Politics Editor at EURACTIV | EURACTIV JobSite

Background

Euractiv is an impartial pan-European media community specialising in EU insurance policies. Our major objective is to foster coverage debates amongst EU stakeholders, together with governments, companies, and civil society teams. We offer complete protection of coverage processes main as much as selections, presenting the problems in a impartial method with out taking sides.

Euractiv is a part of Mediahuis, a publishing firm with belongings in Belgium, the Netherlands, Eire, Luxembourg and Germany. Mediahuis publishes throughout a variety of codecs – from newspapers and magazines to tv, radio and on-line media. Extra about Mediahuis and Euractiv right here.

What are the advantages of working at Euractiv?

You may be working in a vibrant worldwide media workplace, in a multicultural crew, stuffed with gifted colleagues you possibly can be taught from. You may be in the midst of EU affairs, each bodily (our workplace is within the EU quarter) and thru your work. It is possible for you to to convey your contribution to some of the revered EU affairs media in Europe and convey our information, multimedia content material and newsletters in entrance of Euractiv’s influential readers.

 To strengthen our editorial crew in Brussels, we’re presently recruiting an:

Editor to supervise Euractiv’s Politics protection

Euractiv is on the lookout for an skilled editor with a eager curiosity in all issues associated to politics to coordinate and oversee the protection from Brussels, Paris, and Berlin, in addition to from throughout Europe.

The perfect candidate can be anticipated to plan, drive, and coordinate the protection of the Politics hub but in addition to coordinate with all the editorial crew. The candidate can even want to jot down information tales and in-depth function articles specializing in coverage developments and developments within the politics sector. 

The editor must also be assured in linking with top-level politicians, enterprise leaders and influencers, and prepared to average high-level conferences. 

Aside from the managerial function, as a great crew participant, she/he should even be prepared to leap on information developments as the necessity arises, for instance throughout EU summit conferences, in addition to to develop some multi-media experience (podcasts, vlogs and many others).

Principal obligations:

• Coordinate and drive politics protection, from preliminary story concepts to the publication, with a specific concentrate on well timed supply.
• Set editorial priorities and handle the Politics hub.
• Write breaking information tales, interviews, in addition to in-depth and background articles for a specialised viewers
• Write in-depth coverage briefings and particular reviews to deadline
• Conduct interviews with high-level officers, together with EU Commissioners, MEPs, enterprise leaders and coverage consultants
• Contribute to assembly Euractiv’s editorial mission and dedication to balanced reporting

Profile:

• No less than three to 4 years of expertise in journalism and/or in EU politics coverage.
• Sturdy English-language writing abilities.
• Confirmed understanding of EU insurance policies.
• Potential to ship correct tales in a fast-paced setting.
• Potential to suppose shortly and supply insights and perspective on reviews coming from all kinds of sources, together with EU establishments, enterprise associations and civil society.
• Laborious-working, in a position to respect tight deadlines, entrepreneurial, team-player.
• Different European languages, in addition to curiosity in producing multi-media content material, are an asset.

What we provide:

It is a full-time employment contract beneath Belgian legislation (“contrat à durée indéterminée”), with wage and obligations commensurate to the candidate’s stage of expertise.

Moreover, we’re providing the next advantages:

• meal vouchers amounting to eight EUR/labored day;
• reimbursement of public transport in Belgium;
• 250 EUR/12 months eco-vouchers;
• hospitalisation insurance coverage protection;
• group pension insurance coverage;
• good steadiness between distant working and fascinating bodily with colleagues;
• a broad vary of coaching and improvement (as a part of the HR Academy of Mediahuis group and exterior coaching alternatives).

Contact: 

Please point out within the topic line Politics Editor – First and final title, connect your CV and a brief cowl letter and e-mail to: choice@euractiv.com

Candidates must be obtainable as quickly as potential.

Equality and variety

We’re dedicated each to selling equality and variety inside the organisation and to Equal Alternatives in recruitment. We consider in equality of alternative no matter race or racial group (together with color, nationality, ethnicity, nationwide origins), faith or perception, age, incapacity, sexual orientation, intercourse, gender re-assignment and gender identification, marriage and civil partnership, and being pregnant, maternity and paternity. This additionally consists of any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment. All hiring selections are made completely on advantage. We encourage everybody to use, even when you don’t match all the factors.