Trainee

trainee (full-time / 40 hours per week)

The trainee position is available as of July 2015, with a twelve-months contract. The position will be located in the ECF office in Berlin.

The role of the communications team is to act as a centre of expertise on energy and climate change communications. Its objective is to help create political, media and public endorsement for strong action to address climate change at international, national and sector levels.

The traineeship position will involve work on the following tasks:

• Developing and implementing communication strategies in cooperation with the communications unit
• Planning and supporting policy work and campaigns in close co-operation with our grantees
• Analysing media reporting on energy and climate policy, including a daily media coverage brief
• General editorial and administrative support for the ESC Berlin unit

The position commands the following requirements:

• a perfect command of German (native speaker level) and English
• Professional junior working experience in PR or journalism
• A university degree in a relevant field
• A substantive and well-documented interest in energy and climate policy
• Project management experience

In your German application letter please spell out which challenges for political communications arise from the “climate year 2015”.

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application no later than 11 May 2015. It should be directed to nora.zaremba@europeanclimate.org.