Junior Communications Officer (Remote)

Are you outgoing, hands-on and hungry for a challenge? Do you have a first experience in communications and you dream of a job in a small and dynamic team making real impact on the digital policy landscape? Do you believe that Europe’s future depends on the success of its small and medium digital enterprises? If you answered yes to these questions, The European DIGITAL SME Alliance is the place for you!

As a successful candidate, you have excellent English-writing and design skills, a passion for tech and for supporting Europe’s digital sovereignty.

Your role

As our new Junior Communications Officer, you will support the Events and Communications Manager on the following tasks:

• Managing the organisation’s social media accounts and communication campaigns;
• Drafting articles, press releases, social media posts and newsletters;
• Creating infographics and images for the website, booklets and other communication material;
• Managing WordPress website back office: update pages, create/edit posts, etc;
• Developing and maintaining the Association’s contacts database;
• Regularly monitor policy updates and prepare weekly briefings;
• Contributing to draft the Association’s public statements and position papers;
• Organising events, meetings, workshops, etc. both online and in-person;
• Preparing briefing materials for public events and meetings.

Requirements

• Excellent level of spoken and written English, including a refined and contemporary writing style;
• Excellent proofreading and editing skills in English;
• A first experience with social media and press communications;
• Experience in editing visual material (Adobe or Affinity suite or similar);
• A team-player attitude and a positive, proactive approach to work, including the willingness to learn new (digital) skills and overcome challenges.

Desirable skills

• Understanding of and interest in EU digital policies and initiatives
• Previous experience in members-driven business associations
• Experience with CMS (WordPress). Knowledge of HTML and CSS is a plus;
• Experience with a CRM software (preferably CiviCRM) is a plus;
• Fluency in another European language is an asset, especially French and German;
• Experience with video-editing software is a plus.

Work Conditions

As our Junior Communications Officer, you will be part of an international and dynamic team. Our office is in the heart of the EU district in Brussels, easily accessible by public transportation. Since the pandemic, we have established a hybrid work model, where the team works partly from the office, partly remotely. Flexible working hours are also part of the deal – the Alliance’s organisational culture is result- rather than control-driven.

We offer a permanent full-time contract and a competitive salary and benefit package in line with your skills and level of experience.

Short missions abroad within the EU may be required (around 1-2 days per month).

The European DIGITAL SME Alliance is committed to workplace diversity and inclusion of people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and experiences. We strongly encourage qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply!

Application procedure

Please send your application by email to jobs@digitalsme.eu, subject: “VACANCY/JCO25”, including the following documents and information:

• CV (Europass template)
• Cover letter (one page maximum)
• Desired net salary/month
• Earliest date of availability to start the job
• Names and contact details of two references (will not be contacted before having the agreement of the candidate)

Deadline for applications: 20th January 2025

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Only applications including all the above-mentioned documents and information will be considered. Please read this vacancy notice carefully and only apply if you fulfill the key requirements! In your cover letter, please focus on your technical and professional experience as it relates to this vacancy, in addition to your motivation and interest for the Alliance’s work. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Privacy disclaimer: DIGITAL SME ensures a GDPR-compliant treatment of your personal data. Please note, we might keep your CV and all the information provided in your application, so that we can contact you in the future should a similar position open again. If you don’t want your data to be retained, please indicate this in your application.