Communication and Membership Database Assistant (internship)

Organisation

The European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) is a European umbrella organisation based in Brussels gathering 450 cancer patient associations.

ECPC was set up in 2003 and believes that cancer patients are the most important partners in the fight against cancer and against all the cancer-related issues affecting our society. Policy makers, researchers, doctors and industry should recognise cancer patients as co-creators of their own health.

Every day we are working towards all European cancer patients to have timely and affordable access to the best treatment and care available, throughout their life.

Position

We are looking for a talented and ambitious graduate to help us achieve ECPC goal. Our internship programme will give you an insight into our work in the field of cancer. We will help you realise your strengths and challenge you to get outside of your comfort zone. We offer hands-on training and exposure to exciting and busy ECPC communications, membership and partnership work at EU-level. 

Missions

• Assisting the communication of partnerships and research projects: setting up and implementing communication and dissemination plans to promote these specific projects
• Writing pieces for various audiences: press releases for EU news media, webpages and web articles presenting our actions on ECPC website, newsletters to our Members, social media posts, etc
• Support the identification and implementation of database technologies for our membership
• Assess and implement other technology-based solutions for fundraising, marketing, and communications
• Liaise with our members: finetuning the functionalities of the new database and updating it, assessing Members’ needs and building on our relationships, providing input to create an engaging membership policy.
• Support the development of processes for optimizing database security and manage database access.
• Monitoring data entry procedures to ensure the information in the database is accurate, up to date and useable.
• Support the recruitment of new members, collecting and verifying applications. 
• Support the overall organisation of our Annual Congress and General Assembly and the ESMO Congress.

What we offer

• One-year paid internship contract (€812 EUR gross per month + STIB/MIVB transport reimbursement) and Sodexo electronic meal vouchers for the maximum amount of €8 gross per working day.
• A full immersion in a European patient organisation
• Small, friendly and talented team, fostering collaborative and supportive culture
• A multicultural work environment
• Missions that will accelerate your learning curve
• Substantial autonomy in your daily work

Your profile

Your skills

• Strong skills to translate complex materials into content that resonates with non-specialist audience, journalistic style, understanding of the media’s world, taste for research and argumentation
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Creativity and thinking out of the box
• Strong interpersonal communication and networking skills
• Sense of organization
• Ability to prioritise, follow through, meet deadlines and deliver results
• Can-do attitude and ability to find solutions.

Your mindset

• A genuine interest in the field of cancer patients and civil society organisations
• Open-mind and willingness to learn from various people, project management tools and methods, information to process, tasks to perform
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented atmosphere as well as independently

Requirements

• Bachelor or master’s degree in administrative management, management, IT, Communication
• Previous experience (internship, volunteering, work) in the administration, membership, data base management field, FileMaker Pro and Microsoft Access databases (or any other softwares)
• English (fluent written and verbal) is mandatory; proficiency in any other EU languages will be considered an asset;
• Experience in using Microsoft Office and social media
• Understanding of EU policy making processes
• Having the right to live and work in Belgium without a work permit

Applications

Please send your application in English via email (CV and cover letter) to Monica De Vetter – Administration Manager ([email protected]) indicating in the subject “Communication and Membership Database Assistant – Surname” before 20 October 2021.

Applications received not meeting the requirements mentioned above will not be taken into consideration. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. Applications without cover letter will not be considered as valid.

Starting date: as soon as possible