Community & Policy Organiser Lead (f/m/d)
Apply now to become our Community & Policy Organiser, help shape the heart of Volt Europa by connecting, empowering and growing communities across Europe.
We are looking for a driven and empathetic organiser who knows how to bring people together across borders, topics and identities. You’ll lead our paneuropean thematic, & diversity communities, help them organise actions and initiatives across Europe enabling them to write evidence-based policy.
Do you want to contribute to Europe's future?
Volt stands for a united and federal Europe, where everyone has equal opportunities to fulfil their unique potential. We strive to achieve the highest human, environmental, social, and technological development together.
Volt Europa is a pan-European, progressive political movement building a new kind of politics: one that crosses borders, puts evidence over ideology and empowers people to co-create Europe’s future. We are active in 30+ countries, with members, elected officials and changemakers working together to make politics collaborative, transparent and genuinely European.
Our European communities are the beating heart of this movement. They are where ideas become policy, where belonging becomes action and where the Volt spirit takes shape.
Volt is an inclusive movement that wants to provide space for everyone to thrive. We believe the power of diversity achieves better results for our society at large. We can only be the inclusive political movement we aspire to be, if we represent different voices and perspectives in our society. Your skin colour, gender identity, disabilities, sexual orientation or religious belief do not matter. You are welcome in our organisation and we want to work together with you to create a better Europe for everyone.
The role
We’re looking for a Community & Policy Organiser to nurture and expand Volt’s communities; someone who thrives on connection, creativity, and purpose.
This role is about activating and empowering ideas, people and projects. You’ll help members from different countries and backgrounds express their voice, collaborate across borders and co-create policies and initiatives that reflect the diversity of Europe.
You’ll work on intertwined fronts:
Thematic Communities: where members co-create European policies on topics from climate to digital transformation.
Diversity Communities: spaces that uplift underrepresented voices (e.g. women, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+, ethnic minorities) and weave inclusion into every layer of Volt.
Laser focused on ensuring maximum impact, you’ll connect and liaise the communities and their projects with our Volt Officials, our functional teams, our policy shapers and our European leadership.
What you will do:
Lead policy co-creation: Support thematic communities, to collaboratively (with the chapters and the Volt officials) develop election-winning policies that reflect Volt's political position and evidence-based strategy.
Connect and empower: bring together and organise people across borders to achieve the above goal. Help members lead, not just participate. E.g., policy discussions, or events.
Create community rhythms: Create gatherings, rituals, and learning moments (both online and in-person) that strengthen belonging and purpose. E.g. weekly team meetings, implementing community organising basics, putting in place buddy systems.
Champion inclusion: Work with diversity communities to ensure underrepresented voices influence decisions and shape Volt’s culture. E.g. connecting campaigners from different countries to write policy or organise social action campaigns.
Innovate, adapt, lead and repeat best practices: test new formats for community engagement, capture what works, and share this across teams. Translate community insights into organisational learning, e.g. by capturing best practices and providing training.
This role is both strategic and deeply human: you’ll be building systems and relationships that help people and our organisation to flourish. You will report to the General Secretary responsible for Growth & Community.
What skills do you need to excel in this role?
Research shows that (oftentimes) female candidates only apply when they meet 100% of the requirements, while male candidates do so when they meet just 60%. We explicitly encourage everyone to apply: you don’t have to tick every box to apply. We also consider your potential and motivation!
We’re not looking for a “perfect CV”. We’re looking for a person who understands that community is culture and that culture is what moves people.
You might be the right person if you:
Have experience with policy work in a participatory setting.
Hands-on project management, making sure that projects are delivered on time with a high quality
Have experience building or facilitating communities, movements or networks - formal and/or grassroots.
Are proactive, curious and capable of structuring your own work.
Know how to turn values into practices: inclusion, transparency, empathy.
Have a good sense for group dynamics, facilitation and conflict resolution.
Know how to translate ideas into tangible actions with maximum outcome.
Are comfortable working in an international, multilingual and fully remote work environment.
Have experience working with volunteers, and you love to manage and empower volunteer teams in a digital ecosystem. Even in an online environment, you know how to keep people engaged.
Available for at least 4 days per week.
Above all: you care deeply about helping others connect, grow and act, because you believe that’s how change happens. You do not need to be a member of Volt when you apply, but knowledge of and insight in our organisation is a plus.
Why join us:
Mid-range salary ca. €40,000 for a full time contract (Belgium based salary). The exact salary within the range to be decided depending on experience. The salary will be adjusted for purchase power parity based on your location in Europe.
30 days of holiday per contract year, in addition to public holidays
A dynamic international environment where no day is the same and no challenge is too big for you and your colleagues
A flexible, remote work environment with passionate, like-minded colleagues all around Europe
The unique chance to contribute to shaping Volt's success in Europe, to grow with our party and movement, and to have a positive impact on European society.
How to apply:
Does this opportunity excite you? We want to hear from you!
To ensure we assess all applications in an objective way, we are not asking you to apply through a cover letter but to provide us with a CV and answer the following questions through this form before 15 February 23.59h CET. We ask all applicants the same questions so we can get an impression of what they have to offer to be successful in the position. Please note that we value honest, imperfect answers over polished ones, and please make sure that you submit the form correctly. Based on your answers and CV, we will select the applicants that will be interviewed for the position. We aim to start the interviews by the end of February. Please don’t worry if you do not hear back by then, our team will respond with a decision in due time.
Any questions about the vacancy, or if you have any trouble accessing the form, please feel free to reach out to [email protected].