EU Legal and Advocacy Officer, Red Cross EU, RCEU

Deadline for application: 07 July 2024

Job summary

The Red Cross EU (RCEU) Office are currently looking for their next EU Legal and Advocacy Officer who will be leading RCEU work on Social Economy and implementing the Social Economy Humanitarian Diplomacy Strategy.

Location: Brussels

Details

Founded in 1983, the Red Cross EU (RCEU) Office is a membership office representing the 27 National Red Cross Societies in the EU, the Norwegian Red Cross, the Icelandic Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

The RCEU Office helps to coordinate relations between its member organisations and EU decision-makers and stakeholders, sharing their extensive expertise in supporting people and communities experiencing vulnerability within and outside the EU.

As part of the Migration and Social Inclusion Unit, the EU Legal and Advocacy Officer works to ensure an enabling environment for National Red Cross Societies to operate within the EU as Social Economy entities, with special consideration for their status as auxiliaries to public authorities in the humanitarian field. Based on the Humanitarian Diplomacy (HD) Strategy on Social Economy agreed with members, the Officer monitors and analyses EU legislative, policy and judicial processes likely to affect the operational environment of National Red Cross Societies. This includes associations and non-profit law, employment and labour law, procurement law, and state aid law as well as policy and funding priorities related to social economy and social innovation. The Officer ensures a regular flow of information and exchange between members on the impact of EU decision-making on their operations. In coordination with members, the Officer engages with relevant EU actors to enhance understanding of the specific status and needs of National Red Cross Societies. The Officer also provides legal advice to National Red Cross Societies and to the RCEU Office on EU law related issues.

In line with the Red Cross EU Strategy 2022-2027, the Officer's main focus will be on EU law and policy that impacts the ability of RCEU members to operate as not-for-profit social service providers.

Web address for further details
https://redcross.eu/about/careers-and-internships
by eub2 -- last modified 17 June 2024