Communications Officer

The team within which you will work, Central Service of the Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity (DGII), is responsible for supporting the overall co-ordination of work, strengthening internal and external communication in DGII. It is also responsible for the coordination of communication throughout DGII and will elaborate a strategic communication plan, increase audience engagement, identify opportunities and support the development of online visibility for key initiatives. The development of strategic and compelling social media content will be part of this work together with ensuring quality communication of results and impact of activities of DGII.

As a Communications Officer, in collaboration where relevant with the Media Department and the Directorate General of Administration, you will:

• contribute to the development and implementation of the Organisation's overall communication and visibility strategy that advances its agenda through results-based communication and narrative-building that promote its strategic objectives;
• contribute to preparing a DGII communication plan;
• support the internal DGII communication and visibility working group; 
• ensure quality online content of DGII internal and external webpage;
• identify opportunities and support the development of online visibility initiatives for key initiatives of DGII; 
• develop strategic and compelling social media content related to DGII;
• suggest improvements to methods and tools to bring communication closer into line with good practices in the field of strategic communication;
• identify key messages to target audiences, including online and through social media related to DGII; 
• promote the Council of Europe values and priorities internally and externally.

• Operational - Drafting skills
• Interpersonal - Service orientation
• Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation
• Interpersonal - Communication

• Professional and technical expertise:

• experience in communication for international organisations, government or non-governmental organisations;

• relevant knowledge and experience in the field of communication and information;

• knowledge of communication tools and techniques in all types of media;

• expertise in layout and graphic design;

• appropriate experience in developing communication products and good knowledge of the media and public relations industry.

• Operational - Planning and work organisation
• Operational - Analysis and problem solving

• Professional and technical expertise:

• knowledge of relevant tools and ability to implement collective intelligence techniques.

This vacancy is for a secondment, ruled by Article 23 of Committee of Ministers’ Resolution CM/Res(2012)2. You can consult the conditions of secondment to the Council of Europe (days of leave, allowances etc.) on the webpage What we offer. This secondment does not foresee any allowances or travel expenses from the Organisation.

This secondment should start as soon as possible.

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page Our recruitment process of our Career's website. The deadline for applications is indicated in the General information section of this vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 (CET/CEST). Only applicants who meet the conditions of the Committee of Ministers’ Resolution CM/Res(2012)2) and who best meet the abovementioned criteria will be considered for selection and for the next stage.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact us at [email protected], we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, please contact us at [email protected].