COMMUNICATION AND PROJECT ASSISTANT

Primary responsibilities project management support (50%):

• Creating timelines and contributing to effective planning of funded project activities.
• Monitoring budgets of EU-funded projects and tracking team members’ time dedication consistently, systematically, and coherently.
• Supporting team members in completing tasks, drafting, and submitting reports.
• Oversee and implement the communication and dissemination tasks of projects.
• Support organising conferences, events, meetings, and other activities linked to projects.
• Providing communication support to Processes4Planet projects.

Communications activities and providing value to members (50%)

• Create a yearly Communication Plan and track its implementation,
• Manage and enhance the Association’s external communication channels (website, social media, newsletters, etc.),
• Operate members-only collaboration tools (e.g. SharePoint),
• Manage internal communication with company members by operating the existing tools or suggesting new ideas.
• Generate and write content for social media, news releases, newsletters, bulletins, etc.
• Prepare presentations and small publications and manage relations with providers.
• Support to facilitate networking activities
• Organise participation in external conferences, and support with organization of internal events (conferences, workshops, webinars, etc.).

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree in project management, communications, public relations, business administration or related studies.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in positions dealing with the tasks described for this position, with excellent performance.
• Experience with EU funds is an asset.

Your key skills:

• An energetic person with a hands-on approach, task-oriented with attention to detail
• Team player with a cooperative spirit
• Ability to work in a small core team and diverse virtual teams with people across organizational boundaries and several countries/regions.
• Outstanding organisation and prioritization skills with a capacity to retro plan and fulfil strict deadlines.
• High-quality results and output oriented.
• Capacity to work with complexity and to juggle a variety of tasks flexibly and proactively.
• Creative problem-solving skills, able to anticipate needs and deliver your work autonomously

Technical skills and languages:

• Strong skills in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and collaborative online tools (e.g. SharePoint).
• Experience in project management.
• Excellent spoken and written English. Other languages are an asset.