Junior European External Affairs Manager

Who are we?
- At Unilever, we share one simple purpose: To make sustainable living commonplace. Through our powerhouse brands such as Dove, Axe and Magnum, we are creating a bright future for our business and our planet - and you can be part of it

We believe that companies with purpose last, people with purpose thrive and brands with purpose grow. We meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.

Business context and main purpose of the job:
Unilever is looking to recruit a European External Affairs Manager to reinforce the European affairs capability for its Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care and Homecare business groups. You will:
- Work closely with colleagues within the European and Global External Affairs team to help develop and deliver the European business and External Affairs priorities as well as driving our progressive agenda in Brussels. This includes delivering flawless issues management and outstanding thought leadership-
- Work with three business groups (Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal care and Homecare) and the European region through external affairs and advocacy interventions-
- Help to drive our progressive agenda in Brussels on Unilever’s Compass both in terms of driving growth and mitigating risks by creating the right regulatory environment to help land our Compass Commitments.This will involve building/supporting multi-functional campaigns on topics covering trust in ingredients and packaging, environmental labeling, alternatives to animal testing, sustainable product policy and circular economy. To do so, the European External Affairs Manager is required to have a good understanding of and experience with the EU Institutions and processes, knowledge in the EU chemicals legislation, and excellent advocacy and campaigning skills.

Main Accountabilities:
You will be working with the European External Affairs team to:
- Represent Unilever in external contact building and networking with relevant European institutions including the European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Ministers.-
- Represent Unilever in key European trade organisations.-
- Build and maintain relationship with other key stakeholders such as NGOs, think tanks and academics.-
- Provide input, guidance and proactively draft and help shape positions/perceptions of external audiences as part of business strategy.-
- Draft and implement communications and social media material, position papers and stakeholder outreach programmes.-
- Support the business with the launch of product innovations that require acceptance of external stakeholders and/or regulatory approval.- Who are you?

Relevant Experience:
- 2-5 years’ experience in an external/public affairs role (in-house, consultancy, trade association) or relevant experience in one of the EU institutions.-
- A team player with a global mindset who is willing to work across public affairs, advocacy and communications disciplines, geographies and functions.-
- Ability to summarize how certain regulatory and reputational issues can impact the business and to help create unlocks.-
- Ability to translate complex, technical topics into clear, easy-to-understand messages for a political audience.-
- Experience in the personal care or homecare sector and/or chemicals, circular economy is a strong asset.Desirable:
- Knowledge of the chemicals sector.-
- Network of established European external affairs contacts with the European Institutions, NGOs, and industry stakeholders.-
- Experience at regional or local level in External Affairs.Key Skills:
- Have business acumen-
- Understand and advise on how EA can help drive business priorities-
- Stakeholder management and knowledge-
- Strategic Issues Management expertise-
- Lobbying and Advocacy campaigning-
- Able to get to absorb information and come to the essence with novel point of views for the business-
- Perfect command of written and spoken English. Any additional language is a strong assetEXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE?

We look forward to meeting you