Communications and Advocacy Trainee
EFIC - European Pain Federation
- Brussel
- Training
- Voltijds
- Governance e.g. Executive Board and Council meeting organisation;
- Volunteer management;
- Organising events and coordinating with external event organisers;
- Communications;
- Administrative management:
- IT;
- Legal;
- Financial.
- Communications;
- EU affairs;
- Events and association management roles;
- Non-profit and charitable sector;
- Medical societies.
- Assistance in the Federation’s communications activities:
- Drafting articles and press releases;
- Social media account use;
- Developing online and offline promotional materials;
- Update of website (WordPress);
- Use of newsletter tools (Mailchimp);
- Digital marketing and search engine optimisation actions;
- Building the Federation’s community and promotional database (CRM).
- Monitoring:
- Monitoring developments in the health policy sector relevant to pain;
- Attendance of and reporting on selected EU health policy events in Brussels;
- Monitoring developments in the pain medicine industry sector.
- Assistance in the Federation’s advocacy activities:
- Following policy developments and understanding the legislative process;
- Preparing for and supporting advocacy meetings;
- Organising public events with a political audience.
- Assistance with the organisation of Executive Board and Council meetings;
- Update and maintenance of databases and other information tools and templates on:
- The Federation’s chapters;
- Industry;
- Partner associations;
- EFIC promotional database.
- Assistance with logistics, materials, gifts, stationery etc.;
- General support to the Executive Secretary.
- Is interested in or has studied one of the following fields; communication, marketing, events management, political science, European affairs;
- Excellent written and spoken English;
- Familiarity with communications and social media tools and activities;
- Flexibility, willingness to learn and adapt;
- Ability to work independently and within a team;
- Analytical and critical thinker;
- Legal right to work in the European Union.
- Familiarity with WordPress;
- Familiarity with MailChimp;
- Understanding of digital marketing;
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, OneDrive and SharePoint;
- Working knowledge of other European languages;
- Good knowledge of IT systems generally;
- Interest in health, health communication, public health related matters and NGOs advocating for health;
- Interest in analysis and research.
- Understanding and defining a communications plan and coordinating an organisation’s communication channels;
- Gaining knowledge of how a volunteer-based organisation uses communications to achieve its objectives;
- Gaining experience in use of tools such as WordPress and Mailchimp on a professional basis;
- Understanding and defining an organisation’s style guide and learning to write in the format and style appropriate to an organisation;
- Gaining experience in compiling professional quality contacts databases with high value information and recommendations;
- Gaining experience in writing brief intelligence reports to inform other team members on developments;
- Gaining knowledge in association management;
- Gaining familiarity with and understanding of a working budget and operations timeline for a biennial meeting of over 3,000 attendees and a budget of over 1 million euros;
- Gaining experience in establishing basic events management processes such as defining timelines and checklists.
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