Detail of the vacancy notice
- Directorate: Directorate for Communication
- Management: no
- Unit/Service: Unit DI Coordination, planning, impact - Outreach strategy
- Grade: Contract staff member - FGIV
- Period: 2 years, starting from 01/05/2025
- Application: Online application form. Please note: the successful completion of EPSO CAST FGIV is required
- Deadline: 06/02/2025 at noon (Brussels time)
Your job and responsibilities
Interested in building Networks? Like to help your colleagues with project management and communication strategy?
As part of the team in charge of key outreach activities within the Directorate for Communication (D.I) at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), you will oversee all the phases of flagship outreach projects, from concept development to execution and dissemination of results. You will manage in particular the content-related activities, designing and developing the communication strategy and implementing the communication plan, working under the supervision of the Deputy Director for Communication.
You will coordinate the content production with CoR legislative Commissions and Political Groups and other internal services, partners and a rich variety of stakeholders in order to build an effective communication plan, creating content for digital communication (web and social media), and drafting weekly and monthly newsletters targeted to elected representatives who belong to the Network of the European Local Councillors. You will also collaborate closely with the European Commission to create and feed a shared editorial planning and co-manage the common communication actions.
You are also responsible for the supervision of the CRM activities, web and data management and the organic content published on a Facebook group and other online platforms dedicated to the Network of the EU Local Councillors. Among other tasks, you will be also in charge of KPIs analysis and reporting of web analytics and email marketing metrics. You are also one of the main contact points for direct communication with the EU Local Councillors in the Network and will support the team with the organisation of flagship events and high-level meetings. Additional tasks are:
- benchmarking of new multilingual platforms and interactive tools for the Network
- management of framework contracts and relations with external contractors
- drafting strategic documents contributing to the Directorate internal activities on implementation, planning, and report
- prepare and give presentations during internal and external meetings.
You are part of a small but dynamic team, focussed on the CoR’s horizontal communication and outreach actions and projects.
Are you the talent we are looking for?
General abilities and capacities required
- Think with a critical spirit, analyse and solve problems pragmatically.
- Assess critically credibility and reliability of sources, data and information and use relevant digital tools to carry out the duties.
- Organise own work, demonstrate responsibility, identify priorities, take appropriate decisions, and deliver results.
- Adapt to an evolving working environment, demonstrate commitment, and always adopt constructive attitude. Remain effective and flexible even during period of heavy activity.
- Take initiative to achieve individual and shared objectives, demonstrate ownership and work autonomously.
- Learn and professionally develop to continuously enhance job performance and knowledge of the organisation and working environment.
- Work together with others in a constructive way by contributing to diverse and inclusive working environment. Always demonstrate respect and courtesy.
- Convey information and relevant opinions clearly and concisely both orally and in writing, facilitate interaction and engage effectively with others. Treat confidential or sensitive information accordingly.
Job-specific requirements
- You have passed EPSO CAST IV[1]
- You have sound experience managing large-scale projects and interinstitutional events at EU level, including stakeholders' management and engagement
- You have strong drafting and communication skills, including public speaking
- You have ability to run multichannel communication campaigns and identify KPIs
- You have a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another of the EU official languages. For functional reasons, a solid command of English is required and a good level of Italian and/or Spanish or French is desirable.
- You have a good command of IT applications and tools (such as Outlook, Excel, Word, Sharepoint, etc.) as well as an extensive knowledge in CMS, web and social media analytics tools and CRM (preferably MS Dynamics).
- You are a convincing relationship builder and have excellent diplomatic skills
- You have good knowledge of the EU Institutions priorities; a previous working experience in the CoR would be an asset
Please note that candidates must meet the eligibility criteria specified in art. 82(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants.