Policy Officer
ChargeUp Europe
Start date
1st February 2025
About the Organisation
ChargeUp Europe is the voice of the electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure industry. Our growing membership is committed to delivering a seamless charging experience for EV drivers, incentivizing investment, and creating a consumer-centric, open-market model for charging infrastructure in Europe. ChargeUp Europe’s mission is to push for an infrastructure roll-out that starts from the consumer needs, makes EV driving convenient across borders and so strives for an open-market model supported by open standards and protocols, removing market barriers related to concessions, grids, data sharing or building codes.
The EV charging infrastructure industry is at the forefront of the twin green and digital transitions. It is an innovative, fast-evolving, dynamic sector. Investments into charging Infrastructure will grow from €5 billion in 2021 to over €15 billion in 2030, with an expected workforce growth of +270 % by 2030.
About the role
The Policy Officer is a professional who helps shape, influence, and implement policies within an organization, government body, or non-governmental organization (NGO). This role typically involves research, stakeholder engagement, and communication to ensure that policies align with organizational goals and address societal or sectoral challenges.
Responsibilities
Policy:
- Provide support for ChargeUp Europe’s policy committee and task forces, in collaboration with the rest of the policy team;
- Ensure the delivery of concrete results, based on consensus among a diverse membership, in support of ChargeUp Europe’s priorities;
- Analyse and synthesize policy documents, assessing impact and identifying relevant key points, facts, and statistics to help explain complex policy topics to broad audiences in a concise way;
- Coordinate and help develop ChargeUp Europe responses to public consultations, position papers,s and presentations as identified by ChargeUp Europe’s committees and task forces;
- Monitor, gather intelligence, and report on EU policy developments;
- Coordinate the organization of relevant internal and external meetings, making sure all ChargeUp Europe meetings are orderly prepared and precisely minuted;
- Build and maintain a network of contacts in partner organizations, further cementing and expanding ChargeUp Europe’s links with existing and new partners;
- Help answer policy-related queries from the membership in a timely fashion.
Communications and Advocacy:
- Contribute to communications efforts (e.g. drafting short statements for social media, preparing presentation materials supporting speaking engagements on policy priorities);
- Help plan, execute, and implement opportunities for advocacy to support ChargeUp Europe’s policy asks and proactive agenda;
- Liaise and coordinate with other industry associations and stakeholders in Brussels as part of advocacy initiatives, ensuring good collaboration.
Skills, Competencies & Experience
- 2-5 years of experience in a technical, policy, and regulatory position in a relevant industry (transport, digital, energy), preferably in a trade association;
- Good understanding of EU policies and processes;
- Strong analytical skills (proven ability to analyze, summarise and communicate on complex policy and technical issues);
- Proven ability to produce advocacy materials;
- Experience with coordinating networks/coalitions of members and partners;
- Fluent in both written and spoken English;
- Well-organized, and can work proactively and independently;
- Excellent command of the MS Office suite.
Required Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in a relevant
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Lunch Vouchers
- Pension plan
- Medical Plan (DKV);
- Mobile Device, Mobile Phone Subscription, and laptop;
- 25 days of Holidays
- Teleworking Allowance
- Representation Allowance
- Monthly Public Transport Subscription
Conditions of employment
- You need to have the right to work in the EU
Working locations
- Remotely working in Brussels Belgium
How to apply
- Send an email to [email protected] with a CV in English and a cover letter, with the subject line "Policy Officer" by 16th January 2025
Interviews
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview
Policies
- ChargeUp Europe values diversity and encourages applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and ethnic background.