Senior Associate, Internal Communications

European Climate Foundation

Any ECF location, Belgium

Corporate Communications

Company Description

About the European Climate Foundation

The European Climate Foundation (ECF) is a major philanthropic initiative working to foster the net-zero transition and ensure a healthy, thriving planet for current and future generations. We support over 700 partner organisations to drive progress towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, promote practical policymaking in response to the climate crisis, and broaden political and public support for climate action. We strive for a positive, people-centred and socially responsible climate transition in Europe and around the world.

Position

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Associate to help build up the ECF’s internal communications, with a specific focus on our organisational transformation projects. This is a project-based, temporary role designed to support the ECF during a period of organisational change. The precise length of contract will be determined in line with national regulations (please see more on this below).

Our key objectives for this role include:

Supporting change management, with a special focus on organisational transformation projects taking place in 2025-2026
Building up our internal communications function, helping employees better understand the ECF strategy and their role in delivering it
Ensuring employee understanding of key operational, financial and programme developments, especially those taking place in 2025-2026
Engaging and motivating employees around shared organisational values and culture
Improving knowledge-sharing across the organisation

You will be part of our Corporate Communications team, reporting to the Corporate Communications Manager. You will also work closely with our CEO office, Management Team, internalTransformation Office,HR, Operations & Finance, and other teams across the organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Drive internal communications around our organisational transformation projects to help ensure successful change management, in collaboration with our Transformation Office and other teams.
Support executive communications and internal comms events, with a special focus on organisational transformation topics(Ask Me Anythings, all-staff webinars, all-staff retreat, etc.). This includes advising on the agenda and approach, creating support materials, ensuring follow-up, and helping cascade communications to different internal audiences.
Help build up our internal communications function and structure during a time of organisational change. This includes:
Devising and implementing ways to ensure that employees understand our organisational vision, strategy, and key priorities, and their role in delivering it.
Developing trainings and other materials to set best practices and strengthen leaders’ own internal communications skills.
Collaborating with HR to help build employee engagement and a positive, shared organisational culture; create the right conditions for teams to do their work best; and devise tools to gather feedback and track engagement, well-being and success of our internal comms initiatives.
Supporting and/or advising on different teams’ internal communications needs, especially those related to our organisational transformation projects
Improving our knowledge management system (SharePoint), in collaboration with our IT team and Transformation Office
Manage and improve our internal comms tools and channels (calendar, SharePoint, biweekly internal newsletters, etc.)
Create and/or edit internal communications content to support various initiatives (e.g.talking points, video content, visual materials, etc.)

Requirements

Desired experience and competencies:

A genuine interest in the mission and values of the organisation
At least 5 years of experience (preference for experience in internal communications and/or change management communication).
Writing and communication skills:
Outstanding, native-level English skills (written and verbal), with the ability to translate complex, dense and/or sensitive materials into clear, engaging communications
Seeks to figure out how to best communicate with people with different backgrounds, perspectives, needs and expectations
An aptitude for visual/ audiovisual communications would be highly appreciated
Stakeholder and relationship management: engages, persuades and collaborates effectively with a range of stakeholders from different cultures, backgrounds and seniority levels. Capacity to effect change by convincing others to pursue a course of action
Collaborative: Works effectively with a range of employees and teams based in different locations from across the organisation
Innovative: seeks to question the status quo; as well as improve systems and processes to make their role and the organisation more efficient
Proactive and organised: sets and focuses on key priorities; successfully manages multiple tasks and projects with competing deadlines
IT skills: proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, especially PowerPoint; familiarity with knowledge management systems, newsletter/CRM and design software such as Adobe InDesign or Canva would be appreciated

Other information

What we can offer you

The opportunity to work as part of a highly dynamic, international group of individuals whocombine their passion to make a difference with a rigorous and results-oriented approach to work
A flexible work environment and a space to develop and challenge yourself
A full-time, fixed term contract of at least two years. The precise length of contract will be determined in line with national regulation.

Start date

ASAP

Location

Brussels, Berlin, Budapest, the Hague, London, or Warsaw, with a preference for Brussels.

Working permit valid is essential for any of those locations. Please note that we cannot accept applicants who are based in other locations.

How to apply

Please upload your CV (no more than 2 pages) and a short motivational letter (no more than 1 page).

Deadline for applications: 31 January 2025.

All applications will be treated confidentially. We will store your information in our internal database unless you specifically request otherwise.