Careers

Under the responsibility of the General Secretary in charge of public affairs for the whole Energy Observer ecosystem, including the industrial subsidiaries, the Institutional Relations Manager ensures the follow-up of relations with public authorities.

Missions

Monitoring and analysis:

• Ensure a strategic and prospective watch on the legislative and regulatory environment of the energy/environment/industrial policy/maritime field;
• Monitor calls for projects and public funding opportunities;
• Write summaries of reports, government plans, and legislative and regulatory documents (French and European) for the information of the teams.

Drafting of group positions :

• Elaborate positions in reaction to political/energy/environmental/maritime/industrial policy news;
• Write institutional arguments presenting the action, the projects, the perspectives, and the performances of Energy Observer and EODev;
• Work with the Communication Department and the teams in charge of digital on institutional communication.

Relations with institutional actors:

• Identify the main institutional actors (government, parliament, state services, public and semi-public organizations, European network);
• Organize and prepare institutional meetings;
• Maintain the schedule of events organized by public authorities that are of interest to the company; Participate in and welcome public decision-makers;
• Manage the institutional address book at the national, local, and European levels;
• Manage relations with associations and groups representing the interests of the energy/hydrogen/maritime sector in France, Europe, and internationally. Represent the group in working groups.

Supporting the group's leaders:

• Prepare and write speeches by executives and spokespersons;
• Prepare and write institutional letters.

Within the framework of Energy Observer's Odyssey:

• Prepare meetings and political events at an international level with embassies, local authorities, and public administrations before the stopovers, and ensure the follow-up. Manage the international political and diplomatic address book;
• Prepare institutional events in this context.

Within the framework of EODev:

• Coordinate territorial institutional relations related to the company's activities and industrial base;
• Participate in the research and submission of public funding applications.

Group values

• Mixed and complementary skills, profiles and technologies;
• Strong collective sense, without individual emphasis;
• Positive and inspiring messages, providing solutions.

Profil

Hard skills:

• Good understanding of the functioning of French and European institutions;
• Good knowledge of French and European political and economic life; Good knowledge of the challenges of ecological transition, energy, and sustainable development;
• Ability to legally translate proposals for political or regulatory changes;
• Appetence for technical subjects, technology, and industry;
• Great versatility, ability to deal with all types of cross-cutting issues;
• Ability to express creative ideas and be a force of proposal;
• Ability to coordinate a project in all its aspects;
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build and maintain the loyalty of a wide range of partners (companies and institutions);
• Commercial quality, taste for negotiation and persuasion;
• Good oral expression;
• Excellent writing skills, impeccable spelling in French and English.

Soft skills:

• Great sense of listening ;
• Reactive, available;
• Dynamic, motivated, passionate, creative, organized, precise;
• Professionalism and sense of responsibility;
• Curiosity, eagerness to learn, and to always deepen knowledge;
• Human qualities and strong ethics;
• Very good stress management and composure in all circumstances.

Degree and education

• Master's degree in Law or Political Science or Public Affairs;
• Minimum of 2 to 3 years experience in public affairs;
• Bilingual in English and French; third language welcome.

Additional information

Remuneration: to be defined according to the profile.
Schedule: Position to be filled as of June 2023.
Location: Paris

To send your application, please send your CV and cover letter to muriel@energy-observer.org and remi@energy-observer.org