Communications Intern

IFOAM Organics Europe is looking for a Communications volunteer (fully funded) to join the team in Brussels for 11 months. The volunteer would ideally start from September 2021 until July 2022, providing we receive the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) grant – we will know this before the end of July and we will inform the selected candidates.

About IFOAM Organics Europe

The EU Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM Organics Europe) is a non-profit organisationbased in Brussels that represents more than 200 member organisations from all EU-27, EFTA and candidate countries (in total 34 different countries). We fight for the adoption of ecologically, socially and economically sound farming systems in Europe and the world. IFOAM Organics Europe itself is embedded in the IFOAM Organics International movement with 800 affiliates in more than 100 countries.

About the European Solidarity Corps

Volunteering as part of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) provides young people with the unique chance to express their personal commitment through a full-time volunteering activity in a foreign country for up to one year. Young volunteers can develop new skills and improve their personal, educational and professional development. More information about ESC is available on the European Solidarity Corps website.

Please note that financial support is provided to the volunteer to cover their costs of living.

• You will receive an allowance of €515 per month,
• You will be granted accommodation in shared apartments,
• You will be granted a public transport pass,
• You will also be reimbursed for your travel expenses from/to your home countries and will have a full insurance.

You will be trained and get the chance to learn more about the organic movement while working as part of our Communications team.

PROFILE

To be eligible, you only need :

• to be between 18 and 30 years old
• to be legally residing in a European country other than Belgium
• never to have been an ESC volunteer before.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As IFOAM Organics Europe’s communications team, our work cuts across the organisation, touching on many of the topics we advocate for. We are responsible for IFOAM Organics Europe’s external communication, including traditional channels, such as our website, newsletters, mailings and printed publications, as well new media, such as social media, infographics, GIFs, videos and online publications.If you are the volunteer who joins our team, you will have the following tasks

Content support

• Leading on the production of IFOAM Organics Europe newsletter: from planning to collecting articles & liaising with colleagues and sending it out;
• Producing content: for IFOAM Organics Europe’s website, newsletter andinitiatives that are making Europe more organic;
• Elaborating on 1-2 topics from our arguments database by collecting content and visual materials (containing our main messages on topics related to organic);
• Updating and maintaining IFOAM Organics Europe websites: adding information, and ensuring all content is up to date;
• Supporting our social media presence: monitoring, drafting content, scheduling and reporting;

Database and SharePoint support

• Responsible for sending mailings from our database (CiviCRM) and helping keep it up to date;
• Supporting maintenance and development of our SharePoint environment (intranet, extranet and IT WIKI);

Other tasks

• Managing the integrated mailing planning and the calendar with upcoming communication;
• Tracking our media presence;
• Assisting with basic designs: creating visual materials for IFOAM Organics Europe’s online presence;
• Providing secretarial support: first point of contact for shared inboxes, reporting, lending your eye for detail to various (online and printed) publications/infographics, populating our digital publications

TO APPLY

To learn more about the positions available and volunteering conditions, please read the Guide for ESC candidates at IFOAM Organics Europe.

If you want to be our next Communications volunteer, please fill in the Online Application Form by Sunday 13 June 2021 – 11.59 pm.