Consultant, Brussels

The Role

We are looking for a strategically-minded EU affairs consultant to join our team in Brussels. We are particularly interested in candidates who understand the dynamics of corporate communications structures, have a knack for understanding audiences and crafting concise, compelling, and impactful messages, and have worked with media across paid, earned, owned, and shared channels. The candidate should feel comfortable working across a range of topics. Experience in the regulatory dynamics in the EU related to the consumer goods, pharma, and healthcare sectors would be an advantage.

Client work relating to EU policy will be central to the role, but there will be ample opportunity to be involved in Teneo’s broader suite of offers, including working with our experts in strategic communications across our European and global offices. This role is ideal for a candidate with a background in EU affairs and some experience in communications. Teneo offers a productive and collegiate environment in which to prove yourself and develop your career, working closely alongside senior business leaders.

As part of your skillset, we would highly value the following qualities and characteristics:

• Ability to produce C-suite quality advisory and written support documents
• Ensuring high quality standards in project, client and document management
• Ability to demonstrate or effectively acquire in-depth knowledge of our clients' business and industries
• Strong team-player with an ability to communicate effectively internally and proactively manage the coordination of deadlines to support the whole team
• Recognising and using options to market Teneo's differentiated approach and wide range of consulting
• Initiative and willingness to take on tasks for the team

Skills & Experience required

• University degree, and minimum 3-4 years of professional experience in policy and/or consulting
• Interest in current affairs
• Positive, flexible and ambitious team player
• Business fluent and excellent written English
• Contributes to a positive and highly professional atmosphere with a can-do attitude, always focused on pre-empting issues and being solutions oriented
• Acts with discretion, integrity and professionalism at all times

• Calm under pressure, committed, and enthusiastic

What we can offer  

• The opportunity to work on international, cross-border mandates and the chance to work with and learn from experts across the Teneo network
• Competitive remuneration
• Comprehensive training opportunities and performance management programme
• Pension plan, hospitalisation insurance, discretionary bonus scheme, team events, and other perks.

This role is based in Brussels.

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,600 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Our 30-person strong team in Brussels are drawn from politics and government, the corporate world and journalism, NGOs and academia (https://www.teneo.com/brussels/)