RT-S/DG-CDO/00041 Communication and Event Management Officer

Package Description

Full details on application.

Fixed Term contract until 11/02/2019​.

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

Main Responsibilities

For our activities in ESOC, we are currently looking for a Communication and Event Management Officer that will cover the following tasks:

•  Maintenance of regular contacts with media, including social media;

•  Maintenance of a dedicated media and VIP management database (Convento) within access rights granted;
•  Organisation of media and special events, including briefing of speakers and follow-up of requests from media;
•  Set-up of outreach events agreed in the ESA communication plan;
•  Support to launch and mission events;
•  Execution of events and tasks defined in partnerships and cooperation agreements; 
•  Support to social media campaigns;
•  Handling of media requests and country desk web pages; 
•  Set up of exhibitions related to OPS matters and country desk needs; 
•  Detailed conceptual plan for the implementation of the events. 
 

Successful Candidate

Specific Competence Requirements:
•  Good knowledge and at least four years’ experience in the following areas:
o  International Media and Social media, and
o  Science, engineering or technological communication. A good synthesis ability and a basic understanding and interest for science is needed;
•  Good spoken and written English and German and French;
•  Master degree in Journalism, Communication, Business Administration or Political Sciences;
•  Good interaction skills and capacity to work under stressful situations;
•  A fair knowledge in the following areas will be considered an additional advantage:
o  Web applications,
o  Audio-visual tools;
o  Graphic design and layout
•  A high-level of flexibility, good organisational and communication skills;
•  High degree of (desktop) computer literacy - MS-Office products, publishing software and social media channels.

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Important

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About The Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you