Associate) Media Officer

**This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence.**The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support.

The **EIB**, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Secretariat General (SG),**Communication**Department (COM), Media Division (MEDIA), Strategic Priorities and Messaging Unit (SPM) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a **(Associate) Media Officer*.**

**This is a full-time position at grade 4/5 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.**
- _Internal benchmark (Associate) Officer Corporate Communication_

**_ Panel_**_ interviews are anticipated for end of August 2025._**

**Purpose**:
You will contribute to shaping and implementing communication activities in line with the corporate communication strategy, in order to increase awareness and understanding of the EIB Group’s activities, and to protect and enhance the institution’s external identity and reputation thus contributing to the achievement of the EIB Group’s objectives.

**Operating Network**:
The Communication Department (COM) ensures the EIB Group’s activities are known and valued by its stakeholders and the public. It ensures the EIB Group engages with them in an open and accountable way whilst working to maximise the public visibility of the institution over different channels and audiences.

You will report to the Head of Strategic Priorities and Messaging Unit, in the Media Relations Division, and work closely with various colleagues in the other Division and parts of the Communication Department. Internal contacts are members of the Management Committee and their advisors; staff from the Operations and Projects Directorates, external offices and other directorates involved in relevant projects or issues. External contacts are journalists, staff of EU institutions, financial institutions and national counterparts, opinion formers across Europe.

**Accountabilities**:

- Engage in communication activities for the EIB Group, conveying the priorities and key messages of the EIB Group to journalists, influencers and stakeholders in assigned policy areas and all over Europe.
- Promote the EIB Group’s core investment priorities, included in the Strategic Roadmap adopted in 2024, as well as the Corporate Operational Plan, Public Policy Goals, and key policy decisions adopted by the EIB and the EIF’s Boards.
- Organise events, press conferences and project financing signature announcements, and produce press material for these activities, cooperating closely with EIB Group’s services and other stakeholders.
- Prepare briefings for EIB Group’s leadership.
- Plan and help execute tailored campaigns, in collaboration with regional media officers, the audiovisual and social media units and colleagues from across the Communication Department, as well as local EIB Group offices.
- Liaise with communication counterparts in EU institutions and other stakeholders and partners, and coordinate communication of policies relating to the EIB Group.
- Closely follow national and EU policies in the assigned policy areas and proactively prepare EIB Group’s response to such policies, while highlighting and promoting its strategic role in implementing them, in close collaboration with the Permanent Representation of the EIB Group in Brussels, and EIB Group’s services.
- Promote EIB Group’s experts and senior management as thought leaders in their areas of expertise, including by proactively arranging interviews and other media engagements. In close collaboration with the Publishing Division, promote EIB Group’s publications, including in-house economic research and thematic publications, leveraging also audiovisual and social media channels in coordination with respective units.

**Qualifications**:

- University Degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor), preferably oriented towards communication, public relations, political sciences, finance and business, or economic.
- At least 3 years of relevant work experience with a focus on strategic communications, institutional affairs, media and/or public relations
- Excellent skills in communicating with different public audiences (including high level stakeholders) and knowledge of channels to reach our audiences
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills
- Some experience in social media and audiovisual is preferred
- Good knowledge of the EU institutional and political framework
- Good understanding of EU economy and/or of the banking sector
- A good understanding of current economic and political debates generally and especially in the EU
- Knowledge of the EIB Group’s mission and its activities
- Experience in dealing with sensitive and confidential information
- Proficiency with common software such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint Excellent knowledge of English and French (**). Knowledge of other EU languages, especially Italian, Spanish and/or Ger