ERTICO – ITS Europe

EU Projects Communications Officer

ERTICO – ITS Europe

Brussels, Belgium

ERTICO-ITS Europe is a public-private partnership with more than 120 Partners that drives forward innovation in Intelligent Transport Solutions (ITS) for a safer and more sustainable future for European citizens. At ERTICO, we thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing world and pride ourselves on promoting innovative technology solutions. We seek enthusiastic colleagues eager to further the cause of smart mobility and make a difference for a sustainable future.

We are currently seeking to recruit a full-time EU Projects Communications Officer to reinforce our Project Communication Team. 

Your role is to carry out communications activities for EU funded projects and supported platforms. Such activities include: drafting communication strategies, developing and implementing communications plans and material, drafting communications and dissemination-related project deliverables and reports, writing updates and articles for the project website and newsletters, online promotion, social media management, monitoring and analytics of communications channels with regard to project KPIs, and supporting events promotion.

Your main responsibilities

• Follow, adapt and prepare the communication strategy and plan, to be submitted as a project deliverable;
• Prepare & edit news items on project/platform objectives and achievements;
• Create project/platform promotional materials;
• Monitor and report on project communications activities and KPIs for submission to the EC;
• Liaise with external consortium partners and ERTICO I&D project responsible on project communications and liaise with WP leaders;
• Coordinate the design and production of communications material, including websites, videos, visual identity & logo, roll ups, brochures, document and presentation templates;
• Set up and run project/platform social media accounts;
• Support the coordination and planning of the communication & promotion of events.

The candidate should have

• At least two years of EU project communications experience in EC-funded programs (preferably in the field of mobility and sustainability e.g.: Urban Mobility, Mobility-as-a-Service, Connected and Automated, Data Spaces, etc.);
• Excellent writing/editing skills in English (near-native level);
• Excellent knowledge of Office 365, Communication and monitoring tools, including social media and website;
• Ability to multi-task and to work on different projects at the same time;
• Ability to understand and translate complex technical issues into clear messages for different audiences;
• Creative, proactive, organised and flexible;
• Ability to work on own initiative to implement new approaches to communicate;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, team spirited with the ability to interact within the ERTICO team and external stakeholders.

What we offer

• An excellent working opportunity in a dynamic and international team;
• An attractive extra-legal benefit package along with the salary;
• A strong cultural environment where values embrace everything we do to achieve our vision;
• A highly skilled team which is Cooperative, Open and Passionate;
• A Visionary working atmosphere which aims to be positively impactful for you, your skills and career development.

Please send your CV and application letter to recruitment@mail.ertico.com.

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