Account Director Brussels - Hanover

Hanover

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Brussels, België

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Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Hanover is looking for an experienced public affairs professional to join the Brussels team as an Account Director.

This role offers the opportunity to lead our client work across a wide range of policy issues, to work on the most interesting and exciting roster of clients, to develop new business and marketing activity, as well as to manage junior team members, client accounts and budgets.

We are looking for a proven track record of public affairs experience, ideally gained within a consultancy or in-house team.

The Account Director will be a keen networker with a passion for public affairs and a nuanced understanding of the relationship between business and politics.

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

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

We work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment, and our consultants are equally at home in the office, at a pitch or at a networking event.

You will be based at our Brussels office but may have an opportunity to work on the clients we share with colleagues in our London, Dublin, Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices.

Requirements:

Develop close client relationships, lead external client meetings and be the first point of contact across client accounts
Provide firsthand intelligence and strategic advice to clients and write bespoke policy submissions and briefings
Supervise the delivery of client work on multiple accounts by running internal account management meetings and supporting your project managers in reviewing progress, monitoring capacity and allocating tasks
Project manage activities focused on new business development, including marketing and managing new business generation pipelines
Identify opportunities to crosssell services between Hanover teams and offices
Expand your personal network through event attendance and relationship building
Very strong teamworking, collaboration and interpersonal skills
Prior public affairs experience within a consultancy or inhouse team
Understanding and experience of budgeting, managing pipelines and developing new business
Excellent knowledge of EU policy and decisionmaking process and a passion for politics and current affairs with a demonstrable understanding of their impact on business objectives
An existing network of either/or business, policy or political contacts
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

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 public holidays) and 5 discretionary days
Hospitalisation insurance
Group insurance, with a 5% employer's contribution
Ecocheques
Lunch vouchers
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, mental health awareness training for our leadership team
, 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 activity, 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.