HEAD OF « COMMUNICATION » DEPARTMENT - CHEF DE DEPARTEMENT « COMMUNICATION » (m/f/d) Career A1

The Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), member of the Eurosystem, is currently seeking to recruit a(n):

HEAD OF « COMMUNICATION » DEPARTMENT (m/f/d) Career A1

Full-Time - (ref.: 03/COM/2025)

Participation in the development and implementation of the BCL’s Communication Plan

The Head of Communication department actively participates in the development of the BCL’s communication plan, manages its implementation, with a team of experts, which he leads and supervises. He oversees all of the Bank's internal and external communication initiatives; he coordinates and ensures the overall consistency of corporate communications.

Your missions:

• Participating in the development of the BCL's communication policy in collaboration with the Executive Board; overseeing the implementation of the Bank's communication policy, in line with its objectives and priorities; proposing and implementing a communication plan.
• Managing the Bank's external communications, in close collaboration with the Managing Director, who is its spokesperson, as well as internal communications, including social networks, media monitoring and institutional events; measuring the effectiveness of actions taken.
• Identifying communication issues and advising the Executive Board, contributing to the development of materials in line with the missions of a national central bank.
• Detecting, monitoring and analysing media trends to ensure proactive management of the Bank's communication and image (monitoring/social listening).
• Proposing and implementing crisis communications where necessary.
• Managing and uniting teams around a common objective.
• Participating in drawing up the Communication Department's budget and ensuring that it is respected.

Your profile:

• Education: Master's degree in Communications or equivalent.
• Experience: 10 years of experience in the field of communication, ideally with a central bank or in the financial sector.
• Skills :
• Expertise in communication management at strategic and operational levels (internal / external / digital / crisis communication, including events and social network management, etc.).
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills.
• Perfect command of digital communication and social media tools (graphic and visual content creation tools (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite), performance analysis and monitoring tools, presentation tools, crisis management tools, etc.).
• Ideally knowledge of economic and monetary policy / the tasks of a national central bank.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage sensitive situations.
• Perfect command of French and English (written and spoken): Fluency in German and Luxembourgish is a real asset.
• Qualities: Leadership, dynamism, rigour, team spirit, ability to innovate and adapt to a complex and constantly changing environment.

To apply, please complete the online application questions and submit your latest CV, your motivation letter as well as copy of your diploma(s).

Before signing the contract, the candidates need to present an extract of the criminal record (bulletin n°3) dating from less than 2 months. A higher education diploma obtained abroad has to be formally recognized through registration in the register of academic education by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR).

Deadline for applications: 14th April 2025