Join BETA PR or IT Teams

BETA PR & IT Teams are recruiting new team members! You will find below a summary of the roles descriptions for each team. Contact Karin Karakaya (k.karakaya@beta-europe.org) if you’re interested in becoming a PR Officer or an IT Officer.

PR Team:

Main responsibilities:

• Work on developing and implementing a PR strategy;
• Create content for and promote BETA through all relevant channels: website, newsletter, (social) media,…;
• Take care of one or more PR channels and/or manage projects located in the PR team (as agreed with the Head of PR);
• Get involved in real-life PR campaigns.

Needed background, competences and skills:

• Background in PR and/or communications and/or marketing (preferred);
• Background in social media (preferred);
• Editorial work (preferred);
• Excellent time management (required);
• Excellent level of English (European level B2 minimum required);
• Additional languages are considered a bonus.

Required availability of at least 3 hours per week (depending on workload).

IT Team:

Main responsibilities/soft-skills (specific project-related tasks will be allocated according to capabilities and interest):

• UNIX administration (qmail, bash, ssh, git, docker);
• Node.JS/AngularJS programming (application form development);
• Moderation and configuration of Forum (Discourse);
• Web Development: Template Design/Optimisation/Customisation for Jekyll static website generator;
• The BETA IT follows a pro-FOSS policy and contributes to upstream projects if necessary. Find our open source projects over here: https://github.com/beta-europe/

Needed background, competences and skills:

(Requirements for work on a specific project like MEUS or MEUO are indicated below; not all skills of all projects are needed to apply):

• General knowledge of the mentioned IT (required);
• Professional and/or academic background in IT (preferred);
• Excellent time management and excellent level of English (required);
• Good IT skills and experience with Content Management software programming (required for BETA).

Required availability of 3 to 5 hours per week.