Communications Officer

About Roes Cooperativa

Roes Cooperativa is a social cooperative enterprise founded by professional trainers social workers project managers and informal groups. Our aim is to create an alliance that fosters innovative experiential and non-formal education approaches. We are registered in the Social Solidarity Economy (SSE) database of Greece ().
Vision: To create an open world where everyone has learning opportunities to develop and grow.
Goal: To redefine experiential learning by offering fresh and professional educational programs through customized methods and approaches.

Role Overview

Due to rapid development Roes Cooperativa is offering a Communications Officer / Communications Lead (hands-on) position to a person willing to join its force around Athens Greece.
This role is operational and execution-oriented with responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of communication outputs brand consistency and visibility requirements of EU-funded projects.

Main Tasks (Indicative)

• Plan and deliver regular communication for EU-funded projects (Erasmus KA1 KA2 European Solidarity Corps and others) across visual and non-visual channels (online and offline).
• Oversee and organize communication channels and design productions for Roes Coop ensuring consistency and compliance.
• Draft and develop communication guidelines and reusable templates.
• Design and create visual materials and short videos.
• Mentor and coordinate young people/learners contributing to communication and documentation tasks.

Qualifications

• Strong aesthetic sense aligned with the Roes Coop brand.
• Comfortable using AI tools to speed up writing repurposing and routine communication tasks.
• Excellent command of Greek and English (written and spoken).
• Proficiency or quick learning ability in Canva and CapCut.
• Comfortable working with recurring tasks templates and simple systems.

Extra Qualifications

• Prior experience with the Erasmus program is highly appreciated.
• Work or volunteering experience in digital marketing is a plus but not required.
• A degree in design and/or communications is welcome but not mandatory.

About You

• Eager to learn and pursue a career in communications within the third sector.
• Motivated passionate and enthusiastic about EU-funded projects and their impact.
• Comfortable taking ownership of communication tasks end-to-end.
• Autonomous proactive and reliable in small agile teams.
• Flexible in working from various contexts (office home or other locations).
• Willingness to occasionally travel for meetings and events across Europe.

What We Offer

• Work with experienced educators passionate about sharing their knowledge.
• Ample room for initiative independence and responsibility.
• A multicultural working environment with various options (office home co-working).
• Flexible working hours and environments.
• Additional training opportunities across multiple fields.
• Networking opportunities in Athens throughout Greece and abroad.
• Competitive salary within industry standards.

How to Apply

Submit your CV and a short motivation text (½1 page max).
We dont expect a formal letter a few honest paragraphs or bullet points are perfectly fine.
If helpful you may briefly reflect on one or two of the following:

• One concrete situation where you were responsible for communicating something clearly (e.g. a project event message or information) to others.
  • Please include links to up to three examples ideally:
    • one visual or design (e.g. Canva post flyer slide infographic)
    • one short text (e.g. caption post short article newsletter excerpt)
    • one short video (e.g. Reel TikTok story or simple edited clip)
  • These can be from past work or something simple you create now. What matters to us is clarity intention and ownership not complexity or polish no portfolios nessesary.
• How you usually balance creativity with structure in your communication work (e.g. templates routines checklists deadlines).
• One experience where you helped others do their communication work better (e.g. friends volunteers peers): how you supported them what standards you set and what was challenging in that process.
• Why this role at Roes feels like a meaningful next step for you especially in relation to shaping communication strategy while empowering others to contribute.

You are welcome to use tools (including AI) to help you write. What matters to us is that the content reflects your own experience judgment and way of thinking. Generic or overly polished texts are usually easy to recognise and less helpful for us.

We value clarity reflection and honesty over perfect wording.

Once we get the sense that there is a strong match we will invite selected candidates to complete small practical assignments to better understand their way of working. The first assignment will involve creating a short video.

Timeline & Selection Process

We review applications as they come in and invite selected candidates to a short practical assignment.
There is no fixed deadline for this position. We will close the call as soon as we find the right person.
Because we usually receive a high number of applications early and well-prepared submissions have a clear advantage. If this role feels like a good fit we encourage you not to wait.