommodation, setting up rooms for members’ meetings, Working groups, Board, AGM, etc.;
  • Any other general issues.

WE Offer:

• A competitive salary package and we are open to employee or freelance status;
• Attractive work conditions, career path planning, and ongoing assessment reviews to help to build performance;
• Both on the job training and specific training will be a regular feature of the yearly calendar;
• An opportunity to work in an EU-focused topical sector which is a key player in the decarbonisation of heating and cooling;
• Interacting daily. on the one hand. with a broad-based industry sector and. on the other, with EU and national decision-makers and the international media;
• The opportunity to travel, speak at conferences, representing EPEE and directly shaping policy impacting the RACHP sector.

Application instructions

Please send your motivation letter and CV in English to the Director General Russell Patten at [email protected] by 10th March 2023. Responses will only go out to candidates which have been selected for an interview. An initial Teams call interview will take place, followed by a f2f interview of 1-2 rounds. We will also require 2 references for the final round. Important to note that all positions would need to be filled by end of June latest.

EPEE, the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment is a Brussels-based European trade association (www.EPEEgobal.org) representing the refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) sector in Europe. We provide RACHP equipment to residential homes, offices, schools, hospitals, data centres, public buildings including the EU Institutions, as well as in transport and district heating and cooling.

EPEE’s membership is composed of over 50 SMEs and international leader companies, as well as national RACHP associations and a broad range of partners from other European industry associations and coalitions, very much supporting a multi-stakeholder forum. It is both an exciting and growing sector making a critical contribution to society and business.

Our primary aim is to promote a better understanding of the sector in the EU and to contribute to the development of effective European policies. We are the key sector in decarbonising heating and cooling in buildings and contribute directly to the EU’s Green Deal and Repower Europe.

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