The S&D Group in the European Parliament is recruiting an

EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF PRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS (F/M),

Temporary Agent (grade AD9)

Duties:
The person selected will be responsible for the press and communications activities of the S&D Group. He/she will advise the Secretary General and senior Group members, in particular the Group President and Vice-President responsible for communications, on press and communications activities and propose media and campaign initiatives designed to strengthen the impact of the Group on public opinion.

He/she will be responsible for the overall communications strategy of the Group and for maintaining a dynamic, innovative and proactive service for members, journalists and other actors in the media sector. He/she will liaise with journalists, particularly in the EU accredited press corps, maintain regular contacts with the Group's delegation press staff and make full use of new media tools. He/she will also direct and oversee the development of the Group's website, new and innovative communication tools, the production of publicity materials and proposal of campaign ideas. He/she will have the ability to manage, supervise, lead and coordinate a team involved with press and communications. He/she will also exercise good budgetary and financial management.

Candidates must fulfil the following conditions:
Be a national of an EU member state and must have a university degree and subsequent professional experience of at least 10 years in the area of press and communications, a very good knowledge of Community mechanisms and European institutions, strong news judgement and ability to write well and journalistically, ability to manage, supervise, lead and coordinate a team; experience of working in a multinational environment; good knowledge of European media and European politics.

Candidates must have an excellent knowledge of one of the official languages of the European Union. For working purposes, a thorough knowledge of one of the Group's working languages (English, French, German or Spanish) and a good knowledge of one other of these working languages is required.

The selection procedure will be on the basis of qualifications and tests. The successful candidate will be recruited as a temporary agent in the AD 9 grade.

Those interested can find all the necessary information in the Notice of Recruitment on the EP S&D Group website (www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu) together with the application form. These documents can also be obtained on request from the S&D Group in the European Parliament, Human Resources Unit, 60 rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels - Fax n° +32 2 284 69 71 quoting reference AD 2/2011.