Advocacy and Events Officer

Position description

Job Purpose

The Advocacy and Events Officer helps organising and coordinating events as well as ECFR’s advocacy priorities.

Main responsibilities

• Planning, tracking, evaluating, and reporting of events in coordination with national offices, programmes and the development team;
• Actively assist in the organisation of the Annual Council Meeting (with a focus on logistics) in coordination with the Deputy Director, the advocacy and the communication teams;
• Prepare communications strategies for events in coordination with communications team;
• Consult on and assist in setting up events and briefings across the organisation;
• Logistics and planning for centrally supported flagship events;
• Support team as needed on admin & logistics (incl. campaigns, retreat project planning, tracking of expenses for comms and advocacy budget, and monthly card reporting);
• Supporting the programme work in planning and coordination;
• Maintaining events and advocacy Intranet pages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in management, public relations, communications, or related area;
• At least 2 years’ experience in planning, managing, and implementing events and other advocacy projects (incl. budgetary management skills);
• Good time management, problem-solving, multi-tasking and interpersonal skills;
• Very good writing and editing skills;
• Proficiency in all Microsoft 365 software – additional experience with project management software a bonus;
• English on native level (with excellent editing and proof-reading skills);
• Organisational skills with a good eye for detail;
• An ability to work under pressure, independently and constructively in a team;
• Excellent communication skills (you should be comfortable communicating with other departments, program partners and the public);
• Can-do and solution-oriented attitude, curiosity, and willingness to learn;
• Knowledge of international relations and an understanding of think tank work;
• Experience of working in an international environment is an asset.

Application instructions

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