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• Project: Get out to Vote - European Elections Campaign
• Contract type: Freelance
• Duration: As soon as possible - End date: June 2024
• Hours: 20 hours per week 
• Daily rate: 200 EUR
• Location: Remote within Belgium 

WeMove Europe is looking for a Community Organiser to support and coordinate the work of our community in Belgium specifically and a wider coalition engaged in the 2024 European Parliament elections.

The role will focus on delivering election-related Get Out To Vote activities in Belgium ahead of the 2024 elections, testing offline and online mobilization tactics in development with the Coordinator, bringing network people together to innovate and collaborate, and supporting offline mobilization and organizing.

Our ideal candidate is a well-connected, dynamic self-starter who can work independently and as part of a wider team of EU-based campaigners.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Implement a strategy, and adapt it depending on evolving context, for how we approach Get Out The Vote work in Belgium
• Identifying influencers with whom we could strategically partner, in French and Flemish language, in collaboration with social media consultant 
• Develop and maintain relationships with local community groups, organisations, and influencers
• Mobilising young people and first-time voters (16-17 year olds) by raising awareness on the importance of voting in the European elections through digital campaigns and offline mobilisation
• Coordinate the translation of campaign content into French and Flemish digital campaigns and events to promote voter engagement
• Any other tasks that are required to meet the goals of our strategy in Belgium.

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated individual who brings these qualities to the table:

• More than 2 years experience in digital campaigning for progressive organizations. 
• Familiarity with digital campaigning methods and tactics, including how to leverage email, social media, and other tools to shift a target
• Demonstrated ability to support campaigners and organizers to excel in their own work
• Ability to rapidly identify emerging strategic opportunities for mass civic engagement to create change
• Excellent project management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and either French or NL. 
• Demonstrated empathy, humility, self-awareness and critical reflection
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity

Additional skills that would make a candidate stand out:

• Language fluency in one or more non-English languages
• Experience in framing and messaging development 
• Experience or interest in technology and digital innovation
• Experience supporting international networked organizations or communities

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace which is why people from communities that experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity; women; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+, are especially encouraged to apply. We do not share the implicit belief that online campaigners necessarily have to be very young and also encourage people who left their twenties and thirties behind to apply.

• Project: Get out to Vote - European Elections Campaign 2024
• Contract type: Freelance
• Hours: 20 hours per week 
• Daily rate: 200 EUR
• Location: Remote within Belgium 

If you are interested in this position, please send an application in English. Please include:

• CV mentioning your language skills in your first language, English and other languages according to a scale from A1 to C2.
• Motivation letter 

Our recruitment process involves the following stages:

• Evaluation of applications
• 1-2 round interviews
• Final decision

[Ensure that your CV and motivation letter are in English, as applications in other languages will not be processed]

At WeMove Europe, we value diversity in all its forms. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ages, and origins, aiming to create an inclusive and richly diverse team.

• Position: Senior Technical Campaigner
• Location: Remote, Anywhere in EU
• Starting date: as soon as possible
• Application deadline: 15th of April 2024

We are looking for a full-time Senior Technical Campaigner who will be part of the core tech team, a group of people making an extra effort to supercharge our campaigning with technology and responsible for properly supporting our online campaigning activities.The role is made of three crucial components: 1) communicating with other team members and supporting them with technical knowledge and expertise, 2) working on a full cycle of implementation of custom tools (incl. specification & design, coding, integration, testing, maintenance and improvements), 3) understanding and monitoring our services and intervening when needed.

Roughly 70% of your time will be spent on longer term projects - building new tactics for campaigns, developing infrastructure tools, integrations and other improvements to our stack. There will also be space for learning here.

Around 30% of your time, depending on specific moment in time, will be spent on support and maintenance, handling help requests and interventions. Those might vary from simple technical questions up to designing and supporting an ad-hoc online campaigning tactic together with a group of campaigners.

It’s also up to you to shape our infrastructure - our culture is based on the “doer's attitude” and hacker culture. If you can get your hands dirty with diagnosing and solving the problem and you can convince others that your solution is the right one without going into flame war, you’re one of us.

Our stack
We use many different tools - and do not expect you to know them all, but great if you do! We invest in Open Source, and work hard to protect the privacy of our members.

• Python, SQL, JavaScript (React, Vue), Tailwind, occasionally PHP, Ruby 
• MySQL, PostgreSQL, AMQP
• Bare metal, VPS, Ansible, Docker, CD/CI
• ActionKit (campaigning tool), Stripe, Twilio, PayPal

We are seeking a dynamic individual who thrives on continuous learning, possesses excellent communication skills, and shares a genuine passion for coding as well as fostering meaningful connections with others. And brings these qualities to the table:

• Have excellent communication skills
• Have Python/SQL/ReactJS/VueJS/jQuery (at least two of) programming experience (5-7 years in those specific technologies)
• Be open to getting your hands dirty with other tools and programming languages than those listed above
• Be comfortable with Linux servers
• Be excited about online campaigning technology, be curious about what new tactics and techniques can be employed for social change
• Have good written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to work well with a variety of personalities and cultures. Any of the languages that WeMove Europe speaks in is a plus.
• Feel commitment to being accountable for results with a strong focus on getting stuff done.
• Have the ability to think independently and make decisions, but also take part in group decision making.
• Enjoy collaborative approach to work.
• Care about and believe in WeMove Europe’s mission.

We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace which is why people from communities that experience discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity; women; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+, are especially encouraged to apply. We do not share the implicit belief that techies necessarily have to be very young and also encourage people who left their twenties and thirties behind to apply.

• Full time position (40hrs/week)
• 1 year contract with 3 months probation period, with a view to renewal
• Location: remote, anywhere within the EU
• Benefits: Home office set up and co-working space of your choice, 30 vacation days, trainings, professional development, regular team calls, participation in-live meetings and more!
• Salary range: Below, please find the salary ranges we offer for the position. Those are estimates indexed to local living costs. Final calculations are based on city living costs indexes and might still slightly differ depending on your location.
  • North Western Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, France): 59.000€ - 64.000€
  • Central Europe (Germany, Austria, Italy): 56.000 - 61.000€
  • Southern Europe + Baltic region (Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania): 49.000€ - 53.000€
  • East Central Europe (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia): 43.000€ - 46.000€
  • Balkan region (Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria): 37.000€ - 40.000€

If you are interested in this position, please send an application in English by April 15th, 2024. Please include:

• CV mentioning your language skills in your first language, English and other languages according to a scale from A1 to C2.
• Motivation letter mentioning of your experience.

Our recruitment process involves the following stages:

• Evaluation of applications
• Online task assessment
• 1-2 round interviews
• Final decision

[Ensure that your CV and motivation letter are in English, as applications in other languages will not be processed]