Communications Assistant Internship

Position description

PROFILE

• Native or near-native level of English;
• Good writing and proofreading skills;
• Interest in communications, homelessness and housing;
• Eye for detail;
• Analytical thinking;
• Pro-active worker;
• Willing to learn.

Advantageous:

• Knowledge of other EU languages;
• Professional/volunteer experience or academic understanding of homelessness;
• Previous experience and/or studies in communications;
• Basic design skills.

TASKS

The following list should be used as a reference. In no way will the intern be asked to fulfil all the tasks below simultaneously. There will also be a certain flexibility according to the interests and learning objectives of the successful candidate:

Social media & community management:

• Researching and pro-actively proposing topics for social media posting;
• Drafting and scheduling social media posts;
• Researching and creating appropriate creative material to accompany the post;
• Designing visuals with Canva;
• Intervening in comments where relevant (with help from the Communications officers);
• Basic video editing.

Reputation management and information research (together with the communications officers):

• Scanning international media on topics related to FEANTSA’s work and on EU political climate;
• Scouting for opportunities (political context, events, etc.) where FEANTSA could try to jump in to get their messages across.

Internal communications:

• Pro-actively sharing information/content of interest with policy staff and/or the communications officers.

Other tasks:

• Contributing to the drafting of the monthly newsletter;
• Potential assistance with the organisation of events;
• Website management;
• Proofreading FEANTSA’s biannual magazine and documents drafted by the Policy Officers;
• Supporting campaign work when applicable.

Application instructions

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