Communications Expert (External)

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is an independent European Union Authority established on 1 January 2011 by Regulation (EU) No. 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.

EIOPA is at the heart of insurance and occupational pensions in the EU.

Our mission is to contribute to a sound, effective and consistent level of regulation and supervision of insurance and occupational pensions sectors in Europe, and to promote transparency, simplicity and fairness in the market for consumer financial products or services across the internal market for the benefit of EU citizens. Through our activities we help protect insurance policyholders, pension scheme members, customers and consumers and other beneficiaries. We furthermore play a key role in supporting the stability of the financial system, transparency of financial markets and products, and we contribute to strengthening coordination among financial supervisors at the international level.

EIOPA is part of the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) which includes the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).

Further information on EIOPA is available on EIOPA’s website: https://www.eiopa.europa.eu/

As an European Union Authority, EIOPA is committed to fostering an inclusive and dynamic working environment, providing equal opportunities to all its employees and applicants. EIOPA is committed to ensuring gender equality and to preventing discrimination on any grounds. EIOPA actively welcomes applications from all qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds, across all abilities, without any distinction on any ground such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, marital status or family situation or sexual orientation.

Job Purpose

Multiple profiles for the following areas:

Speechwriting
Corporate social media management
Internal communication
Media relations

Job description

Major purpose

EIOPA is launching a call for candidates to recruit a Communications Expert with a primary focus on speechwriting. In addition, the selection procedure will establish a reserve list of suitable candidates for potential recruitment in roles linked to current and future workstreams with a focus on social media, internal communications and media relations.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Communications Team within the Corporate Affairs Department, which consists of three teams: the Legal Team, the Institutional Relations, Strategy and Implementation Team and the Communications Team.

The Communications Team is responsible for raising awareness about EIOPA’s role, business strategy and activities to strengthen EIOPA’s reputation as a centre of expertise for insurance and occupational pensions supervision. It provides strategic communications advice to management and experts and is responsible for delivering external and internal communications strategy and related activities. The Communications Team deals with all aspects of internal and external communication: developing and drafting content, creating multimedia materials, managing EIOPA’s digital presence, press and media relations, and internal communication.

Main Responsibilities

Depending on the area of expertise, the tasks of the Communications Expert will include, amongst others, the following:

Speechwriting

Preparing and writing speeches, briefings and other communication materials for senior management;
Identifying appropriate speaking engagements for senior management and assessing speaker invitations.

Social media

Further developing corporate social media channels;
Planning, editing and producing content for corporate social media channels, including managing social media campaigns and event-related content;
Producing and/or project-managing the production of multimedia content for social media.

Internal communication

Further developing and implementing an internal communication strategy;
Contributing to the development of initiatives to build staff understanding of the agency’s values, mission, objectives and major change initiatives;
Managing the corporate intranet and identifying and implementing improvements.

Media relations

Drafting press releases, online news, content for press kits and newsletter articles;
Analysing and providing relevant content for daily media monitoring, including traditional and social media, as well as carrying out ad-hoc media analyses;
Responding to media enquiries in a timely manner.

For all profiles

Contributing to the development and implementation of internal, external and project-specific communication strategies;
Taking on additional tasks as required in the interest of the service.

Eligibility Criteria

Thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the Union;
Be a national of a Member State of the European Union, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein;
Be entitled to their full rights as a citizen; [1]
Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws on military service;
Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post; [2]

[1] Prior to the appointment, the successful candidate will be asked to provide a Police certificate confirming the absence of any criminal record.

[2] Before being engaged, a candidate shall be medically examined by one of the institution’s medical officers in order that the institution may be satisfied that he fulfils the requirements of Article 12 (2)(d) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

Qualification:

a) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies, preferably in communications, journalism, economics, business administration, law or finance, or a related field, attested by a diploma, when the normal period of university education is three years or more; or

b) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies, preferably in communications, journalism, economics, business administration, law or finance, or a related field, attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year, when the normal period of university education is at least three years;

At least three years of proven, full-time professional experience in at least one of the areas mentioned above (speechwriting, social media, internal communication, media relations), acquired after the qualification required under a) or b) above.

Note: Your professional experience will be counted from the time you obtained the certificate or diploma required for admission to the selection procedure. Part-time work will be taken into account in proportion to the stated percentage in relation to full-time work. In case of internship, only paid internship is considered. In case of a doctorate/PhD 50% of the actual duration of the studies will be taken into account as professional experience, subject to an upper limit of three years, on the condition that the candidate was paid during the period of his/her PhD studies, the PhD studies have been completed and a diploma was awarded.

Excellent English written and oral communication skills
Working knowledge of MS Office, in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable Skills and Knowledge

Proven work experience in a multicultural environment;
Good knowledge of the European Union and its institutional framework;
Strong Project management skills;
Excellent writing skills, including the proven ability to produce tailored material for different audiences;
Knowledge in financial services and institutional communication;
Knowledge of a third EU language.

Behavioural Competencies required

For the above position, the following behavioural competencies have to be fulfilled:

Flexibility in terms of openness to taking over other tasks within EIOPA in view of the dynamic and evolving institutional environment;
Excellent team player sharing relevant information and supporting team members without taking over responsibility for their work, able to work in different teams with different levels of stakeholders in a multicultural environment;
Being able to have and express a critical view towards own performance and open to learn from experience;
Being able to quickly familiarize oneself with new topics and issues, even under time pressure, and to present them in a media-appropriate and audience-focused manner;
Sound judgement, sensitivity and political awareness;
Being able to formulate and transmit technical and complex information into a simple and understandable language;
Being able to prioritise, meet deadlines and effectively manage competing organisational demands;
Being able to listen, pay attention to details, analyse and extract essential information and present it in a creative, clear, concise and impactful way both orally and in writing;
Being able to communicate content with clarity and enthusiasm; confidently engages with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels; identify and resolve communication blockages;
Being able to develop and maintain external and internal relationships that inspire trust and respect and build a network to facilitate and ensure best communication results;
Takes initiative on the improvement of communication processes and procedures; proposes creative solutions to address challenging and emerging communication needs;
Anticipates possible conflicts between goals, requirements and priorities and prioritizes effectively when faced with limited resources or time pressure;
Takes personal responsibility for the quality, precision and timeliness of own work, and achieves results with minimal supervision.
Strong interpersonal and networking skills, ability to work well with others, independently and meeting tight deadlines.

Contractual conditions

Place of employment

Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Function group and grade

CA Function Group IV

Monthly basic salary

CA FG IV Grade 13/Step 1: 4,449.31 EUR

CA FG IV Grade 14/Step 1: 5,034.18 EUR

CA FG IV Grade 16/Step 1: 6,444.59 EUR

plus specific allowances where applicable*.

Envisaged start date

1 May 2026

Contract type and duration

Successful candidates may be offered an employment contract for three years as a Contract Agent. The contract may be renewed for a second fixed-term period, and upon its second renewal converted into a contract of indefinite duration.

Reserve list

Possibility of reserve list with validity until 31 December 2026 with possibility for extension. Please note that the reserve list may be shared with the new EU Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), located in Frankfurt. Upon establishment of the reserve list and upon request for access, EIOPA shall seek the consent of all candidates included on the reserve list.

*Summary of Conditions of Employment

1. Successful external candidates will be classified in Grade 13/Step 1, grade 14/Step 1 or Grade 16/Step1.

Function Group /Grade [1]	Monthly basic salary [2]	Monthly net salary, excluding allowances	Monthly net salary, including specific allowances [3]
FG IV/GRADE 13/Step 1	4,449.31 EUR	3,855.76 EUR	5,450.60 EUR
FG IV/GRADE 14/Step 1	5,034.18 EUR	4,050.51 EUR	6,020.46 EUR
FG IV/GRADE 16/Step 1	6,444.59 EUR	5,064.03 EUR	7,339.10 EUR

[1] Implementing rules concerning the use and engagement of contract agents

[2] The basic salary weighted by the current correction coefficient for Germany (102.7%)

[3] An estimation of net salary, including the deduction for tax and social security and adding the allowances (this estimation has been calculated with expatriation allowance, household allowance and with one dependent child allowance). Allowances depend in any case on the personal situation of the candidate.

2. Salaries are subject to a Union tax deducted at source and are exempt from national taxation.

3. Depending on the individual family situation and the place of origin, the successful jobholder may be entitled to: expatriation allowance (16% of the basic salary), household allowance, dependent child allowance, education allowance, pre-school allowance, installation allowance, reimbursement of removal costs, initial temporary daily subsistence allowance, and other benefits.

4. Annual leave entitlement of two days per calendar month plus additional days for grade, distance from the place of origin and in addition on average 15 EIOPA holidays per year;

5. EU Pension Scheme (after 10 years of service);

6. EU Joint Sickness and Insurance Scheme (JSIS), accident and occupational disease insurance coverage, unemployment and invalidity allowance and travel insurance;

7. General and relevant technical training plus professional development opportunities;

8. Modern and flexible working conditions, combining presence in the office and teleworking opportunities (some geographical restrictions apply).

Recruitment procedure

The recruitment process will include a panel interview and a written test. In addition, there may be a pre-screening exercise.

Applicants are required to act with the highest standards of integrity through the whole selection procedure.

Applications should be submitted in English language including:

(1) Curriculum Vitae clearly indicating (among all):

-Qualifications (please list exact dates of your academic qualifications gained)

-Responsibilities, experience and skills gained in each previous positions (please list exact dates of your work experience gained)

-Nationality/Citizenship

-Language skills

and

(2) Motivation statement, explaining why you are interested in the post and what would be your added value you would bring to EIOPA if selected.

Applicants will be assessed on the basis of the eligibility and selection criteria specified in the vacancy notice and these must be met by the closing date of the vacancy notice.

Only information included in the Curriculum Vitae or in the Motivation Statement are assessed.

Deadline for application is 23:59 CET on 23 February 2026

The successful candidate will be required to make an annual declaration in respect of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to his/her independence. Before recruiting a member of staff, EIOPA’s Executive Director will examine whether the successful candidate has any personal interest which may impair his/her independence or any other conflict of interest. To that end, the successful candidate, using a specific form, shall inform the Executive Director via the Ethics Officer of any actual or potential conflict of interest.

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