Communications Officer
Communications Officer
ClientEarth
Brussels, Belgium
- Application Deadline: May 18, 2026
- Department: External Affairs
- Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
- Workplace type: Hybrid
- Compensation: €3,331/month
- Reporting To: Diane Vandesmet
We are looking to hire a Communications Officer for a 9 month Fixed-Term Maternity Cover contract to help share our work, engage our audiences, and strengthen our voice!
ClientEarth’s teams across the world use the law to create powerful change and a future where people and planet thrive together. Communications plays a key role in this work. We use a strategic approach to communications to influence decision-making and drive behaviour change.
In this role, you will report to our Communications Manager, Diane Vandesmet (Also based in our Brussels office) and will work very closely with other members of the communications team based in London and elsewhere in Europe.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with Digital Communications colleagues to enhance the impact of our legal and advocacy work in Brussels and other priority countries, through the collaborative creation of content and key messages, with oversight from the Communications manager;
- Work with colleagues in Programmes, Public Affairs and the Head of Brussels to ensure our communications activities contribute to our advocacy objectives;
- Implement and monitor communications activities (including testing new approaches) to support agreed objectives for our priority programmatic work, working with colleagues on global communications aims and providing Brussels audience expertise. Escalate reputationally or legally sensitive issues and proposed reactive media activity to the Communications Manager for sign-off;
- Develop and maintain relationships to support agreed communications priorities, including with journalists, partner organisations and other stakeholders. Ensure these relationships are managed appropriately and documented;
- Participate in relevant national and international coalitions, for example when coordinating communications initiatives with NGOs or other stakeholders, as required, bringing our expertise to the table and adding value to joint communications.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- Experience of implementing high-profile, fast-paced communications work;
- Experience of working with national and international media to land stories and organisational messages that further agreed strategic aims;
- Experience of briefing colleagues and preparing them for media interviews;
- Knowledge of Brussels and national media outlets, with contacts in key publications;
- An interest in environmental issues such as climate change, and their social ramifications and an awareness of the climate campaigning landscape at both grassroots and NGO level;
- Fluent (CEFR level C2) in English and another European language.
Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
Job Benefits
Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in Belgium.
About ClientEarth
We take governments to court – and win. We force polluting industries to shut down. We protect irreplaceable forests and vulnerable species. We empower people and NGOs with the legal rights to bring forward environmental battles of their own. Using the law means that we create real, long-lasting and embedded change.
We’re working to secure a lasting civilisation in which people and nature thrive together. We work in partnership across borders, systems and sectors, ingeniously using the law to protect life on Earth.
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