Policy and Advocacy Officer

EUROCITIES

Brussels, Belgium

Eurocities, the network of major European cities, is recruiting a policy officer to work in the field of advocacy.

The candidate should start no later than March 2025.

Responsibilities

As a policy officer, you will support some of the environment and mobility working groups, and support the more transversal work of the Heads of Advocacy, as part of the advocacy team at the Eurocities Brussels office.

As part of our team, you will ensure that Eurocities effectively represents the interests of Europe’s largest cities to the EU institutions, making sure that cities have a voice in the EU policy-making process and that local officials understand the impact of EU affairs on their daily activities.

In this role, you will:

Support the Heads of Advocacy in outreach activities such as meeting with members of the European institutions, support mayor’s briefing or mapping strategic stakeholders;
Facilitate the active participation of members in Eurocities and EU activities, and ensure effective communication to members and more widely through the various channels available;
Provide support to the work of working groups on waste & circular economy, air quality and zero emission mobility'
Prepare the working groups agendas with the WG Chairs, invite the speakers, liaise with the event team on the logistics, moderate the discussions, draft follow-up action points, etc.;
Establish and maintain an open, regular, and trusting relationship with Chair(s) (cities’ representatives) of working groups;
Ensure that any potential synergies with other policy areas, projects, and communications activities of Eurocities are developed through coordination with relevant colleagues;
Support Eurocities general policy and project work as well as other activities in line with the overall objectives.

Profile

You are an experienced professional who is full of initiative, self-driven, curious, creative, flexible and results-oriented.

The skills and experience to do this job successfully include:

At least 1 year of professional experience working on European policy, ideally in a policy area relevant for European cities, acquired either in the EU institutions or as part of a NGOs, members-based association or in the private sector;
A master’s degree or equivalent in political science, EU law, international relations, urban development, knowledge of environmental and mobility transformation topics and issues;
Experience in organising effective meetings and events, ideally in a membership association;
Good knowledge of urban policies and cities in general, including the role of cities in the EU;
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English;
Problem-solving approach;
Very strong organisation and planning skills;
Experience working autonomously and as part of a team;
Organised & accurate, able to meet deadlines;
Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.

Assets

Knowledge on environmental and mobility stakes at local level;
A thorough understanding of the EU institutions, decision-making processes, and funding instruments.

We are looking for candidates who fulfil most of these criteria, but do not hesitate to apply if you think that you could be a good fit for the position.

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