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Policy and Communications Officer |
Background
EUBIA, the European Biomass Industry Association, was established in 1996 as an international non profit association in Brussels, Belgium. It groups together market forces, technology providers, and knowledge centres, all of them active in the field of biomass. Our main objective is to support the European biomass industries at all levels, promoting the use of biomass as an energy source, developing innovative bioenergy concepts and fostering international co-operation within the bioenergy field.
Organizational Context
EUBIA currently has a staff of four persons. Our headquarter in Brussels is located in Rond Point Schumann,
very close to the main buildings of the EU Institutions.
EUBIA is searching for a Policy and Communications Officer to monitor biomass markets dynamics and policy evolution.
Job Purpose
The Policy and Communications Officer keeps an eye on the whole range of issues affecting biomass markets, identifies current and future issues and helps develop EUBIA’s strategies. Topics include policies, market information and statistics, research and development, standards and certification issues, building regulations. The Policy and Communications Officer will work mainly in Brussels and occasionally travel within Europe.
We are looking for a dynamic person with the ability to independently identify relevant issues, to formulate positions on a wide variety of topics and to communicate them externally (to policy makers, journalists, NGOs etc.) as well as internally (EUBIA members, bioenergy industry).
Conditions
As first step, we offer a freelance consultant position.
Key tasks of EUBIA’s Policy and Communications Officer
· keeping up to date with the whole range of issues affecting the biomass markets
· attending key events in Brussels and contact EC services
· formulating positions and creating consensus, finding common grounds with other interest groups
· communicating positions and news to external and internal stakeholders
· developing website contents
Required skills and experiences:
· interested in biomass sector
· very good analytical skills, communication and public relations skills
· fluent English and French, other languages a strong asset
· very good command of standard office software
Successful candidates will be:
· flexible, multitask, like the job well done, detail-orientated and think positive
· highly organised, exercising initiative and organize their work under strict deadlines with the ability to set priorities
· demonstrating ability to solve problems, remain focused, available, ready for possible extended hours.
Please send a cover letter and your CV to valeria.magnolfi@eubia.org
Deadline for application:
We have decided to not set a specific deadline. We will start interviewing candidates as soon as we have received suitable applications, and we will stop when we have hired our new policy and communications officer.
Ideal starting date: May 2014