Eu Campaigns Assistant

**EU Campaigns Assistant**

Based: Brussels, Berlin, Paris or London

Contract: Full-time, permanent. Hybrid working arrangements are in place and flexible working arrangements can be considered.

Salary range and benefits: depending on location and experience €28,000-€38,000, depending on location and experience

Reporting to: EU Ocean Campaigns Lead

**Position overview**

This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF): one of the world's leading non-profits working at the intersection of environmental conservation and human rights. We are lean, agile, creative, strategic and most of all results-driven.

The EU Campaigns Assistant will provide essential campaign support to the EU Ocean Campaigns Lead, and as appropriate other members of the EU team, by undertaking research, writing, communications and outreach across different EJF campaigns, with the primary focus on achieving organisation’s ocean protection objectives in Europe. This is a challenging, fast-paced and varied role demanding meticulous attention to detail, creative thinking, an ability to quickly grasp new issues, and a ‘can do’ attitude.

The Campaigns Assistant will be part of the EJF EU Ocean Team, which plays a key role across the global organisation to drive the design and delivery of EJF’s major advocacy and campaigns efforts in Europe. We deliver an ambitious agenda, grounded in national-level change and impact. This role offers superb opportunities to learn and progress professionally within a high-impact international organisation. Join our world-leading professional team to help protect people, wildlife, and our shared natural world.

**Key responsibilities.**
- Conduct research across multiple issues, including new opportunities and developing campaign projects; research will include scientific, socio-economic, legal/policy and other areas that can be applied to campaigns and projects.
- Produce or support production of high-calibre advocacy and communications materials including policy briefings and reports; web-copy and blogs; speeches and presentations.
- Support new campaign scoping and advocacy strategy development, including through research into the target audiences and contacts for campaign outreach.
- Monitor key policy developments and identify emerging issues in the Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament and carry out advocacy and other campaign actions together with relevant campaigners.
- Represent EJF in external meetings and events with policymakers, industry, NGO and other expert or public audiences as requested by the EU Ocean Campaigns Lead.
- Support the EU team in establishing, managing, and maintaining relations with key decision-makers within the Commission, the European Parliament, and Member States’ representatives in Brussels.
- Support the development and setting up of tools that help the EU team to become more efficient in managing their priorities, relationships with policy makers and their reporting (e.g. contact databases).

**Essential skills and attributes**.
- At least one year of proven professional experience in research and/or political advocacy, ideally in environmental protection or related area.
- Outstanding research skills, intellectual and academic rigour. An ability to compile information and make it easily accessible to multiple audiences (including non-expert).
- Excellent writing and presentation skills with a meticulous attention to detail, precision and accuracy.
- Ability to build strong networks and relationships and interest in engaging with policymakers across the political spectrum, as well as civil society and industry representatives.
- Keen interest in politics at EU and national levels, and personal drive to understand the dynamics behind interest representation and decisions reached.
- Sound knowledge of the EU legislative processes and policy formulation.
- Excellent spoken and written English.
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to balance diverging demands and interests.
- Understanding that change is not easily won, but worth winning.

**Desirable skills.**
- Direct experience with EU decision making.
- In-depth knowledge of biodiversity conservation policies.
- Proficiency in other EU languages.

**We offer you.**
- Pay and benefits will be adjusted according to location._
- Annual leave that increases every year.
- Home office two days a week after completion of probationary period.
- Flexible working arrangements can be considered.
- Cycle to work programme.
- Other benefits depending on location.
- A highly motivated and open-minded team of committed colleagues and the opportunity to develop and implement compelling propositions that can deliver campaign and organisational goals.
- The position offers great opportunities for your professional growth and personal development in close collaboration with our diverse team in our offices across Europe, Africa and Asia.

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