Project Assistant - Financial Services

APCO Worldwide is currently seeking a Project Assistant- Financial Services to join its team in Brussels for a period of 6 months starting from beginning of July 2014.

About APCO:

Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication, stakeholder engagement and business strategy firm, headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in major cities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. APCO helps clients anticipate what’s next and smartly manage reputational, communication and business opportunities and challenges that affect organizations, products, services or brands. Our diverse and hands-on global team of more than 700 experts comes from the environments clients need to reach, from former elected leaders, journalists and ambassadors to government officials and business executives.

The Brussels office consists of multilingual consultants with policy expertise in several areas, e.g. healthcare, financial services, ICT, competition, energy and transport. By operating in a collaborative environment, employees are encouraged to work across practice groups, offices, and regions. The selected candidate will focus primarily on the financial services sector. Proven knowledge/experience in this field will be considered as an asset.

Responsibilities:

The following are specific duties assigned to Project Assistants and are performed on a daily basis:

• Conduct industry and/or client research
• Conducting audits and mappings
• Support to media relations
• Assist Consultants with tasks including but not limited to:
  • Monitoring Media, institutional calendar, regulation& legislation updates
  • Research
  • Support to client work and new business opportunities
  • Draft client materials
  • Event coordination
  • Mailings
  • Translations

Qualifications & Standards:

• Degree and/or post-graduate degree in European law or politics, media/communication or equivalent
• Language skills: Fluency in English (spoken and written), excellent command of another EU Member State's language is considered as a plus
• Prior work experience: internship/stage at the European Institutions or in political sector, in-house or within an association desirable
• Keen interest and understanding of EU policymaking process and Financial Services policies desirable
• Excellent research and organizational skills
• Computer skills: MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel
• Eligible to work in the EU

Thanks for applying using our online tool by clicking the following link:http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/careers/job_opportunities.aspx
Please note that due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only be contacting successful candidates.