Stakeholder Engagement Officer: Social Justice (maternity leave cover)

This is to inform you that the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament is looking for a full-time Stakeholder Engagement Officer dedicated to Social Justice/Social Inequalities (maternity leave cover)

This is a fixed-term contractual agent contract, function group III, ideally from mid-January 2026 to mid-July 2026.

The indicative salaries grid is available here.

Deadline for application: 02/12/2025 23:59 CET

The Stakeholder Engagement Officer supports our MEPs with the creation or consolidation of meaningful partnerships with key stakeholders with the dual aims of connecting our work within the EU institutions to people’s daily lives and of empowering our allies across Europe to defend our political priorities.

Tasks to be performed:

• Design, implement and evaluate stakeholder engagement strategies in close coordination with the Greens/EFA Group MEPs, delegations and bureau and under the supervision of the Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach Team Leader.
• Organise internal coordination with MEPs, delegations, bureau, management team and other units within the Greens/EFA Group to jointly develop the stakeholder engagement plans, starting with setting up systems to ensure dynamic and continuous mapping of the Greens/EFA Group stakeholders in the field of Social Justice/Social Inequalities.
• Support our MEPs, bureau and management team in mainstreaming social justice throughout our political work.
• Create and use opportunities, as part of the Greens/EFA stakeholder engagement strategies to bring our politicians closer to the ground, amplify the voices of the people we seek to defend and strengthen the capacity of our partners to echo our priorities in an engaging way.
• Support the team leader, management team and Secretary General to identify upcoming opportunities in a timely manner, making sure to gather and transmit the inputs from relevant stakeholders and MEPs in order to suggest next steps for political consideration.
• Engage in synergic planning with the group’s political partners, notably the European Green Party, the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) and the Green European Foundation.
• Responsible for the planning, execution and reporting on the annual budget for engagement with stakeholders and related administrative tasks, including the strategic usage of our CRM.

Requirements:

• Have working experience in line with the function of at least 2 years;
• Strong networking skills; and the ability to foster ever-increasing links with (and between) relevant social movements, civil society groups, trade unions and other key stakeholders;
• Capacity to work smoothly in a team, including strong communication and information-sharing, flexibility and open-mindedness to brainstorm new ideas and learn from past experience;
• Experience in project management and an ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline sensitive environment, managing multiple requests and projects at the same time;
• Good knowledge of the European institutions, EU legislation and decision-making process;
• Understanding of alternative economics or social or employment policies with experience in viewing these policies in terms of mobilisation opportunities;
• Strong writing skills including very good knowledge of English and of at least one other EU language;

Assets:

• Experience in conducting regular needs-assessments, transparently processing the findings and structuring the follow up and/or experience in developing stakeholder engagement plans;
• Well versed in using CRMs to track stakeholder engagement;
• Forward-thinking and skilled in horizon-scanning to identify upcoming opportunities well ahead of time;
• Educational background in line with the function;

Under article 82, (3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants (CEOS) of the European Communities, candidates must:

• Be citizen of an EU Member State unless an exception is authorised by the authority referred to in article 6 (1);
• Enjoy full rights as citizen;
• Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service;
• Meet the character requirements for the duties involved.

The Greens/EFA group is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities, fostering diversity, and creating an inclusive, discrimination free and harassment free work environment. Therefore, we actively work on minimising the influence of our biases in our recruitment procedures, in particular related to but not limited to, ethnicity, national origin, race, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, domestic circumstances, physical appearance, disability status, socioeconomic background and atypical careers.

In case of equal appreciation on competence and suitability for the position, preference will be given to applicants from under-represented groups.

In case of interest in this position, send a motivation letter with your CV by e-mail only to Greens/EFA HR department (Greens.HR@ep.europa.eu) before 02/12/2025 23:59 CET.