Adviser on digital economy for the Internal Market Department

BusinessEurope seeks to fill the following position:

Adviser on digital economy

for its Internal Market Department

The position:

BusinessEurope’s Internal Market Department aims to further integrate the single market to create growth and jobs. Its focus is on removing remaining obstacles to the free movement of goods and services, public procurement, transport, better regulation and digital issues, such as data protection and cybersecurity.

We are seeking an adviser to support our work on the digital economy. In this role you will work with our members, by organising expert working group meetings, to co-ordinate positions on topical debates such as data protection, geo-blocking and digitalisation of industry. You will be expected to ensure business views are well understood by policy-makers through extensive contacts with EU institutions, participation in conferences and written communication. You will also be expected to contribute to the broader work of the department according to your skills and experience.

Candidates for this post should have:

• Good knowledge of the digital economy and related policy issues;
• Good understanding of the functioning of the EU institutions, preferably gained through some experience working at the EU institutions, a trade association or consultancy;
• Excellent analytical skills, including an ability to assimilate the various aspects of an issue rapidly and deliver work to meet short deadlines;
• Ability to transform technical input into political messages and adapt to the audience;
• Ability to define and lead lobbying strategies;
• Ability to drive work forward on own initiative, working effectively as part of a team;
• Talent in negotiation and brokering compromises reflecting the general interest of all businesses on sensitive issues;
• Good networking skills and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. A good knowledge of French and of a third European language is an advantage;
• Proficiency in IT tools (MS Office, Internet);
• A dynamic personality, with team spirit, well-organised, flexible.

Closing date for applications: 3 May 2016

Interested candidates are invited to send a letter of application and full curriculum vitae to:

Human Resources Manager, BusinessEurope, Avenue de Cortenbergh, 168, 1000 Brussels

E-mail to: mf.lienard@businesseurope.eu