Background to the role

Helping people, animals and the planet by supporting and enabling
our digital communications work in Europe

The Good Food Institute Europe is an independent nonprofit and think tank helping to build a more sustainable, secure and just food system by diversifying protein production. 

We champion the science, policies and investment needed to make plant-based, fermentation-made and cultivated (made from cells) meat delicious, affordable and accessible across Europe. 

By advancing plant-based foods, cultivating meat from cells and producing ingredients through fermentation, we can boost food security, meet our climate targets and support nature-friendly farming. GFI Europe is powered by philanthropy. Please check out the rest of our website, our 2024 highlights post, and recent editions of our monthly newsletter to find out more about who we are and what we do.

We are at an exciting stage in our growth and are looking for a Digital Communications Officer to accelerate our progress throughout Europe by showcasing the potential of protein diversification as a solution to climate, animal welfare and health challenges.

How you will make a difference

You will support the Communications team and wider programmatic teams in a wide range of areas. Reporting to and working closely with the Senior Digital Communications Manager, you will:

• Plan and create written and visual content for communications channels such as our social media, newsletter, website, resources and media engagement work.
• Monitor references to alternative proteins and related subjects in the press and on social media across Europe, identify opportunities to generate relevant content, and share updates with the wider team.
• Perform maintenance activities for our multi-language website, including adding new content and updating existing pages and other digital platforms.
• Support with content planning, formatting and sending of our monthly digital newsletter. 
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our digital communications activities, social media channels, website and newsletter.
• Contribute to and implement strategies to grow engagement among target audiences with our social media and other digital channels.
• Assist with the relationship management of service providers such as designers.
• Help to keep a calendar of GFI Europe’s communications activities up to date.
• Perform other tasks as required as a member of our team.

Who we’re looking for

We primarily hire for skills and potential rather than experience, so you do not need to have worked in a communications role before. The core skills and attributes needed to excel in the role are:

• A passion for GFI’s philosophy and mission.
• Digital communications experience: comfort with using a variety of digital tools and producing content for digital channels including social media.

• Excellent written communication skills: the ability to develop compelling, accurate and error-free English-language content, tailored to our key audiences, for channels such as social media, newsletters and our website.
• Good judgment and news sense: to successfully spot opportunities and ‘hooks’ to generate owned content, and to get the substance, tone and nuance of our message right. 
• Curiosity and compelling storytelling ability: to understand and turn complex narratives and technical content into accessible, engaging communications and adapt messaging across diverse national contexts while maintaining a coherent European voice. 
• Excellent people skills: High emotional intelligence with the ability to foster strong, positive and collaborative relationships with diverse groups of people at all levels in the organisation and stakeholders across multiple cultures and countries.
• Strong prioritisation and organisational skills: to consistently follow through on commitments, reliably bring simultaneous tasks and projects to completion, ensuring that all aspects are addressed comprehensively and nothing is overlooked, and to allocate time effectively to manage competing deadlines.
• Initiative and adaptability: adjusting to changing circumstances, priorities, and responsibilities while maintaining a high level of performance; openness and a positive response to varying cultural norms and perspectives; and actively identifying and pursuing ways to improve how we do things.
• An eye for good design and user experience: the ability to recognise engaging visual content, and tailor content approaches across channels to maximise reach, engagement and resonance.
• Tech savviness: comfort using various software tools and platforms in a remote workplace, and a willingness to learn and experiment with new systems. Training and support in Google Workspace, Asana, Salesforce and other key tools will be provided. 
• An affinity with our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and with maintaining our welcoming and supportive culture.
• Comfort working remotely and in a rapidly evolving organisation.
• Our team’s common language is English, so you’ll need to be confident working in English. 

It would be an advantage to have some or all of the following attributes, but none of them are prerequisites, and we welcome applications from candidates without any or all of them:

• Strong advantage: Fluency in an additional European language, other than English.
• A good understanding of the communications landscape in at least one country in Europe.
• Experience of managing social media channels.
• Experience with website maintenance, SEO and performance monitoring using Google Analytics.
• Experience with graphic design and workflow management tools (eg, Gimp, Canva, Adobe Suite, Asana, Notion, AI tools).

We want the best people and we know that building a diverse, inclusive workplace leads to stronger, happier, more productive and resilient teams. We strongly encourage people of every ethnicity, orientation, age, gender, origin, socio-economic background, and ability to apply. As a pan-European organisation, we welcome applications from across the whole continent. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritise an inclusive culture absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.

Benefits and the fine print

• Terms of employment: Full-time (flexible hours), permanent. Requests for part-time arrangements can be considered (minimum 30 hours per week).
• Location: We can consider applicants in any of the following countries where we can currently employ people: Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the UK. This is a remote role, and you will be able to work from home, or anywhere you choose. We are happy to consider supporting costs for co-working to enable you to work from an office if you wish. The whole GFI Europe team aims to get together in person approximately twice per year for around 3-5 days at a time. Travel costs will be covered by GFI Europe within our travel policy.
• Salary and benefits: The salary and benefits package for all of our roles are researched and benchmarked based on similar nonprofit roles in the country/location of hire. Due to capacity, we cannot complete that research for every country in advance, but approximate indicative ranges (total annual amounts received in gross salary plus benefits including home-working allowance) are likely to be:
  • €2,706-€3,180 gross/month*. This range is an example based on a hire in Belgium and will be adjusted to match our benchmarking of the successful applicant’s country of work.
  • *in addition to 13th month and holiday pay for employees based in Belgium. 
• Right-to-work requirements: The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the country where they are based, and be able to travel within the EU.
• Application Deadline: Thursday 21 August 2025, 11.59pm CEST. We will get back to all candidates after that date, no matter the outcome of their application. You should expect to hear back from us within around two weeks of the deadline.

Application process

Round	Timeline	Description	Expected Time Commitment
Application	Deadline: Thursday 21 August 2025, 11.59pm CEST	Fill in the application form. As part of this, you will also have to answer work sample questions.	1-1.5 hour
Written Assignment	End of August – Early September	Two to four questions simulating the type of work you’d be doing in the role.	2-3 hours
Interview (we’ll aim to conduct one round of interviews, but might decide to conduct a second round if needed)	Mid September	Interviews will be conducted remotely on Zoom.We know that interviews can be especially stressful for candidates. We’ve put together this guide so that you know exactly what to expect from our process and, hopefully, have a more relaxed experience.	1.5 hours
Start date	October	In general, we are very flexible about start dates. We would love you to start as soon as possible, but we completely respect any notice period from your current employer or other constraints you might have.

Dates and times of assignments and video calls can be arranged to fit around your commitments. Please note that we are ideally aiming for a quick turnaround of this hiring round, so please let us know if we should be aware of any capacity issues on your side. We are planning on making a final offer by the end of May.

We want you to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents – we are happy to make all the reasonable adjustments that we possibly can to make sure the assessment process works for you. Email us at europe-hiring@gfi.org

Any questions?

You’ll find the answer to a wide range of questions in relation to this role by checking out the Q&A session with Amy (the Hiring Manager) and Alex (the Managing Director) below. If you have any other questions about this role, feel free to reach out to us at europe-hiring@gfi.org.