Junior Public Affairs Consultant

At the VELUX Group, we give you the chance to grow. To shape your own career. To work in an international environment. To be part of a company that leads the market in sustainable indoor living. We offer you a world of opportunities – if you have the ability and the drive to take them.

Would you like to use your public affairs experience to push the importance of our healthy building agenda? Do you want to be a part of an international company and influence the political landscape in the EU?

Buildings are very high on the EU agenda with several key built environment initiatives and legislative revisions in the pipeline. The VELUX Group has many years of experience and knowledge on energy, climate, health and environmental issues in buildings, as well as on energy-efficient and sustainable products and solutions. We believe in the importance of a healthy indoor climate in all types of buildings. Joining us, you help ensure that our purpose is top of mind among politicians, EU institutions and other stakeholders. We offer the right person a temporary employment for three years.

Your challenges

You will as Junior Public Affairs Consultant in Brussels help strengthen our dialogue on EU legislation and become part of our Global Public Affairs team with colleagues in Brussels and at the VELUX Head Office in Denmark. Together, we are dedicated to creating awareness of the importance of daylight and fresh air in buildings. To accomplish this, we work to influence building and product regulation, policies within energy efficiency, daylight, natural ventilation and sustainability as well as product requirements. Key legislative files include the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive, the Construction Products Regulation as well as other relevant files from the Fit for 55 Package and European Green Deal.

Your main responsibility will be:

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  Monitor latest EU policy developments (European Commission, European Parliament, Member States) covering key files and provide updates, support with monthly and quarterly EU updates (using EU monitoring tools), tracking key events/conferences and milestones of EU Institutions.
• Support with drafting of EU material e.g., public consultations and briefing papers.
• Support with EU engagement and outreach to key stakeholders.
• Acting on meeting requests, prepare meetings and secure thorough follow-up.
• Attend relevant EU policy events and conferences.
• Ad hoc tasks within the EU agenda.

Your qualifications

Professionally, you manage to understand, analyze and communicate political matters in a corporate environment characterized by increasing politicization. You are respectful and trustworthy in your communication, eager to learn and have a proactive approach to task solving. You are dynamic and a team player with excellent networking skills.

Moreover, you have:

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  A relevant master’s degree in political science, law, international relations, MSc, economics or similar.
• A few years of experience from either the EU political environment (EU institutions), a consultancy agency, interest group or equivalent.
• In-depth knowledge of European affairs and legislative processes preferably within energy, climate and environmental policies.
• Excellent oral and written English skills and understand and speak preferably other European languages as well.

Your opportunities

Joining our team, you will collaborate with purpose-driven and persistent colleagues who work to continuously put the spotlight on indoor climate worldwide. As a part of our team, we encourage you to challenge your skills as you challenge our processes – and doing so, you will inevitably make your mark on our organisation and create business-critical guidelines for the future.

You will be based in Brussels partly at our office near the EU institutions. You will be supporting our EU Manager for Public Affairs in Brussels, Elisabeth Katharine Hoffmann, and report to Director of Global Public Affairs, Pia Désirée Loft, who is leading the Global Public Affairs team of 6 dedicated people at the VELUX Head office in Hørsholm, Denmark. The Global Public Affairs team is part of the Global Communication, Sustainability & Public Affairs department.

Application and contact

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com, where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible and no later than 17 October 2021. We will review applications and conduct interviews on an on-going basis, so don’t wait to apply.

Our company

For almost 80 years, The VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product programme includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 40 countries and around 11,500 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2019, VKR Holding had total revenue of EUR 2.9 billion and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 178 million in charitable grants.