Head of Communications – Voluntary Position
Bundesverbraucherhilfe e.V.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- Strategic and operational leadership of the entire communications function at Bundesverbraucherhilfe.
- Development and implementation of a consistent communications strategy for internal and external audiences.
- Management of the Brand & Media Design, Strategic Communications, and Editorial departments.
- Responsibility for the quality, coherence and impact of all communications measures at national and European levels.
- Close collaboration with the Presidium (executive board) and other departments to align political and societal messaging.
- Oversight of media relations, press activities and social media strategies.
- Promotion of clear, credible, and brand-focused communication that strengthens Bundesverbraucherhilfe’s position as a leading consumer organization.
Requirements
- A completed degree in communications, media management, marketing or a comparable field.
- Several years of experience in a senior communications role, ideally within associations, media organizations or public institutions.
- Solid expertise in strategic communication, brand management and public relations.
- Excellent writing skills, linguistic precision and a good sense for tone and target audiences.
- Experience leading interdisciplinary teams and managing complex communications projects.
- Creativity, strategic thinking and a strong sense of responsibility.
- Willingness to work remotely and flexibly in a voluntary capacity.
Benefits
- The opportunity to actively shape the communications strategy of a nationwide organization.
- Direct collaboration with the Presidium and leadership levels in a central, high-impact role.
- A creative, committed team and an environment with high personal responsibility and scope for initiative.
- Flexible working hours, home office and a modern, collaborative working structure.
- Prospect of later permanent employment if suitable and required, as corporate entities are preferentially staffed from among engaged volunteers.
- A voluntary role that not only opens professional opportunities but also provides responsibility and recognition within an association officially registered in the German Bundestag’s lobby register — as part of a democratic organization.
- Our motto: together, not against each other.
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Hard skills
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Soft skills
leadershipwriting skillslinguistic precisioncreativitystrategic thinkingresponsibilitycollaborationinterdisciplinary team management
Certifications
degree in communicationsdegree in media managementdegree in marketing