Job Posting: Communication Expert

Start Date: 26/01/2026

End Date: 31/12/2026

Location: Brussels

Regime: Full-time

Application Deadline: 13/01

Job Description:

We are looking for a Communications Officer to support strategic ambitions and an evolving international footprint. The role ensures that the brand strengthens trust, clarity, and cohesion among stakeholders, while reinforcing the position as a reliable and forward-looking partner.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Communication & Reputation Management:
  • Develop and execute communication and reputation strategies ensuring coherence across all entities, markets, and channels.
  • Safeguard the reputation by anticipating sensitivities, managing risks, and aligning messaging with values and strategy.
  • Translate brand strategy into clear, credible, and accessible narratives for internal and external audiences.
  • Ensure all communication reinforces positioning as a strong international player with national expertise.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  • Coordinate messaging and key communication moments with major stakeholders.
  • Support executive leaders with speaking points, briefs, and narrative alignment.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams, ensuring consistent brand roll-out.
• Project Leadership & Coordination:
  • Manage the end-to-end roll-out of the brand identity in partnership with relevant departments.
  • Collaborate with change-management teams to embed the brand internally and strengthen employee engagement.
  • Act as a point of contact, providing guidance and safeguarding the brand’s strategic direction.
• Content Creation & Quality Control:
  • Draft high-quality content, including social media materials, executive messages, and campaign assets.
  • Ensure all content reflects the tone of voice: clear, accessible, humble, and trustworthy.
  • Monitor sentiment and feedback, adapting communication tactics where necessary.

Additional Expectations:

• Provide creative guidance and challenge proposals from agencies when needed.
• Demonstrate a solution-minded, hands-on approach, prioritizing cost-efficient options.
• Work with patience, empathy, and sensitivity, especially when navigating diverse stakeholder expectations.
• Maintain momentum in complex contexts, always finding a constructive way forward.
• Bring a strong command of new communication formats and channels.
• Be highly autonomous, practical, and reliable.

Requirements:

• 5–7 years of experience in strategic communication, public relations (corporate events is a plus).
• Very good knowledge of Dutch and/or French, plus knowledge of a second language, and thorough knowledge of English.
• Ability to simplify complex topics and communicate with clarity, nuance, and credibility.
• Strong judgment and risk-awareness, able to anticipate sensitivities and advise with confidence.
• Structured project management skills with strong attention to detail and consistency.
• Calm, mature, and reliable — able to inspire confidence during times of change.
• Collaborative mindset, comfortable operating in a multi-entity and international environment.
• Strong sense of ownership, responsibility, and integrity.
• Hands-on, practical, creative, and solution-oriented.
• Patient and sensitive to organizational dynamics, while determined to move things forward.