Germany: Project Assistant

Aug 23, 2021 | adelphi
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adelphi is an independent think tank and leading international public policy consultancy on climate, environment and development. Our 200-strong team of experts and specialists plays a key role in generating and promoting new ideas, shaping debates, building new strategies and setting agendas. We help to forge new paths towards a sustainable future, both by providing scientifically sound policy analysis and by working in dialogue with political and civil society actors and decision-makers.

Join us and you can expect to work on topical issues that connect the worlds of science and politics, in collaboration with policymakers and practitioners around the world. Contribute your ideas and expertise as part of our interdisciplinary, international project teams, and benefit from a collaborative working and learning environment with flat organisational structures.

The Berlin office is seeking a Project Assistant to support our team for a minimum of 12 months.

Your scope of responsibilities:

In the project “Building Back Better: Climate Diplomacy”, adelphi, in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, is working to promote climate diplomacy in multilateral fora and strengthen international and regional climate security. As a part of this project adelphi hosts the Berlin Climate Security Conference (BCSC), online from 27 September to 8 October 2021, and leverages communications to influence narratives and decision-making related to climate security. As a Project Assistant, you will support the Climate Diplomacy & Security team.

Your tasks

  • Production of social media posts and graphics
  • Drafting engaging articles based on research findings for internal and external platforms
  • Editorial support, such as proofreading English texts and producing blurbs and teasers
  • CMS support and maintenance for BCSC and other project websites
  • Support with webinar logistics and participant management for BCSC
  • Building and maintaining media contacts lists
  • Media monitoring

Your qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a Bachelors (minimum in the third semester) or Masters programme in politics, communication, or similar and related fields
  • Academic work and studies relating to the environment and climate and/or first experiences working in relevant fields, including communications, journalism or public policy
  • Native-speaker level of English
  • Excellent research, writing and editing skills
  • Strong interest in or experience in online communication, journalism or publishing
  • Structured, precise, independent and flexible approach to work
  • Very good command of Office applications, particularly MS Word and Outlook
  • Good command of/or high motivation to learn and work with graphic design layouts and website content management systems
  • Experience in producing and publishing social media content in a professional context

We offer

  • A varied and autonomous job and the assumption of responsible, varied tasks in a sustainable company
  • An exciting, flexible and multicultural working environment and an appreciative corporate culture with flat hierarchies
  • Benefits with the BVG
  • Active work-life balance through flexible working hours, diverse working time models and mobile working
  • An attractive and centrally located office on the Spree as an ideal environment for creative work