Senior Consultant Trade Policy Brussels - Hanover

Hanover

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Brussels, België

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Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Hanover Brussels is looking for a talented EU public affairs professional to join its trade policy team.

We're a fast-growing team of political specialists who advise some of the world's biggest brands on EU policy and regulatory issues.

Our consultants are policy experts, who enjoy becoming genuine extensions of their clients' in-house teams.

We require someone who has experience in EU and international
trade policy and ideally another EU policy area (preferably related to ESG) as well as an in-depth understanding of the workings of the EU institutions and the Brussels stakeholder environment.

For the right person this will be an exciting role, with the opportunity to contribute towards managing interesting clients and building a market-leading team that provides valued strategic advice and insight to clients.

Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct client and/or topicspecific analyses and draft bespoke briefings
Provide timely and relevant support in advising key clients and prospective clients, informed by sector knowledge and broad intelligencegathering on policy developments
Develop close client relationships and support daytoday contact with the clients related to the execution of advocacy and communication campaigns
Oversee the work of junior colleagues and ensure timely deliverables to the client
Participate and contribute to client meetings and internal account management meetings supporting the team leads in reviewing progress, monitoring capacity and allocating tasks
Work closely with the team leads to continue to build a competitive, bestinclass Trade policy team and offering; this entails coaching and mentoring junior colleagues
Support the central marketing team in implementing the marketing strategy for the team

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Prior experience in a relevant position within either a public affairs consultancy or inhouse, trade association or the European institutions
Indepth understanding of EU and international trade policy, including its technical and legal aspects
Solid understanding of one additional relevant EU policy field (ideally related to ESG)
Knowledge of the interaction between EU, international and national policy and the business impact that this can have on clients
Strong analytical and project management skills
Effective timemanagement and ability to meet deadlines
Drive to make an impact and work closely as a team
Excellent project management, written and verbal communication skills
Desire to support and develop junior team members

Benefits
In addition to a competitive salary, your core benefits package will include:

An annual performance-related bonus plus additional bonus potential linked to recruitment, new business and long service
20 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus 5 discretionary days
Hospitalisation insurance
Group insurance, with 5% employer contribution
Lunch vouchers

Team members also have access to a wide range of opportunities and initiatives, including:

Summer Fridays finish (3pm)
early Friday finish the rest of the year (4pm)
The Hanover Academy, which incorporates training, coaching, mentoring and reversementoring opportunities to support personal development and career progression across all levels, with a generous training budget
International secondments as well as the opportunity to collaborate with all offices across the AVENIR GLOBAL's network
A wellbeing programme, featuring (but not limited to) pre

- and post-maternity leave coaching, a working parents' group, subsidised gym membership, LiveSmart sessions on mindfulness, sleep, etc.

Our Culture Club, with a robust social calendar all year round, Trailblazer of the Month award, Lunch & Learns, CSR activities, and an opportunity to win an Out of Office activity fund

Hanover is an equal opportunities employer, committed to encouraging a balanced workforce within our company and the wider industry.