Department: Corporate Services
Team: Legal
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Position type: Fixed Term Contract – 1 year, Full-Time, Hybrid working (2-3 days in the office)
What the hiring manager says
“This role is a unique opportunity to join the GSMA competition team to support the mobile industry and stakeholders to influence competition policy in Europe and at a global level. You will be a member of a talented and motivated team working to build a better regulatory environment for the connectivity sector. The GSMA is an exciting workplace where you can develop in a fast-changing environment, while being part of a globally-renowned organisation.”
Maria Sendin Valle, Antitrust Director
About the Team
Located in Brussels and London, the GSMA competition team ensures all GSMA activities comply with competition laws at a global level and leads on competition policy activities in close cooperation with the GSMA Global and Europe teams. With competition policy at the centre of policy priorities across the world, the team works closely with GSMA members to give the mobile connectivity industry a powerful voice.
About the Role
As Competition Policy Coordinator, you will contribute to GSMA’s efforts to support our members in advancing their collective competition policy interests, related to the Global and European competition agenda.
- You will support the work of the Competition Experts Group at the European level, notably in relation to the ongoing review of merger rules, and support any competition policy activities at either global or regional level
- This includes monitoring and analysis of competition law and policy developments at a global level (such as publication of new laws, guidelines, case law)
- Coordinating and contributing to competition policy positions (including consolidating members feedback and writing, updating and editing position papers, briefings, public consultation responses, letters and presentations)
- Ensuring GSMA is represented at events and coordinating the Competition Experts Group (including establishing agendas, developing minutes, preparing summaries and briefing papers and following up on agreed activities)
- You will work in close coordination with members of the Legal, Europe, Global and other regional teams.
About You
This is a Fixed Term Contract for one year, which would suit a recent graduate with an interest in public policy and competition policy in particular.
- We are looking for candidates who are self-motivated, conscientious and creative, with a can-do attitude
- You’ll need to be able to work across different cultures and deliver results both through individual contribution and by contributing to team efforts through culturally diverse, collaborative teams
- You will be required to demonstrate and develop strong project management skills and the ability to work independently.
Please note that the role requires pre-existing authorisation to work in the EU.
About your Skills
- You are highly proficient in English (oral and written). Additional language skills would be an asset.
- You have excellent written and oral communications skills, including the ability to structure and tailor complex content into clear messaging for different stakeholder audiences
- Your other core skills include delivery, communication, agility, initiative and teamwork
Contract type
Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)
Worker type
Employee
What We Offer
Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.
In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.
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Being You at the GSMA
We care deeply about diversity, equity and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important, so flexi-time and remote working is available to all staff. We're keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The sucess of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.
GSMA Values
Our values not only drive our culture – they shape how we work and interact inside and outside our global organisation.
Passionately driven
We approach everything we do with unparalleled capability, tenacity and commitment, knowing that the challenging scale, pace and complexity of our work is what leads to its world-changing impact.
Insightful leaders
We continually develop and engage our expertise, insight and creativity so that we’re always ready to respond to the changing landscape with authority, agility and nuance.
Stronger together
We lean on each other so the industry can lean on us, embracing our diversity by actively seeking out perspectives and skill sets beyond our own, fuelling each other’s successes and constantly asking how we can help.
Underpinning our values is our collective mindset to show up purposefully as good human beings every day, in every situation. When we’re at our best – we are collaborative, considerate and compassionate to others, and we create a safe space for one another to thrive, assuming positive intent in our colleagues. And if we aren’t at our best and the pressure is on – we feel free to be ourselves but still remain curious, lean into the tough stuff and we are always respectful to others and accountable for the part we play.
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