Policy Officer Public Relations

The European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management e.V. (CoE) is looking for a Policy Officer Public Relations (f/m/div) in full-time. The position is foreseen to be filled as soon as possible. The position is initially limited to two years. The place of work is Berlin. The Berlin-based CoE was opened in September 2020 during the German EU Council Presidency upon the initiative of the Federal Foreign Office. Its aim is to strengthen civilian crisis management. The CoE is a service provider for EU Member States and EU institutions, especially the European External Action Service (EEAS), supporting them in their efforts to strengthen civilian crisis management capabilities. It is a knowledge hub for the collection and exchange of national models and experiences ("good practices") and for the development of concrete ideas and practices on how European civilian crisis management can be further developed. The CoE currently has 22 members, all of them EU Member States. Under the overall supervision of the Director, the Policy Officer Public Relationsis assigned to the Head of Director’s Office and has under their supervision the Junior Policy Officer Public Relations as well as a Student Assistant. The Policy Officer for Public Relations is also responsible for advising and supporting the CoE members with regards to their strategic communication efforts on civilian CSDP. **The main tasks of the Policy Officer Public Relations are**: 1) Continuous development of the CoE’s communication strategy, and its implementation 2) Take charge of all public relations and communications activities of the CoE - Leading on content development and production for CoE website and social media. Regular updating of website in CMS Typo3 and updating social media and Wikipedia accounts - Work with and support CoE colleagues in PR and Comms related to their respective portfolios - Developing content for stakeholders, informing them about the CoE’s work on civilian crisis management. E.g., fact sheets, infographics, and photos - Conceptualising and delivering audio-visual media such as podcasts and videos 3) Analysis of and advice on (the adaptation of) good practices in national strategic communication activities of EU Member States - Work with and in support of EU Member States in their efforts to improve national strategic communication in civilian CSDP, through providing them with operational guidance and expertise on strategic communication (“tailored solutions” e.g., on national communication, strategy, action and implementation plans) - Outreach to CoE members and their line ministries and agencies, civilian CSDP Missions, EEAS, EU institutions and agencies, international organisations such as NATO, UN, OSCE, AU and any other relevant external actors, for instance civil society and academia, on crosssector conceptual issues related to communications 4) Supervision of the Public Relations team (Junior Policy Officer Public Relations, Student Assistant) 5) Planning and budgeting of the Public Relations department’s annual work and financial plan 6) Carry out other tasks as necessary **Required profile**: - Experience in drafting, implementing, adapting and evaluating a communication strategy and managing its respective tools for (or within) an organisation in a relevant field, ideally in an international political context - Substantive experience in the development of strategic communication campaigns and concepts and the production of audio-visual outputs - Master’s degree in Communications, Media, International Relations, Business Administration or similar fields of study, alternatively substantive professional experience in an area topical to PR - Substantive experience in producing and editing high quality texts, posts, photos, videos and podcasts - Being well versed in using social media, particularly Twitter including its features (Spaces etc.) - Experience in using Adobe Creative Suite and/or similar software packages - Experience in editing and publishing website content through a Content Management System, preferably Typo3 - Experience in Canva and Hootsuite - Excellent organisational and team-working skills, diplomatic skills - Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines and to manage multiple tasks and unexpected demands - Excellent command of written and oral English - Ability and readiness to take into account aspects of gender equality and human rights in the execution of tasks - Eligibility to work in Germany (e.g., EU citizenship, a valid work-permit or job-seeker visa for Germany or the EU, etc.) - Experience in a leadership role is an advantage - General knowledge of European issues, especially CSDP, is an advantage - Experience in working in or with a ministerial / national administration environment is an advantage - Knowledge of German is an advantage **Our offer**: - A position of responsibility with room for manoeuvre in a young and dynamic organisa