JUNIOR PROJECT MANAGER – EUROPEAN FOOD PROGRAMME HF

Job description

About Edenred
Edenred is the world leader in transactional solutions for companies, employees and merchants. Whether delivered via card, mobile app, online platform or paper voucher, all of these solutions mean increased purchasing power for employees, optimized expense management for companies and additional business for affiliated merchants.
Edenred's offer is built around three business lines:
- Employee benefits (Ticket Restaurant®, Ticket Alimentación, Ticket Plus, Nutrisavings, etc.)
- Fleet and mobility solutions (Ticket Log, Ticket Car, UTA, Ticket Empreserial, etc.)
- Complementary solutions including corporate payments (Edenred Corporate Payment), incentives and rewards (Ticket Compliments, Ticket Kadéos) and public social programs.
The Group brings together a unique network of 44 million employees, 770,000 companies and public institutions, and 1.5 million affiliated merchants.
Listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange within the CACNext20 index, Edenred operates in 45 countries, with close to 8,000 employees. In 2017, the Group managed almost €26 billion in transactions, of which 78% were carried out via card, mobile device or the web.
By joining us you take part in the adventure of an international company with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and in full digital evolution in terms of commercial offer and work modes. This spirit is also reflected in Edenred’s career management approach, which promotes rapid access to responsibilities and a high degree of autonomy in a large network of SME-SMI.
Context & Main Tasks :
Based in Brussel, the Public Affair team is composed of 4 members. Reporting to the Public Programme Manager, the Junior Project Manager will be coordinating the European FOOD programme.
The FOOD programme (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) aims at promoting a healthy eating diet thanks to pioneering communication relays. In the restaurants, the interest is to improve the nutritional value of the dishes proposed and, at the same time, to make the choice easier for the consumer thanks to an increased knowledge. in that perspective, the workplace is the very efficient information vector. Launched as a pilot project thanks to EU funds in 2009, FOOD is now a long-term programme with a Consortium of 27 partners in 9 Member States.
1. Coordination
- Centralise information & country partners’ activities, update documents and tools
- Organise the annual general meeting of partners
- Design an action plan by country and follow-up actions and results
- Follow-up on the annual barometers
- Participate in conferences linked to the programme’s topic
2. Dissemination & Communication
- Community management (social media & website)
- Suggest new communication relay/actions
- Draft several institutional communication documents & design PowerPoints documents
3. Development
- Identify new local and European relays – partnerships, collaboration, …
4. EU monitoring
Monitor key topics for the Public Affairs department
Candidate Profile :
- Master degree in project management or European affairs.
- Previous experience in project management
- Knowledge about EU funding is a plus
Skills :
- Fluent in English and French (other EU languages recommended is a plus)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Good listening and communication abilities
- Pays attention to details
- Objectives oriented
- Reactiveness and flexibility
- Respects deadline
Conditions :
12-month V.I.E contract, based in Brussel, Belgium.
Start in July 2018.