(Unpaid) Assistant Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Eastern Europe (Based in Berlin) )

Function

As ‘Assistant Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies Eastern Europe’ you are responsible for helping the Project Leader to stimulate food and beverage brand owners to increase the levels of sustainability and transparency associated with their products. You will research which companies can be approached as lobby targets. You will approach them and maintain contact with these companies (by e-mail or by phone) in order to create a positive dialogue and encourage them to increase the sustainability of their products. For this position you will be working from our office in Berlin for the Project Leader Brand Owners Eastern Europe.

Your competences

You are studying at or have graduated from a higher education (HBO or Fachhochschule) or university or have acquired an equivalent level of working and thinking through professional experience., You preferably have knowledge of companies in relation to CSR and/or sustainability. Experience with lobbying is a prerequisite. Furthermore, you have excellent verbal and written skills in English and German. Language skills in Italian, Polish, any other Eastern European language or Turkish are an asset. You are able to work independently, but you are also a team player. It is important that you are diplomatic as well as persistent. Obviously, you have affinity with Fairfood’s goals.

What we offer?

This is an unpaid position suitable as an internship to obtain work experience both in this particular field and at an NGO. We offer a versatile position within a young international organisation. You will have the freedom and opportunity to continue developing yourself and achieve tangible results. We value our employees and fully recognize that flexibility in your working hours might be important for you. We do expect, however, that you will work a minimum of sixteen hours a week for a period of three months.

Interested?

If you recognise yourself in this outline and have seen your core qualities detailed above, we would like to meet you! For inquiries related to the position contact Janna Busse, Lobbyist Sustainability Food Companies: janna.busse [at] fairfood.org or +49 178 7346837. If interested, send your letter of motivation and CV to the HR Department, hr [at] fairfood.org. For questions concerning the procedure, contact the HR Department on +31 6 27241227.