Senior Communications Officer

Position description

REScoop.eu is currently looking for a Senior Communications Officer to join its team in Brussels.

About REScoop.eu:

REScoop.eu is the European federation of energy communities and represents over 2.500 energy communities and 2 million citizens across Europe.

REScoop.eu follows up on relevant policy issues, represents the voice of energy communities towards European policy and decision makers and promotes the cooperative energy business model. We support the start-up of new grassroots initiatives and provide services to our members. While our team represents a variety of different nationalities, our working language is English.

Job opportunity:

As a Senior Communications Officer, you will be integrated into our growing communications team and contribute to the core communication activities of our association. Reporting to the Head of Communications, the Senior Communications Officer plays a central role in strengthening the visibility and reputation of REScoop.eu. The position combines operational and strategic communication tasks, with a high degree of autonomy, expertise and responsibility. The role includes internal communication, member communication and project communication in EU projects.

Signing up for the position of Senior Communications Officer provides an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to shaping tomorrow’s energy system and providing opportunities for local actors.

Here’s a breakdown of some key aspects:

• Acting as project communications lead for one or more EU-funded projects (reporting, consortium meetings, deliverables, keeping track of project expenditures);
• Effectively disseminating outputs generated by the federation, its projects and members (e.g, policy papers, reports, press releases, stories) to targeted audiences;
• Managing REScoop.eu’s social media accounts, including content creation, scheduling and engagement analysis;
• Coordinating with service providers to improve and add features to the Energy Communities Platform and REScoop.eu website;
• Designing engaging and creative visuals to support messaging using tools such as Adobe Photoshop or Canva;
• Writing articles for the REScoop.eu website, collecting input from the team, REScoop.eu’s projects and partners;
• Conducting capacity building activities for members, such as workshops or training sessions on communication topics;
• Regularly updating the REScoop.eu website and the Energy Community Platform by uploading articles, resources, members information, policy papers to the back-end of these websites (Craft CMS and WordPress resp,);
• Supporting the Communications Manager in developing and implementing the federation’s communications strategy.

Qualifications

• You have a minimum of 4 years’ experience in communications work;
• You know how to run an organisation’s communications operations;
• You have strong project management skills;
• You are familiar with website management systems (craft cms/wordpress) and (social) media monitoring tools;
• You have a Master’s degree in communications/media relations/public relations or a similar subject area;
• You are an outstanding team player who is ready to work in an international environment;
• You have a strong will for goal achievement and a high efficiency rate;
• You can work independently and proactively, handle responsibilities and respect deadlines;
• You have outstanding communication and English language skills, both written and spoken;
• Experience working with traditional graphic design tools such as Adobe Photoshop is a plus;
• You are willing to travel within Europe;
• You are interested in renewable and sustainable energy. Understanding of the cooperative business model is a plus;
• You have EU citizenship or have the right to work in the EU.

Our offer:

• The opportunity to help us change tomorrow’s energy system;
• A meaningful position in a progressive, international and dynamic working environment;
• The ability to self-organise work with flexible working conditions;
• A starting one-year contract in Brussels, Belgium;
• A full-time position;
• A competitive remuneration package.

Application instructions

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