Communication Manager

Position description

The Climate Alliance European Secretariat (Brussels Office) is seeking a Communication manager to join its highly motivated and multilingual Brussels team. The position is focused on communication tasks pertaining to the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) along with support for the SaveET project.

Our ideal candidate

Climate Alliance is looking for an all -round Communication manager to support the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) and take the lead on its communication activities under the guidance of the overall Project manager. Our new colleague will furthermore lead the Communication activities related to our EU Life Project: SaveEnergyTogether. With a dynamic office and trusted collaboration with the European Commission, you are expected to both plan, implement and monitor the long term activities while also being able to catch opportunities for the two projects on an ad hoc basis.

EPAH

As communication officer you will mainly work within the newly established Energy Poverty Advisory Hub of which Climate Alliance is the lead partner. The activities are primarily related to external communication such as creating new website content, updating social media, creating and design of publications as well as event planning of large international events and smaller workshops.

Description of desired results

The overall objective of the position is to promote, disseminate and maximise the impact for the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, together with the project manager. More specifically:

• Write and deliver a detailed communication strategy for the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub;
• Organise events (meetings, workshops, conferences) in Brussels and other Member States ranging from local to international decision makers as target audience;
• Contribution to expert publications including writing and editing activities;
• Coordination and managing of the whole Social media presence of the EPAH, including the monitoring of impact;
• Media monitoring and press contacts for the project.

Role description

Your role will be integrated within the Energy Poverty Advisory Hub team, and the general Climate Alliance Brussels team. Furthermore, you will join the Climate Alliance team of communication experts across the Brussels office and the HQ located in Frankfurt to build the presence of the Climate Alliance.

Apart from the above-mentioned tasks, we provide good room for incorporating your particular communication experiences and interests to make to most of your skills. This both counts internal and external communication.

SaveET

Our currently running project SaveEnergyTogether is in the implementation and exploitation phase and Climate Alliance leads the communication, dissemination and event related activities. The focus is on implementation of energy efficiency and energy saving campaigns in municipalities in 5 European countries with a specific focus on the vulnerable population.

Description of desired results

You will be in charge of the project’s

• Finetuning and upscaling of the dedicated dissemination campaign;
• Overseeing design projects;
• Social media and newsletter content management (SoMe storytelling);
• Event facilitation for municipalities and their relevant stakeholders;
• Stakeholder engagement and community building program of experts and municipality staff;
• Support and co-create compelling materials with your team members in an engaging and collaborative way.

Role description

You will join the project team to lead and implement project-related campaigns, manage online content and social media, and produce clear, compelling materials such as policy briefs, factsheets, and reports. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with hands-on content creation and project management.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

You should have:

Study & experience:

• Above 5 years of relevant communication experience, preferably in the field of climate and energy and/or urban socio-economic challenges;
• Experience in event planning and management;
• Experience working in an international environment, particularly working across different cultures and languages;
• A master degree in relevant field (e.g. Communication studies, Journalism, PR). Applicants with interdisciplinary study background are encouraged to apply.

Technical skills & knowledge:

• Experience of working with Newsletter applications (e.g. Mailchimp, Mailjet, Newsletter to go, etc.);
• Website development and knowledge or being at ease with content management systems (Drupal, Type03, Joomla or similar);
• Design skills, especially with the Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop);
• Development of Microsoft Templates (Word, Excel and Power Point).
• AI text and image generation.

Personal skills & skills profile:

• Systemic as well as an out-of-the-box thinker;
• Dynamic and pro-active; quick-starter, able to work independently as well as part of a team;
• Excellent organisational skills, high attention to details and ability to multitask;
• Fluency in spoken and written English also for review of written material for editorial purposes;
• Motivated to work with local authorities, networks of cities and NGOs on climate action.

ADVANTAGEOUS

• Knowledge and experience working on energy poverty;
• Experience in working with or in a city network;
• Any other EU languages are considered as an asset.

Application instructions

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