EU Advocacy and Networking Officer

Eurodad is looking for an EU Advocacy and Networking Officer to support and strengthen Eurodad’s advocacy work on debt justice and development finance, with a focus on EU institutions.

Deadline: 16 January 2022, 23h59 CET

The EU Advocacy and Networking Officer will focus particularly on advocacy in EU institutions and support our member’s advocacy efforts at national level in European countries.

The EU Advocacy and Networking Officer will help to ensure that Eurodad builds strong and effective coalitions for change, and help to empower civil society organisations in Europe and beyond, to conduct effective advocacy towards the EU, European national governments and, to a lesser extent, other international institutions. The role involves network strengthening and outreach, coordination, information sharing, and supporting capacity development and engagement in Eurodad’s advocacy strategies and actions on debt justice and development finance.

The ideal candidate

The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of European institutions and experience in advocacy at European and international level. The candidate should balance excellent organisation and coordination skills with strong interpersonal communication in a multicultural context, and the ability to plan, organise and implement on their own initiative. They will be excited to work at the cutting edge of development finance policy campaigns for transformative change, and have experience of working with advocacy-focussed civil society groups or similar organisations.

Key contacts: Eurodad colleagues, Eurodad members and other civil society organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, academics and think tanks, officials in organisations such as the European Commission and Parliament, United Nations, World Bank and IMF.
Contract & location: Brussels-based, permanent contract. Gross annual salary range between €52,8k – €56,7k (incl. vouchers, holiday pay and end of year bonus), depending on skills and experience. Attractive benefits package including additional days leave, complementary Hospitalisation, Ambulatory and Dental insurance (DKV), meal, eco, gift and culture-vouchers, working from home allowance, trainings, public transport allowance, travel insurance and contribution to a complementary private pension plan.

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Application instructions

Apply to the EU Advocacy and Networking Officer position via Formstack

Please carefully read the attached role profile and the detailed instructions below. We are a small organisation and have designed these instructions to reduce the administrative burden on our team so we can devote more time to our vital work. Therefore, we regret that we will ONLY accept applications that respect these instructions and will exclude applicants who submit general cover letters.

Use the form at the bottom of the page to upload your CV of 2 pages maximum along with a cover letter of 1 page maximum in English. This letter should be properly formatted, clearly and concisely written, set out why you match the job description, and where you saw the vacancy.

Fill in the required data in the form and upload your CV and cover letter in the designated fields. Make sure that the 2 files you are uploading have the following names: Surname_FirstName_CV and Surname_FirstName_CoverLetter; e.g. if Peter Bloggs applied for the job we would expect files with the following names: Bloggs_Peter_CV and Bloggs_Peter_CoverLetter

Eurodad will collect and store your resume and contact details. We process this data for recruitment purposes only. We are storing this data in our Applicant Tracking System, which stores data in the U.S and is fully compliant with EU data protection laws, and we will not share it with anyone else. We would like to keep this data until our open role is filled. We cannot estimate the exact time period, but we will consider this period as coming to an end when a candidate accepts our job offer for the position for which we are considering you. When that period is over, we will either delete your data or inform you that we will keep it in our database for future roles.

Here’s a link to our privacy policy. In this policy, you will find information about our compliance with GDPR (data protection law.) You can find how to send us a request to let you access your data that we have collected, request us to delete your data, correct any inaccuracies or restrict our processing of your data. You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle your data with Belgian Privacy Commission or you can contact Jeronimo Ruiz Victoria at [email protected] for more information or concerns.

You should receive a confirmation e-mail after successfully submitting an application. If you don’t receive this e-mail in the 12 hours after submitting your application please contact us at [email protected] so we can check if your application was successfully submitted.

Application deadline: Sunday 16 January 2022, 23h59 CET

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About Eurodad

The European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) is a network of 60 civil society organisations (CSOs) in 29 European countries, advocating for democratically-controlled, gender-just and human rights-based financial and economic systems. With an excellent track-record in achieving change, Eurodad is a progressive and open-minded employer, mindful of the well-being of its employees.

Eurodad is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all position without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. All employment decisions are made entirely on merit. We strongly encourage persons with disabilities to apply.

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