Campaign Co-ordinator, Assembly of European Regions, AER

Job summary
The Assembly of European Regions (AER), Europe’s largest network of regional authorities, is recruiting a “superhero” to bring its “Subsidiarity is a word” movement to decision-makers and citizens across Europe.

Location: Europe

Further details

The word "subsidiarity " is virtually unheard of among ordinary people, despite the importance of the principle it represents. Subsidiarity is the principle that decisions should be taken as closely as possible to the citizen.

Launched in May 2008, the “Subsidiarity is a word” movement aims to secure recognition of the word “subsidiarity” in dictionaries and spell-checkers worldwide. In so doing, AER is promoting greater understanding of the word among citizens and greater respect for the principle among EU institutions and national decision-makers.

AER’s spokesman has been playing the role of “Subsidiarity Man” to raise awareness of the movement – his publicity stunts have attracted thousands of YouTube hits, hundreds of Facebook members and dozens of media reports from around the world. The time has come to recruit a new Subsidiarity Man/Woman to continue lobbying for the word’s recognition while further raising public awareness of the movement.

Duties and Responsibilities
The successful applicant will work with AER’s Press and Communications office for a transition period before taking over the role of Subsidiarity Man/Woman and leadership of the movement. Tasks and responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, assisting and ultimately co-ordinating the following:

•    Lobbying major dictionaries and spell-checker providers to recognise and include the correct definition of the word;
•    Administrating and promoting the “Subsidiarity is a word” Facebook group and Subisidiarity Man/Woman Twitter postings;
•    Planning and implementing publicity stunts to be filmed for YouTube postings;
•    Actively seeking and reacting to opportunities to raise public awareness about the movement;
•    Finding and exploiting opportunities to present the movement to diverse audiences such as institutional conferences and public meetings;
•    Pitching the movement to print, electronic and online media across Europe, and speaking on behalf of the movement;
•    Working in partnership with AER’s Youth Regional Network committee on Media and Communication, whose mandate includes supporting the movement’s activities;
•    Planning and adhering to a tight budget while actively seeking new funding opportunities to finance the movement’s future activities.