Media and Communications internship – ECRE

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) is offering an 11-month Media & Communications internship,

starting preferably at the beginning of September 2015.

The assistant will support the Media & Communications Team in a wide range of tasks, including write articles for the ECRE Weekly Bulletin and contribute to maintaining and developing ECRE’s presence in social media. This is an exciting opportunity for people with a strong interest in asylum, refugees’ rights as well as media & communications.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Research and write articles and conduct interviews for the ECRE Weekly Bulletin and ECRE Website
• Monitor and evaluate press coverage (i.e. produce an annual press coverage report and a daily press review for distribution among the ECRE membership)
• Work with the Media & Communication team in developing ECRE’s social media presence
• Support the Media & Communications team in maintaining and developing the ECRE website
• Substantially contribute to the drafting of materials for the press, including press releases, background information for journalists, answers to media enquiries and other communications materials
• Undertake research on EU and national policies on asylum within tight deadlines
• Monitor relevant EU legislation and events in the asylum area
• Assist in the organisation of press conferences and Membership-related events or meetings
• Manage the media and ECRE members contacts database
• Assist with co-ordinating and developing the ECRE Media Officers Network
• Maintain a picture and video database
• Deal with general information requests
• Assist with miscellaneous tasks and projects as agreed with the Head of Communications

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Education and experience: University degree in a relevant area
• Knowledge of EU asylum issues
• Familiarity with social media tools
• Basic knowledge of HTML and experience with web-design is an advantage
• Familiarity with the EU legislative process
• Ability to present data and complex legal issues in a comprehensible and media-friendly language

Languages

• Fluent written and spoken English is essential
• Good knowledge of written and spoken French and / or German an advantage
• Working knowledge of other European languages is an advantage

Abilities

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet short deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to multi-task and prioritise between competing tasks
• Ability to work on own initiative and assume responsibility for tasks allocated
• Readiness and ability to travel within Europe
• Interest in and commitment to the aims of the organisation
• Enthusiastic individual with good sense of humor

Conditions
1. Starting in September 2015, paid internship for 11 months (brutto 751,00 euro)
(Belgian Contract – “Contrat belge d’immersion professionelle”).

2. The Media Intern will be entitled to 26 days annual leave if he or she has worked for the entire previous year in Belgium. If service during the previous year in Belgium is less than the full year, annual leave will be calculated pro rata. Regardless of the legal entitlement to annual leave in Belgium, ECRE will provide 6 days of extra-legal
holidays a year.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

The deadline for the receipt of application is 22 July 2015.

Read more and apply here.