About the Role

In this role, you are responsible for our political and societal lobbying and strategic communication. You are the bridge between our goals, other organizations, and the political sphere. Every day, you work on major societal issues and build strong relationships with key partners and coalitions. Together with the entire team, you ensure that our mission is placed high on the political and societal agenda.

Your profile

• Affinity with the goals of the Vegetarian Association
• Understanding a dynamic political environment
• Analytical ability
• Socio-political sensitivity
• Writing at a professional level
• Proactive, expert, creative and result-oriented
• University-level work and thinking skills
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing lobbying strategies

What do the duties consist of?

• Political Analysis: monitoring the political agenda and analyzing national political and societal developments.
• Agenda setting: recognizing the potential impact, opportunities, and threats and translating these into targeted actions.
• Relationship management: building and maintaining a warm network with stakeholders, such as politicians, civil servants, and civil society partners.
• Collaboration: building coalitions with organizations to form a more powerful lobby bloc.
• Strategic Communication & Media: leveraging media and social channels to exert pressure together and achieve our goals.
• Writing: writing persuasive memos, opinion pieces, and business articles.
• Internal Collaboration: working closely with colleagues to convey a clear and powerful external message.

Practical information • The position is for 24 hours per week • The salary is between €3,555 and €5,023 gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 40 hours)

Apply Interested?

Send your application to: floris@vegetariers.nl

About the Organisation

The Dutch Vegetarian Association has been the expert on plant-based food for 131 years. We are the voice of more than a million Dutch people. Our goal is clear: by 2040, meat consumption in the Netherlands must be reduced by half