Senior Communications - Brussels, België - European Environmental Bureau

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European Environmental Bureau a network of 180 environmental citizens' organisations is recruiting a full-time


Senior Communications & Press Officer for Chemicals**
Are you passionate about making a difference during a transformative time for protecting people and the environment from hazardous chemicals? Do you subscribe to our values
?
The European Environmental Bureau might have just the right job for you.

Toxic pollution, alongside of climate change and biodiversity loss, is one of the main planetary threats we are facing. Yet, in today's political agenda-setting, toxic chemicals remain largely understated.


The European Commission's publication of the 'Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability', signals its zero-pollution ambition and commitment to the European Green Deal.

The momentum and political will is there for us to design the transformative agenda we need to mainstream chemical pollution - and you can help.


As part of the EEB's Communications Team, you will use your communications expertise to support the policy officers working on chemical pollution in reaching their policy and project objectives.

You will do so by translating scientific and policy language into impactful narratives and ensuring that the intended audiences are reached.

The EEB has created a new chemicals communications network that gather communications officers from a broad number of NGOs and tries to boost the communications impact of our NGOs network.

Our communications work on chemical pollution places a special emphasis on media relations, reactive communications approaches, and the building of partners and allies.


We are therefore seeking a talented and committed senior communications officer who will be based at the EEB office in Brussels and be part of a dynamic and expanding communications team.

The EEB is the largest and most inclusive network of environmental citizens' groups in Europe. We are also the only one that works on such a broad range of issues. We campaign for progressive policies to create a better environment in the European Union and beyond.


Key Responsibilities

Press

  • Draft, edit and disseminate press releases and other relevant materials for national and international media (with chemicals being your primary focus)
  • Coordinate chemicals communications network and perform capacity building sessions and joint coms actions to support the policy colleagues, including the development of key messages and narratives
  • Respond to/ coordinate media inquiries by journalists and other stakeholders about the EEB's work
  • Keep media database uptodate and develop segmentation options by interest area
  • Design and implement new products to engage with journalists
  • Identify, develop and pitch stories to media outlets
  • Build a lasting relationship with the media, monitor and maintain reporting tools on press coverage
  • Define, monitor and report on relevant KPIs

Content development (thematic focus on chemicals)

  • Write attentiongrabbing articles and punchy opinion pieces for media outlets, the EEB news channel META
  • Edit documents (e.g., policy papers, letters, reports) written by nonprofessional writers and improve their readability
  • Develop chemicals communication/dissemination plans, core messages and narrative for the projects you are assigned to, as well as the overall policy area

Digital communications
Following the framework provided by the Communications Team, support our work on chemicals by:

  • Effectively using social media to push campaign messages and promote events
  • Preparing social media toolkits to broaden reach, engage audiences and achieve advocacy goals
  • Updating, maintaining and developing EEB's web presence, online tools and social media

Other
To help the policy team on chemicals achieve their objectives, you will:

  • Develop and implement communications concepts and plans for projects
  • Deliver on campaign and advocacy objectives, in collaboration with member organisations and other project partners
  • Channel strategic communications thinking into the project development stage to ensure that organisational and work area objectives can be reached
  • Contribute to strategic discussions within the chemicals policy and communications teams
  • Coordinate work of external communications service providers
  • Provide communications support for events, e.g., develop key messages, plan promotion and dissemination, elaborate postevent report etc.

Skills & experience

  • A degree in a relevant field
  • A minimum of 5 years' experience in communications and/or journalism, preferably with a focus on pollution and environmental health issues
  • Ability to communicate persuasively, both orally and in writing
  • Openness to learn, digest detailed and technical information, and explain complex ideas clearly and succinctly
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Competency in CMS (Wordpress), Mailchimp, social media platforms and other rele
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