Communications Officer

Cardno Emerging Markets, Belgium s.a. is seeking a Communications Officer who is available to work full time on the ongoing Executive Training Programme funded by the European Commission. The Communications Officer will be based in the Programme Coordination Office at Deloitte in Diegem, Belgium.

Job Description
The Communications Officer will work closely with the Project Manager of the Programme and its stakeholders. The specific tasks for the Communications Officer are:

• Planning and implementing Programme communication and promotion activities (develop and maintain mailing lists, e-newsletters, press releases, flyers, etc.);
• Maintaining the Programme website (texts, uploading of documents and pictures, monitoring website hits, etc.);
• Participating in selected trade fairs and conferences in Europe to promote the Programme;
• Liaising with and managing media relationships and monitoring media coverage;
• Coordinating activities with other Programme offices in Europe, Japan and Korea;
• Participating in regular management meetings with the Commission and other contractors;
• Organising and participating in annual coordination meetings in Brussels;
• Collecting and analysing information and data on the Programme progress;
• Preparing quarterly progress reports to the Commission.

The candidate shall have:

• Higher education in communication or related field;
• Minimum three years of relevant communication/PR experience, preferably in Brussels and at an international level;
• Excellent English writing skills (native level) and working knowledge of French;
• Experience in planning and organising promotion activities, including writing programme promotion texts in English, directing and selection of visuals, etc.;
• Good skills in website management, including practical experience in using a Content Management System (CMS) and HTML;
• Experience of managing social media communications tools and campaigns;
• Good knowledge of working with the press and managing media relations;
• Experience in working on projects financed by the European Commission;
• Understanding of market entry issues for EU companies.

Interested candidates should send their CV, highlighting the relevant experience to the job description, to: anne-catherine.nganpougue@cardnoem.com marked “ETP Communications Officer”.

Application deadline: Friday, 15 April 2011.

Expected start date: Monday, 16 May 2011.