Public Affairs Manager

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

**Do you believe that buildings are both pivotal for the transition of our societies, and a safeguard against social and economic turmoil?**
**Are you passionate about how public policies can improve our wellbeing?**
**Are you looking for a job with a purpose, in a company redistributing its benefits to society and committed to extremely ambitious climate objectives, in line with the Paris Agreement?**
**If so, you might be the Public Affairs Manager we are looking for
**About the job
**Within our “External Relations & Sustainability” department, we are currently looking for a Public Affairs Manager for the Belgian market, with a significant focus on energy efficiency, environmental issues and good indoor climate of buildings.
In this position, you will be responsible for ensuring a positive business environment for VELUX, as well as the credibility of VELUX for various stakeholders (politicians, administrations, press, NGOs, interest groups, etc.).

This entails the following tasks:

- Developing and executing, at the federal and regional level, a public affairs strategy focusing on issues most critical to our business
- Managing stakeholders, including building and maintaining good relations to relevant stakeholders, and attend relevant meetings and conferences representing the VELUX views on selected topics.
- Monitoring national and regional policy processes and stakeholders regarding selected dossiers and policy areas.
- Preparing position papers, presentations and the like, explaining the VELUX position
- Ensuring the follow up of standards and technical requirements impacting our products, including liaising with interest groups and relevant institutions (Agoria, Embuild, Buildwise,)
- Cooperating with media colleagues to support the agenda on sustainability, as well as on healthy and energy-efficient buildings via media, including social media
- Advising Management
- Cooperating in projects building the brand perception and company reputation among stakeholder groups, including research projects.

This position will be located in our Belgian offices (Wavre & Brussels) with occasional traveling within Europe.

**What do you need to be effective in this this role?**
- You have an advanced understanding of Belgian institutions both at the federal and regional levels;
- You are able to establish and nurture networks within the sustainability and the building sectors, and have an existing network in one or several of the following sectors : buildings, energy, environmental transition;
- You have great analytical and anticipation skills, while being to adapt rapidly to changing situations;
- Technical matters do not scare you. You are able to acquaint yourself with technical dossiers that are of regulatory or legal relevance to VELUX (e.g. Energy Performance of Buildings, CO2)
- Furthermore, we expect that you:

- Are trilingual Dutch / French / English
- Have great communication & presentation skills
- Are curious and ready to learn new things
- Have 5 years of experience in a similar position in a company, or in an NGO, consultancy or public body in related fields

**Your opportunities**

You will work alongside experienced and enthusiastic colleagues - in an international setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will.
You will be reporting to the Head of Public Affairs in Region SouthWest Europe (BENELUX, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal) and will have regular exchanges with colleagues both from the Region and from the Group.

**We offer**
- Competitive compensation package
- Exceptional working environment in recently renovated offices flooded with light and air
- Hybrid way of working (office / teleworking) + monthly bonus for the purchase of equipment
- Discounts on Velux products for you and your family
- Meal vouchers
- Complete health and hospitalization insurance for the whole family
- Group pension insurance
- Free: coffee, tea, fresh organic fruit, soft drinks, snacks, etc.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:
VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote