Disponibilità: Immediata

Candidature entro: 18 maggio 2015

Your main responsibilities will be to:

• develop and implement advocacy strategies on EU policies related to climate change and energy;
• maintain active relations with European institutions;
• interact, as required, with the Greenpeace European energy campaign, our global climate negotiations team, our global polar team, to provide EU strategic advice and policy expertise;
• partner with other NGOs and strategic allies to form common advocacy positions;
• draft briefings, letters and other advocacy materials;
• Act as a spokesperson for the media and in public fora.

Your skills and qualifications include:

• excellent policy analysis and strategic planning;
• at least 3 years of relevant professional experience;
• good knowledge of the decision-making processes of the EU institutions;
• experience in making change happen through public campaigns, and the ability to view environmental policy issues in terms of campaign opportunities;
• detailed understanding of climate change and energy policies;
• self-motivated, and stress-resistant;
• very good spoken and written English, and fluency in at least one other European language;
• used to working with people from different backgrounds;
• good networking skills;
• desire to actively contribute to the protection of the environment and to political change.

Application information:

Please email your application to european.unit@greenpeace.org and address it to Mr Stef Van den Eynde. Please write “Application Policy Strategist” in the subject line.

Please include:

• a CV of maximum two pages (no photos, please);
• a cover letter of no more than one page, outlining your motivation and including the date when you would be able to start;
• a short article (in the form of a ‘letter to the editor’ of no more than 500 words) on the theme “After Paris -prospects for climate policy in Europe in 2016”

The deadline for applications is 9 a.m. on Monday 18 May. The first round of interviews will take place in the week of 25 May.