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Communications Assistant

Posted
Reference   (Please mention Stopdodo/Environment Jobs in your application)
Sectors Sustainability, Climate, CSR, EMS
Location Germany (South) - Europe
Town/City Freiburg
Salary Additional Information € 700 i.e. about € 500 after tax and social insurance fees (room rents in Freiburg start around € 250 per month)
Type Temporary / Contract / Seasonal
Status Full Time
Level Voluntary & Interns
Deadline 15/06/2009
Company Name Local Governments for Sustainability
Contact Name
Email jobs@iclei-europe.org
Website Further Details / Applications
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Description

The European Secretariat of ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability seeks to fill an internship position of Communications Assistant in its Information Services team.

Information Services offers a wide range of services to the organisation, providing communication and technical services. The internship will offer a wide range of activities, focusing on ICLEI’s corporate information services, as well as communication work on European projects.

Tasks

- Writing, compiling and editing news, articles, press releases; e.g. uploading and co-ordinating daily news contributions, compiling and disseminating the ICLEI in Europe News e-newsletter and assisting with the production of ICLEI’s European Circular;

- Extensive involvement in the redevelopment of the iclei-europe.org webpage;

- Editing and quality control of project websites

- Writing and editing of information material, such as leaflets and brochures;

- Expansion, quality control and maintenance of communication database;

- Contributing to project development and fund-raising for international information and communication projects on urban sustainability;

- General assistance (such as correspondence, translation, minute writing, preparing information stands, etc.).

Skills required

- Education: Academic degree in Journalism, Communications, international relations

or other relevant field:

- Computer skills: Ease of use with all Microsoft Office applications, databases,

some web editing experience (Typo3 or other CMS), Desktop publishing software;

- Organisational skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (orally

and in writing), ability to write in a range of styles, precision and ability

to be self-organised within a complex team, confident manner when dealing with

project partners;

- Languages: near native command of English, ideally mother tongue, further languages

welcome.

- Aptitude for creativity: graphic design skills, in terms of desktop publishing

and image processing welcome;

- Previous work experiences in an international organisation, local government

or NGO are desirable.

A quick learner with a positive attitude is ideally suited to this position.

Conditions

- Limited contract, duration from 10 August 2009 until 09 February 2010 (6 months)

- ICLEI offers a modest internship salary of € 700, i.e. about € 500 after tax

and social insurance fees (room rents in Freiburg start around € 250 per month)

- Place of work: ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

- Workings hours: 40/week, six weeks of paid leave per annum (i.e. three weeks

for six months)

- Working language: English

- Applicants must hold EU citizenship or valid EU resident permit. Applications

not meeting this condition can unfortunately not be considered

- Deadline for application: 15 June 2009. Be aware that applications are reviewed

continuously upon arrival, therefore application as soon as possible is advisable!

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