Account Executive in Public Affairs, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Practice

Fleishman-Hillard Brussels is seeking an enthusiastic applicant with at least one year’s experience gained in the European Institutions or a Public Affairs/policy position. Knowledge and experience of working within the ICT environment will be particularly helpful.

The successful candidate will have:

• Knowledge of EU policymaking
• Excellent writing and research skills and networking ability
• Excellent verbal and written communications
• Commitment to the highest standards of service delivery
• Prior experience in a professional services firm an advantage
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and work autonomously
• Good organizational skills
• Background in ICT services and the ability to give strategic counsel in these areas
• Fluency in English (one other European language is welcome)
• MS Office proficiency

Responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with preparing draft reports and issue analysis
• Daily monitoring of relevant information sources and reporting on key developments
• Establishing political intelligence in support of public affairs programmes
• Developing draft strategic advice and implementation of client strategy
• Proactively building networks around key issues
• Assisting with production of new business proposals

This is an ideal opportunity for someone seeking to gain broader public affairs experience with an international consultancy. Fleishman-Hillard’s reputation for quality, creativity, and results is the foundation of our distinguished status in the industry.

Application

If you’re interested in this opportunity please contact our VP Talent Development CE,
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Director, European Policy & Government Relations

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) saves wildlife and wild places by understanding critical issues, crafting science-based solutions, and taking conservation actions that benefit nature and humanity. With a century of experience and long-term presence in more than 50 nations, WCS has amassed the biological knowledge, cultural understanding and partnerships to ensure that vibrant, wild places and wildlife thrive alongside local communities. WCS addresses the challenges of the complex inter-relationship between conservation, sustainable development, and human livelihoods; natural resource management and extraction; the wildlife/livestock/ human health interface; and climate change.

In support of this work, we seek a dynamic, conservation-minded professional to build partnerships with European government agencies and legislative bodies on behalf of WCS’s strategic conservation objectives in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

The European Policy and Government Relations Director will:

• Shape WCS policy engagement in Europe support of the conservation programs, so as to (a) align policy initiatives and consequent funding opportunities with WCS conservation priorities, and (b) draw upon the expertise and experience within WCS to help identify, formulate, and articulate policy initiatives of the public sector in Europe.
• Building upon WCS’s existing policy expertise in Washington, both in the legislative and agency arenas, help support transatlantic linkages for conservation through (a) the coordination of WCS’s political and advocacy actions, and (b) coordination with WCS high-level agency-focused program development efforts in Europe.
• Support WCS’s policy engagement with multilateral institutions (World Bank, GEF, climate change financing mechanisms, FAO, etc.) related to the conservation of wildlife and wild lands by maintaining relationships with European participants in those processes.
• Within the framework of an annual workplan developed jointly with WCS Europe, represent WCS in European-based policy discussions with governments, multilateral institutions, treaty organizations and conservation organizations.
• Ensure an internally-consistent and mission-focused set of policy interventions in Europe.

To Apply:

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Director - Economics & Financial Services Policy

DIRECTOR

Economics & Financial Services Policy

Brussels

If you have solid experience in EU public affairs, want to join a dynamic international team where you can make a mark, and are interested in developing a reputation in particular areas of EU policy – then this is aimed at you.

Kreab Gavin Anderson is a leading international communications company. In Brussels since 1992, we are one of the foremost EU affairs consultancies, with an outstanding reputation. We have a world-class portfolio of clients. We are an international multi-lingual team, based in the heart of the European quarter. In London since 1984 we are one of the foremost specialist Financial, Corporate and Public Affairs communication firms in the world’s financial heart.

We always seek to be the best in our field, and we are looking for the best people in the market to help us reinforce our service offer. We are seeking to recruit a dynamic individual with experience of both the London and Brussels regulatory environments, in order to provide City based clients, and others, with a joined up approach to European affairs. The role will require frequent travel between Brussels and London. Experience in economic and /or financial services policy and regulation is essential.

Specific requirements include:

• 10 years European affairs experience, at least partially within economic and/or financial services sector, with established credibility and judgement to counsel clients from day one.
• Proven capacity to collaborate effectively within an international team, requiring both cultural flexibility and a team-spirited approach.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the intricacies of EU processes and institutions, and personal experience of addressing them.
• The capacity to analyze and communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, the client-relevant aspects of complex policy issues.
• A capacity to build networks and gather intelligence.
• Proven organizational capacity, including for event management and campaigning.
• Ability and desire to drive business development process.
• Fluent English and at least one other European language in addition.

Please send your CV in confidence to Veerle Abeel before 1 October 2010.

Kreab Gavin Anderson
Avenue de Tervueren 2 bte3
B-1040 Brussels
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(Senior) Adviser, Payments and Securities

The ESBG/WSBI Payments and Securities practice has 4 dimensions:

• ESBG represents the interests of its Members with the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank, to evolve and shape the legislative and regulatory framework for payments and securities.
• WSBI represents the interests of its Members with international organizations such as the World Bank and regional development banks to contribute to shaping the policy and regulatory framework for payments and securities.
• ESBG/WSBI work directly with their Members to foster business co-operation by identifying and developing projects.
• WSBI provides technical assistance to savings and retail institutions across the world.

Position :

Work with the Deputy Director, Payments and Securities, to execute the above missions

Profile:

• Reputed university degree (finance, economics) or equivalent business school graduate .
• 3 years working experience, either in the banking sector in a euro country (bank, or interbank organisation), or with the European Commission. Experience in payments is a prerequisite.
• Working language: English. Proficiency in another major European language is required.
• Excellent analytical and organisational skills.
• Ability to conduct research and talent to develop position papers.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
• Demonstration of diplomacy and negotiation skills in a multicultural environment, ability to blend with the savings and retail banking culture.
• Ability to (gradually) represent the organization within interbank working groups.
• Available for some business travel within the European Union.

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Director of Member and Industry Affairs

Director of Member & Industry Affairs - ILPA

Department: External Vacancy

The Company

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) is a global organization of institutional investors in private equity. With highly regarded members and a world-class Board, the association is recognized internationally as supporting the needs of the industry by providing a forum for:

• Value-added communication and networking
• Education in the asset class; and
• Research, best practices and performance measurement

The ILPA has:

A membership of over 230 organizations and 1000 private equity professionals spanning all categories of small and large institutions including: Public Pensions, Corporate Pensions, Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, Insurance Companies

International representation from North America, UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East

A membership that represents well over US $1 Trillion in private equity assets under management

The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director and as a senior member of the management team, the Director of Member & Industry Affairs will serve as a member and industry conduit of the ILPA.

This position will canvass ILPA membership as well as relevant external groups to identify and understand issues and events that have an effect on (or could have an effect on) private equity investing or its participants.

The Director of Member & Industry Affairs is then responsible for the timely transfer of this information and their assessments of such to members, ILPA team leaders and the Executive Director. This continuous emphasis on key issues for the membership and the communication of same to the team will ensure alignment of focus and strategy across the organization.

In concert with other ILPA team members and their respective programs, the Director of Member & Industry Affairs will be responsible for implementing ILPA responses to the more salient or actionable findings and events. As a natural extension of central responsibilities, the position will also be responsible for membership development. This will entail direct communication with members and potential members regarding strategic development programs impacting the broader membership base as well as issues more specific to members or potential members (i.e. by geography or investor type). The position will elevate ILPA’s external profile and role in Private Equity affairs that shape the industry.

With a keen awareness and understanding of the multifaceted issues impacting private equity and the perspectives of the limited partners, the ideal candidate will understand the importance of the alignment of interests between general partners and limited partners. This role will be filled by a professional that can demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness in developing solutions. The ideal candidate will have existing industry relationships that span the functional, regulatory and investment aspects of private equity across broad industry groups and organizations.

The responsibilities of this role will be global in nature. It is currently expected that this position will be based in Toronto with travel requirements.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Establish and build strong working relationships across the private equity landscape to include members and other practitioners; general partners; regulatory bodies; organizations and associations; those that influence the industry; and service providers and their regulatory or standard-setting bodies
• Gather member and industry “intelligence” pertaining to various issues and geographies to ensure the association is continuously on the forefront of member and industry issues and events
• Work with ILPA team leads to determine which issues will become focus issues and result in communication to members, education programs, research, ILPA monitoring and/or ILPA involvement
• Implement specific ILPA responses to “intelligence” to include development of: communications designed to inform, educate or involve ILPA members or the broader limited partner/practitioner communities; programs to monitor and provide updates of current issues; guidance of research programs (external or via ILPA’s research committee); input and guidance in regard to education programs and similar initiatives
• Lead the Best Practice and Principles Committee and evolve its mandate. Take innovative ideas from concept to implementation and market initiatives to members and other industry participants
• Develop and drive the membership strategy and growth via broader position mandates and resulting relationships and specific membership development, retention and acquisition programs.
• Provide strategic support to the Executive Director, manage staff and overseeing the ILPA’s Best Practice and Principles Committee, Membership Committee and oversee the Research Committee alongside the Research Director
• Offer industry and practitioner insights to the ILPA team as requested and proactively
• Seek out and develop revenue streams to support programs

Experience & Qualifications

• 10+ years senior level private equity experience as a limited partner
• Experience will include demonstrated competencies and understanding across the asset class to include strategic and functional responsibilities
• A background that includes lead participation and/or development of programs that support the long term sustainability of the asset class
• Ability to leverage existing industry relationships that span the functional, regulatory and investment aspects of private equity across broad industry groups and organizations
• Global relationships and investing acumen is highly desirable
• Experience as a key contributor to business strategy and the where-with-all to be a lead member in executing the business plan
• Have had success partnering with colleagues across the business and are viewed and respected as a leader and coach
• Demonstrated management/leadership abilities, including training, team building, and administration
• A track record of strong relationship building with both internal and external stakeholders
• A post graduate degree, CFA, JD and/or CAIA charter is preferable. Further, the successful candidate will be required to continue to supplement their private equity education and industry knowledge via formal/accredited programs

For more information on this role, please contact

Sandra Vansevenant, find* executive search, 1-416-483-0955 | mehr...

International Legal Counsel - Pharma

Company

Our client is a major global player in the health care industry, employing more than 115.000 employees. The company has known a steady growth over the last decades, and is generally considered to be one of the world’s most successful organisations and attractive employers. The company centers its legal support to its over 250 operating companies from a Brussels based legal department.

Role

The Legal Counsel - Pharma will provide legal support to the company business in some critical emerging markets within the region dealing with a complex and broad variety of issues.

The main focus of the position consists of:

• Providing legal counsel to the company Pharma business in the Middle East West Asia (MEWA) region, Turkey, Israel and South Africa
• Legal work : advice, transactions, coordinate dispute resolution, training of non-legal specialists, collaboration with local outside counsel …
• In a broad range of legal fields: commercial law and contracts, IP and licensing, corporate law, competition law and trade law, state aid, some basic regulatory law work.

Generally, a lawyer at the company deals with issues autonomously, and invests in relationships with business clients in the assigned region. He/she pro-actively investigates legal aspects in order to guarantee solid business decisions, and when necessary liaises with law firms on legal issues and co-ordinate litigation issues.

Informal and regular formal reporting briefings are organised within the legal team.

Frequent contact with:

• European legal Team
• European Management
• Government affairs

The Legal counsel will report into the legal team and collaborate with the colleagues in this team.

A successful candidate will be based in Brussels, prepared to travel within the assigned region in addition to a few trips to the headquarters in the USA.

Profile

Education

• Law degree, obtained with excellent results
• Supplementary degree or LLM abroad will be considered as an asset

Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in legal work.
• The 3 major axises in the role are :
  - Providing legal counsel and adding value to the business of the internal clients, in a sophisticated and sizeable organisation
  - Experience in the health care industry (preferably pharmaceutical products)
  - Familiar with doing business and legal work in a non Western culture in the MEWA region (Middle East, Africa) Israel, Turkey …
• A successful candidate will have a relevant experience in at least 2 of the above environments, acquired in an international law firm and/or legal department of an international corporation in the healthcare industry (pharmaceutical, medical devices, biotech, cosmetics or other consumer products)

Experience in a US environment is considered as an asset.

Competences

• Intelligent and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong listening and communication skills
• Excellent negotiating skills
• Business oriented and result driven
• Self starter and a team player
• Able to manage strategic complexities

Languages

• Excellent in written and oral English.
• Other languages are considered as an asset

Contact

For more information, please contact Stefaan DE CLERCQ on the number +32 2 741 87 97. If you may be interested, please send your application letter and your resume to mehr...

Junior Secretariat Officer to the Board of Directors (Luxembourg)

The EIB, as the Bank of the European Union, is dedicated to improving the future of people’s lives in Europe and around the world. It achieves its goals thanks to a diverse and highly qualified workforce, motivated to support the financing of sound investment projects that deliver tangible results.

The EIB is seeking to recruit for its General Secretariat and Directorate General for Legal Affairs (SG-JU) - Governing Bodies and Secretariat Unit (GBS) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a:

Junior Secretariat Officer to the Board of Directors

S/he will take an active part in the Secretariat activities for the Board of Directors (CA) and the Board of Governors (CG) in order to assist these governing bodies and their members in fulfilling their corporate role, thereby contributing to the achievement of the EIB’s objectives.

S/he works in liaison with the Secretary General and, as required, with the President’s Office.

Responsibilities

The Junior Secretariat Officer will work with an increasing degree of autonomy and initiative over time under the general direction of supervisors. S/he contributes to the overall execution of Secretariat processes and the control of quality of output for own domain

• Provide a significant contribution to the planning and execution of key processes related to the preparation, minuting and follow-up of the meetings and procedures of the CA and CG governing bodies in order to ensure an efficient and reliable secretariat support, respect of deadlines and compliance with rules, regulations and procedures. This includes:
  - Administer the decision-making process of the governing bodies, including respect of deadlines (e.g. meeting organisation, agenda, papers, briefings, written procedures )
  - Attend governing bodies’ meetings to provide the necessary support (e.g. drafting and circulation of written resolutions)
  - Draft minutes of meetings
  - Draft speaking notes, aide-mémoire, correspondence and other documents as requested
  - Establish the relevant reporting to follow-up the implementation of decisions
  - Keep governing bodies members abreast of the necessary information
  - Whenever relevant, summarize policy and general papers
• Ensure that overall execution of Secretariat processes and quality control for own domain is on track
• When requested, contribute to the drafting of policy papers especially for corporate policies (e.g. changes to statutory texts)
• Interface effectively with members of the governing bodies and manage relationships with other Directorates to ensure an efficient flow of communication/information between the governing bodies and the Bank’s services

Qualifications

• University degree preferably in economics, finance or business administration
• At least 3 years relevant professional experience in an international organisation
• Good understanding of the EIB mission, objectives and business activities
• Good understanding of the institutional and political framework in which the Bank operates
• Good knowledge of the statutory texts, policies and procedures governing the European Institutions
• Some knowledge in the domains of lending, finance, economics
• Knowledge of the standard office tools
• Fluent in English and French
• Knowledge of other EU language(s) would be an advantage, notably German

Competencies

• Well developed verbal and written communication skills and excellent drafting skills
• Competence in organisational matters and office management
• High sense of discretion, tact and confidentiality
• Team player with good interpersonal skills at all levels
• Aptitude for organisation and especially prioritisation of tasks
• Capacity to work reliably, under pressure and accurately to deadlines

Closing date: 15 September 2010

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Policy Advisor Taxation

The CEA is the European insurance and reinsurance federation. Through its 33 member bodies — the national insurance associations — the CEA represents all types of insurance and reinsurance undertakings, eg pan-European companies, monoliners, mutuals and SMEs. The CEA, which is based in Brussels, represents undertakings that account for around 95% of total European premium income. Insurance makes a major contribution to Europe’s economic growth and development. European insurers generate premium income of over €1 050bn, employ one million people and invest more than €6 800bn in the economy.

For our Insurance of the Person department, we are looking for a (m/f)

Policy advisor Taxation

Function

• Analysis and monitoring of developments in the area of EU tax law and its impact on the positions of CEA’s members;
• Review and assesses emerging development in the area of International taxation and potential impact for the European insurance industry;
• Supports CEA working groups and committees, in particular the CEA Taxation Committee;
• Communicates information constructively and effectively to CEA members. Advises management on actions to undertake;
• Provides services to the CEA members, e.g. is a point of contact for the members, updates members regarding legislative developments;
• Organises and assumes responsibility for contacts and coordination with external stakeholders, including EU authorities, as well as other public or private organisations;
• Is able to develop the CEA position, and to influence external partners;
• Contributes to studies in order to help formulate proposals for regulation or legislation;
• Provides content to CEA publications. Participates actively in seminars and conferences.

Profile

• A legal or economical background with a specialisation in tax;
• Ability to manage complexity, strong analytical skills;
• Active listener, skilled and efficient communicator in an international and multi-cultural environment both verbally and in writing;
• Competent and persuasive in his/her area of expertise;
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven track record of ability to build consensus within a given time frame;
• Team-player;
• Excellent presentation skills;
• Experience in a multi-cultural environment is advantageous;
• Multi-lingual, i.e. proficiency in English, other languages desirable.

Offer

Temporary contract of one year. Challenging position in an international and professional organisation, with Brussels as operating base. Possibility to participate in projects that will influence the European insurance world in the coming years. Competitive salary package, with extra legal advantages.

Contact

Please address application letters and curriculum vitae to CEA, Square de Meeûs 29, 1000 Bruxelles
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Communications Assistant (CDD)

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Internship - Communications Assistant

Internship at COGEN

Europe

COGEN Europe is the European trade association for the promotion of cogeneration. 

Cogeneration (also known as Combined Heat and Power or CHP) is the most efficient way to deliver electricity and heat. It is based on the simultaneous production of electricity and heat, both of which are used. COGEN Europe is promoting the widespread development of cogeneration in Europe. To achieve this goal, COGEN Europe is working at the EU level and with EU Member States to develop sustainable energy policies and remove unnecessary barriers to its implementation.

We are at the moment looking for an intern, starting as soon as possible.

Communications Assistant

Main responsibilities:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Prepare, manage and update documents and mailing lists
• Support in event organisation (administrative tasks, participants’ registration, mail outs,
• prepare practical info packs, arrange speakers’ travel and accommodation, maintain
• correspondence with conference participants, support in logistics, etc)
• Update of database and website
• Support in other communication activities

Requirements

• University degree
• Full mastery of English; working ability in other major European languages is an advantage
• Good communication skills both written and oral
• Dynamism and flexibility
• Experience with the practical aspects of events organisation
• Initiative and self motivation

The internship, will allow the stagiaire to:

• Gain valuable first-hand experience of European energy policies and legislation, as well as insights in the EU decision making process 
• Bolster and showcase his/her research and communication skills 
• Have the opportunity to learn how European projects are set up and coordinated
• Have the opportunity to participate in a number of external events in Brussels
• Familiarise him/herself with the specificities of working in a dynamic Brussels-based sector organisation

Specification

• The selected candidate will be offered an internship of 4 months. Start as soon as possible.

Remuneration

• The internship we offer is paid. A monthly allowance of 300 Euros will be provided.

How to apply

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