Spokesperson's Unit

The European Parliament stands for European democracy. We help to connect it to people.

This entails providing complete and impartial information to citizens and media about the European Parliament, and assisting Members in their communication activities. DG Communication (DG COMM) strives to reach and engage the right audience with the right message at the right time and in doing so, deliver world-class communication. We are committed communication professionals coming from various professional and academic backgrounds.

The Spokesperson's unit is the central point in DG COMM for answering queries from media not directly related to the European Parliament legislative work and for responding to misleading and erroneous information about the Parliament. A subgroup of disinformation experts of the Unit liaise with the other EU institutions to tackle disinformation and help developing strategies to better understand and prevent the phenomenon. The Unit not only answers media and stakeholders' queries but it also aims to provide members and officials with factual information and response options.

Set up in January 2018, the Spokesperson's Unit is placed directly under the responsibility of the EP Spokesperson and Director General for Communication, Jaume Duch Guillot.

• You contribute to the daily core tasks of the unit: drafting answers to non-legislative media queries and on reputational issues;
• You contribute to the unit's products: drafting the weekly newsletter, emails, short notes, social media posts, digests of press conferences, monitoring of media alerts etc.;
• You contribute to organising the unit's events;
• You summarise and digest complex topics in few paragraphs while keeping their essence;
• You provide support to the team members;
• You respond to short deadlines, prioritise and organise tasks.

• University education attested by a diploma or equivalent professional training;
• Background in journalism appreciated;
• Fluent in English, knowledge of French or a Central/Eastern European language appreciated;
• Good understanding of the EU and general knowledge of European affairs;
• Understanding of the EU media industry;
• Good knowledge of Content Management Systems and Architecture of Information;
• Good knowledge of mass mailing systems;
• Excellent drafting skills and information skills as well as social media techniques;
• Ability to summarise and digest complex topics in few paragraphs while keeping the core elements;
• Good prioritising and organising skills and capacity to respond and adapt quickly to short deadlines;
• Proactive and ready to support different tasks in the team.