Political Adviser

The tasks of the Political Adviser are: 
* Contributing to deliver key outcomes throughout the European Commission’s legislative review, specifically in relation to the welfare of animals kept and used for commercial purposes, during their transport and slaughter;
* Working with institutional stakeholders in the European Commission, European Parliament, Council and build alliances around our advocacy objectives;
* Produce advocacy arguments to shape key debates on farm animal welfare, notably on chicken and fish welfare; 
* Involving and engaging Eurogroup for Animals’ community of members to maximise pressure on institutional stakeholders;
* Providing institutional stakeholders with scientific advice and tailored policy solutions, whilst engineering and exploiting innovative opportunities to further our goals wherever possible;
* Shape political calls, communications and campaigns as well as voting recommendations and legislative mapping (identifying opportunities and threats);
* Draft oral/written questions, lobby briefs, letters and items for advocacy purposes;
* Maintain current knowledge of relevant EU-level policy decisions in the EU institutions and report regularly to the Eurogroup team and Member Organisations;
* Act as a representative for Eurogroup for Animals at political events, as needed.

Skills and Qualifications
* A degree in political science, law or similar;
* Preferred: background in animal advocacy/science;
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience of EU public affairs, including in-depth knowledge of EU policy making and influencing processes;
* Well-organised and focused on concrete results and deliverables;
* Analytical skills;
* Flexible and pragmatic;
* Computer literacy;
* Excellent communication skills;
* Strong written English;
* Ability to write clear and concise reports;
* Demonstrable advocacy skills and knowledge;
* Good ability of working as team member and independently.