European Affairs Communication Officer (Native Slovenian)

ESN operates the Europe Direct Contact Centre (EDCC) for the Directorate-General Communication of the European Commission. The EDCC answers questions on EU affairs from citizens and businesses across the EU. Enquiries may be submitted in any of the EU’s 23 official languages, and may address any aspect of its institutions, policies and programmes.

The responsibilities of Europe Direct Contact Centre Communication Officers are:

• to receive, process and respond to enquiries on EU affairs and policies from European citizens and businesses by telephone, email and web-chat;
• to research and draft answers to more complex enquiries, under the guidance and with the support of experienced supervisors (Information Officers);
• to develop and keep up to date specialist knowledge in one or more EU policy domains, and contribute to the production of high-quality content related to these domains as the basis for answers to future enquiries.

• Candidates should have a real enthusiasm for European affairs.
• Candidate must have a Master degree in European studies, Political sciences or International law.
• We are currently looking for a Communication Officer with native Slovenian, fluent English and perfect command of an additional EU language (both written and spoken).

We offer a full time 6 months contract.

Please send your application to jobs-edccesn.eu mentioning your native language in the subject of your e-mail.

Applications must be submitted before 12/02/2010.

For more info: www.esn.eu/working-at-esn/#jobs-0302SLO