EU Public Affairs Manager M/F-

airliquidehr; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Air Liquide Brussels is seeking a Public Affairs Manager to support the Head of Brussels office, monitoring EU policy developments and drafting analyses.

You will build relationships with EU institutions, organize meetings, and help shape the European Public Affairs strategy, leveraging your 2+ years EU experience and language skills.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Public Affairs, Communication or Law.
• Fluent in English; knowledge of German and French.
• Strong understanding of EU decision-making and Brussels policy environment; 2 years EU experience.
• Ability to summarize complex issues; comfortable with IT/AI tools.
• Ethical, organized, proactive, and collaborative.

Responsabilités

• Maintain EU monitoring and information tools daily.
• Draft internal analyses for EU decision-making processes.
• Support internal coordination and external meetings.
• Prepare advocacy messages from expert discussions.
• Develop advocacy actions and external networks.

Connaissances

EU policy analysis

Public affairs

Stakeholder engagement

Drafting

Formation

Master in Public Affairs

Master in Communication

Master in Legal

Outils

IT/AI tools

Description du poste

Overview

European & International Department (DAEI) is responsible for ensuring that the Group:

• Monitors and analyzes the impacts of regulatory developments, public initiatives, at the various decision‑making levels, with sufficient anticipation.
• Develops coherent institutional positions.
• Implements lobbying actions at relevant levels.

Part of the DAEI, the Public Affairs Office in Brussels in charge of representing the Group towards the European Institutions contributes to these tasks with the specific mission to strengthen AL’s visibility vis‑à‑vis the EU Commission, Parliament, Council and stakeholders that influence them. It particularly:

• Contributes to defining the European Public Affairs Strategy.
• Manages relationships with EU institutions on topics requiring representation of the Group.
• Animates the network of European public affairs managers.
• Manages the external consultants used when necessary to implement/prepare influence actions, as well as additional internal resources to carry out legislative monitoring.
• Organizes events to develop the Group's influence actions with the EU institutions.
• Develops institutional messages with the WBLs, clusters, DAEI & other support functions.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Public Affairs Manager will support the Head of Brussels’ office in his mission.

Responsibilities

1. Maintain monitoring & information tools on EU issues and manage them on a daily basis.
2. Draft internal analyses and other contributions to the EU decision‑making process.
3. Support the organisation of internal coordination and external meetings.
4. Prepare draft advocacy messages based on discussions with experts.
5. Propose advocacy actions and help build external networks.

Are you a MATCH?

Qualifications

• Educational background: Master in Public Affairs, Communication, Legal.
• Languages: English, German, French.
• Specific knowledge and know‑how: Excellent knowledge of the EU decision‑making process; 2 years experience in the EU Brussels bubble; abilities to summarize and at ease with IT/AI tools; familiarity with Energy/Hydrogen/Semiconductor/Health related EU public policies is an advantage.
• Behavioral skills: Organised; interpersonal and networking skills; strong analytical and writing skills; very reactive and autonomous; high sense of ethics and collaboration.

Our Differences make our Performance At Air Liquide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.