Team Assistant (f/m/d)

In the 2020-2030 decade, Europe will lead the way towards climate-neutrality. In December 2019, all EU institutions – the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council – jointly subscribed to the “European Green Deal”: Europe’s first comprehensive economic development, modernisation and innovation strategy that puts reducing greenhouse gas emissions and resource use centre-stage to achieve climate-neutrality continent-wide by 2050 at the latest.

Climate-neutrality in maximum 30 years requires fast and in part radical reforms in all sectors of the economy. How will Europe’s energy system look like in 2030 and 2050? Which aspects of the transition are particularly important? Some of these questions can be answered with certainty, others require in-depth analysis, thinking ahead and pragmatic solutions to enable decision-makers and stakeholders take informed choices.

Agora Energiewende develops evidence-based strategies for ensuring the success of Europe’s clean energy transition.As independent and non-partisan think tank and policy laboratory, we analyse upcoming challenges, share knowledge with decision-makers and stakeholders and enable a productive exchange of ideas. We work directly in Brussels and Berlin and - together with our network of partner think tanks - also in other European capitals and overseas.

We are seeking to recruit a Brussels-based team assistant to support our Team Europe colleagues in their work, including specific support to the Success Stories to climate neutrality project.

Are you a person who is good at organising and planning, with strong self-initiative, and excellent multicultural people skills? You also have an interest in climate protection and clean energy? And you have some experience of working with budgets and tracking processes? Then we would like to get to know you better.

• Helping to ensure a functioning back-office for approximately 8-10 colleagues,
• Support for the organisation of workshops and conferences,
• Working with other team assistants (Brussels, Berlin) to facilitate work within Team Europe,
• Financial tracking and administrative support for projects in conjunction with project leads, and
• Administrative support for the Success Stories project in particular, including
  • reaching out to various participants to arrange preparatory meetings;
  • following up with participants, prior to and after our collaboration;
  • supporting the online publication process;
  • supporting budget tracking.

• An opportunity to work in a mission-driven, highly motivated, and professional team;
• A hybrid work environment, with access to a comfortable office space in a central Brussels location and a good homeoffice setup;
• Diverse experiences, including professional relationships with colleagues and experts from a variety of countries around the globe, and supporting work on important policy processes at national, European, and international levels;
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement;
• A flexible part-time or full-time role with initially two years employment duration.

• A motivated and enthusiastic colleague with a practical, hands-on approach to every-day professional challenges,
• A university degree or vocational training and work experience in a related field,
• A high degree of self-organisation, a sense of calm and orientation in often hectic schedules,
• Enjoyment of teamwork and capacity to liaise with both senior and junior colleagues, and to facilitate smooth outcomes among different teams,
• Very confident handling of MS Office applications, especially Excel and
• Full command of the English language in reading and writing, and at least passive knowledge of German; knowledge of other European languages is a plus.

We look forward to receiving your application up to and including 20 March 2022. Please follow this link to fill out a brief questionnaire and upload your documents:

Please attach a letter of motivation and your CV and use "FirstName_LastName_TeamEurope" as the file name. We ask that you refrain from including an application photo.

We want an energy transition for everyone from everyone. Therefore, we are particularly pleased to receive applications from people from groups that have been underrepresented in energy policy. We welcome applications regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability and age, and sexual orientation. Unfortunately, our offices in Brussels are not completely barrier-free, but we intend to work on solutions.

?Should you have any questions, please contact Ms Robin Emlein, Team Assistant Europe (robin.emlein@agora-energiewende.de, +32 495 30 16 39) or Ms Marie Haßheider, Head of Human Resources (marie.hassheider@agora-energiewende).

Agora Energiewende develops evidence-based strategies for ensuring the success of clean energy and industry transitions around the globe. As independent and non-partisan think tank and policy laboratory, we analyse upcoming challenges, share knowledge with decision-makers and stakeholders and enable a productive exchange of ideas.