Policy Officer on Climate and Energy

Organization Hiring:

European Environmental Bureau

Brussels

Belgium

Summary:

The Policy Officer will be based at the EEB headquarters in Brussels and will report to

the EEB Policy Director.

She/he will focus on climate and energy issues with particular emphasis on the

review and revision of the F-Gas Regulation. Other tasks will include work on the

implementation and review of the Energy Efficiency Directive in addition to tracking

developments on EU climate policy in general.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the relevant topics and carry out specific indepth research where required;

• Lead the formulation of EEB policy and strategy on the relevant topics and draft

EEB positions;

• Advocate before policymakers on administrative and legislative matters, including

before the European Commission, European Parliament, the Council of the

European Union, and Member States;

• Network with EEB members to promote activities to influence EU decision-making

in the relevant fields, in particular coordinating the EEB Working Groups on F-Gases

and Energy Savings;

• Collaborate, coordinate and exchange information with actual and potential

partners (e.g. Green 10, Coalition for Energy Savings, Green Budget Europe);

• Publicly present and defend EEB’s positions, including with the media, in

collaboration with the Policy Director and the Press and Publications Officer; and

• Provide input to general EEB documents and processes (e.g. memoranda to

Presidencies, reports to EEB Board, relevant web pages, etc).

Qualities and Experiences sought:

• Have a relevant academic degree (additional work experience may be accepted

in lieu of this);

• Have at least two years of work experience with EU environmental policy,

preferably but not necessarily with NGOs, including analysis and formulation of

policy;

• Have in-depth familiarity with climate and energy issues and a good

understanding of key elements of EU environmental legislative processes;

• Be capable of understanding and presenting, in written and oral form, the key

scientific, economic and legal dimensions of the relevant topics;

• Have a sound grasp of the operation of EU institutions and EU environmental law; 2

• Have good communications and networking skills;

• Speak and write English fluently, with fluency in other EU languages being

considered an asset;

• Be well organized and able to work independently and as part of a team;

• Be prepared to work outside normal office hours if necessary and to travel at short notice.

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