The Communications Unit ensures ECHA delivers proactive, clear and strategic external and internal communications activities which promote ECHA’s work and achievements, to build, maintain and protect an Agency identity and personality that keeps our stakeholder audiences well-informed. The unit also oversees ECHA’s stakeholder engagement approach and communications strategy. We convey and multiply ECHA’s strategy and positioning to all stakeholders. We deliver professional communication activities that support all functions of the organisation. We manage, maintain and develop our corporate communication channels and social media presence. We manage media, influencer relations and media monitoring and uphold ECHA’s corporate identity and support employer branding.

Assignment

The Communications trainee will support several communications activities, mainly in the news and media team. The tasks of our trainee include:

• Contributing to and supporting external communication activities – e.g. producing content to social media channels and social media monitoring;

• Supporting production of audio-visual content

• Updating of the website, dealing with requests from different units;

• Participating in brainstorming sessions and contributing to creative ideas for social media campaigns and initiatives;

• Contributing and supporting internal communications – e.g. writing for the intranet, staff awareness campaigns and activities, intranet development, etc.;

• Any other communication tasks, based on needs of the unit.

Profile

• Completed university studies at least to bachelor’s degree level (preferably in communications);

• Some experience in communications in the public or private sector;

• Experience in using MS Office tools;

• Good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills;

• Aptitude for team work;

• Excellent English skills both written and spoken (as this is the working language of the Agency);

• Some knowledge in at least one of the following areas:

o Graphic design and audiovisual tools

o Video projects from ideation to production, including scripting, storyboarding and editing/post-production;

o Website content management and web design.