EU Ocean Campaign Director | Hybrid, Remote 2 Days/Week

Environmental Justice Foundation Limited; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work

Remote working up to 2 days a week

Job summary

Environmental Justice Foundation is seeking a Campaign Director to lead a flagship EU campaign. The role requires deep institutional knowledge, strategic influence, and outstanding communication skills to operate at high levels of European policymaking.

You will co-develop advocacy plans targeting the European Commission, Parliament, Council, and national governments, ensuring timely influence and measurable outcomes. The position is hybrid with international collaboration.

Qualifications

• Senior level experience with European institutions and networks.
• Proven track record in designing and delivering campaigns with measurable outcomes.
• Ability to engage senior policymakers and diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a flagship EU campaign strategy to defend and secure strong, science-based and fair ocean policies during the current European policy cycle.
• Co-develop and co-execute high-impact advocacy plans targeting the European Commission, European Parliament, Council of the EU, and Member State governments, ensuring timely influence at key political moments.
• Establish and maintain close relationships with NGOs, fishers’ organisations, academics, legal experts and other allies to maximise influence and alignment.
• Coordinate the delivery of work across team members across the coalition to deliver the campaign.
• Build and maintain senior-level political relationships with policymakers, advisers, diplomats, regulators and other decision-makers to advance campaign objectives.
• Lead debate framing and messaging that position healthy seas, biodiversity restoration and thriving coastal communities as mutually reinforcing priorities.
• Represent the campaign externally in high-level meetings, conferences, roundtables, media opportunities and stakeholder forums with authority.
• Identify political opportunities and risks, providing strategic intelligence and recommendations to adapt campaign tactics in a fast-moving policy environment.
• Secure measurable policy outcomes, tracking progress against campaign goals and working with the collaboration to adjust strategies to maximise impact.
• Ensure strong delivery, accountability and value for money.
• Contribute to donor engagement, including helping shape proposals, reporting on impact and supporting opportunities.

Skills

Senior political expertise

Campaign leadership

Policy advocacy

Stakeholder engagement

Fluent English

Additional EU language (French/German/

Job description

Environmental Justice Foundation is seeking a Campaign Director to lead a flagship EU campaign. The role requires deep institutional knowledge, strategic influence, and outstanding communication skills to operate at high levels of European policymaking.

You will co-develop advocacy plans targeting the European Commission, Parliament, Council, and national governments, ensuring timely influence and measurable outcomes. The position is hybrid with international collaboration.