Organisation
Eurocities, the network of major European cities, is recruiting a policy & project support officer in the field of environment. The candidate would ideally start in December 2021.
Responsibilities
As policy & project support officer, you will work with Eurocities environment team to support ongoing project work in the areas of energy, climate change and environment. In this role, you will:
- Support the policy advisor to manage Eurocities project:
- contact cities to inform them about the project and recruit them
- liaise with project partners
- organise project events and meetings with EU policy-makers
- contribute to draft policy recommendations
- support dissemination and publication
- contribute to capacity buildings activities
- Contribute to the Covenant of Mayors case studies
- Contribute to the Covenant of Mayors twinning activities
- Support the management and organisation of forum and working group meetings in coordination with the policy advisor, the forum/WG chair(s) and the host city
- Contribute to EU policy development in the areas of climate, energy and environment
- Analyse environmental policy documents and prepare policy papers
- Draft articles for the Eurocities newsletter, and website environmental issues and other communications-related tasks
Profile
You thrive in an environment of rapid change, moving targets, limited resources and high intensity. You are highly flexible and able to work independently and autonomously, while maintaining a team-oriented attitude.
You have:
- 1 to 2 years of relevant work experience in policy and or project implementation
- a Masters degree or equivalent
- good understanding of the EU institutional framework
- good analytical and organisational skills
- very good organisational and coordination skills
- good oral and written communications skills in English
- good interpersonal skills for an international environment
Assets:
- Experience in working in EU project or policy is beneficial
- Good knowledge and experience in the fields of energy, climate change and environment,
- Experience in events management
We offer
- a full-time position, either as:
- employee, under Belgian legislation. The selected candidate will need to either live in Belgium or be willing to move to Belgium for the duration of the contract (candidates need to provide a Belgian address). Or
- freelancer
- a one year contract, starting as soon as possible, potentially renewable
- salary according to profile and experience
Benefits
Meal vouchers, pension plan, hospitalisation insurance, public transport costs, 13th month, éco-chèques
Some other benefit examples are :
- training opportunities and access to on-line training
- a dynamic international team
- a pleasant working environment
- flexible working and relaxed dress code
- part-time teleworking.
Eurocities recognises the importance of a work life balance.
Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation, explicitly describing point by point their relevant experience and linking it to the requirements for the position, in one page maximum, together with a CV with at least two referees (including your current or last employer) by 12:00 on 22 October 2021 to: Patricia de Wouters, Head of HR, at jobs.projects@eurocities.eu. Please send the documents in pdf format and mention ‘project support officer Envi’ in the subject line.
Interviews will be held on 4 and 5 November 2021.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. CV and personal data of non-selected candidates are not shared with anyone outside Eurocities and will be deleted immediately after the recruitment process. For more information, read our privacy policy.
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