Secretary / Administrative Assistant

The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) represents 8 million workers across Europe in the energy, water and waste sectors, health and social services and local and national administration. EPSU is a federation of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the recognised regional organisation of Public Services International (PSI).  EPSU advocates for decent work and quality public services for all.

EPSU is looking for an experienced (minimum 3 years), multilingual Secretary / Administrative Assistant to strengthen its team in Brussels.

Main Responsibilities:

• Planning, organization and follow-up of EPSU activities and events.  This includes preparing with the responsible policy officer(s) meeting documents, contacting participants and speakers, drafting correspondence, writing minutes etc
• Capacity to draft short texts and take notes
• Managing contacts and communication with members, in person and also including via the EPSU database and website
• Other tasks as required for the good functioning of the EPSU office

Essential Requirements

• Experience and interest in organising meetings and events
• Excellent spoken and written English (C2) plus good knowledge (C1) of German, Swedish or Russian.  Knowledge of other European languages will be an advantage
• Good IT knowledge (Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, CRM, Zoom)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good analytical, organisational and time-management skills
• Interest in social issues and trade union work

Interested candidates are requested to fill in the job application form that can be found on the following link : https://www.epsu.org/article/vacancy-secretary-administrative-assistant-1 and to send it to Nadine Janssen njanssen@epsu.org.

Offer:

Permanent contract – full time (35 hours/ week).

The starting salary will be in the range of 3.000 EUR monthly gross salary depending on experience, plus other legal and extra legal benefits according to our collective agreement.

Closing date for applications is midday on 23 May 2025.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted and that we aim to hold interviews in early June 2025.

EPSU is an equal opportunities employer.

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