Advisor for Federation Active in Food and
Il y a 2 mois
Our client is a professional, Belgian federation which represents 250 companies active in the food and agricultural sector. Their core team consists of +/- 5 employees who regularly work together at the association’s head office in Groot-Bijgaarden; it is also possible to work from home during several days per week. They are currently recruiting an Advisor who will be the right hand of the Director.
**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**
As an Advisor you are - together with the Director - the main point of contact for members, partners, stakeholders, research & knowledge institutions, public authorities and other organisations with regards to all possible company and food related questions within the sector and this on a local, national and European level. You offer members & stn translate complex policy strategies and legislation into comprehensible and concrete objectives and actions. You are involved in a broad variety of activities and projects internally and externally, you are faced with a wide range of biological/technical/legal/scientific/economic topics on a daily basis and you have continuously interactions with fascinating people in diverse companies and organisations. You report to the Director of the association and you work closely together with a really nice, professional and driven team.
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
More concretely the role covers the following aspects (list is not exhaustive):
- You are the right hand of the Director: you support her with the processing, management and follow-up of all complex technical-scientific questions, tasks, activities and projects with the aim of supporting the members and assisting them in their daily operations
- You look closely into all sorts of technical matters, files and projects (e.g. labelling, hygiene, food additives; nutritional values, food safety, listeria/salmonella, product recalls, animal welfare, traceability, bio products, food law, compliance guide, audits, sustainability and CO2 calculations, etc.)
- You manage and represent a knowledge & expertise centre: you help building the knowledge and sharing it with the members; you inventorise and summarise scientific studies; you inform members, make them aware and you indicate certain evolutions in current files and legislation
- You follow up on legislation and regulations on a local, regional, national and European level (bio, food law, aromas & additives, whole genome sequencing, animal welfare, etc.)
- You advise and assist members and stakeholders with legal/practical questions related to contracts, terms of reference, UTP Directive, labelling, claims, quality labels and certification, commercial law, tenders, etc.
- You follow up on projects, including news and innovation in collaboration with universities, research groups and working groups
- You follow up on the activities and projects of the technical-scientific working group: coordinating meetings and preparing the agenda for these meetings, writing reports afterwards, following up on action points
- You follow the news closely, you write articles and provide technical content for newsletters and for the website
- You work closely together with the Director on complex export questions and files: opening new countries & market access; analysing numbers & statistics; following up on trends and evolutions; contacts with embassies; helping with the organisation and preparation of inspection missions; raising specific problems/issues; contacts in the diplomatic world; administration regarding customs requirements, export certification, health regulations; etc.)
- You prepare lobbying files together with the Directeur
- Possible projects/tasks after an integration period : visiting members/partners, participating in external meetings & negotiations, crisis management and communication, PR and lobbying activities, serving on committees/research groups, reassessing the training offer, recruiting new members, etc.
**PROFILE**
- You ideally have a relevant Bachelor or Master degree: bioscience, food technology, agricultural engineer, chemical, etc.
- Previous experience in a similar role would obviously be a plus, e.g. a technical-scientific advisor role in another professional federation/research centre/parliamentary cabinet/But this is not a must. Experience in another field can also be interesting and the right attitude & drive are equally important.
- Perfect knowledge of Dutch (spoken and written) with a good knowledge of French and English. Training courses can be provided.
- You are capable of researching, processing and following up on technical, scientific, biological and legal information; you manage to make this information comprehensible and accessible for people with little or no scientific/technical background
- You are enthusiastic and proactive, you are autonomous but you also value the opinion of team members, you enjoy being part of a smaller structure where everybody contributes and helps one another
- You are very service and resu
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