CAES Ahaus – Project Vision:

Our vision for the CAES Ahaus project is to develop a commercial-scale, long duration energy storage facility

that utilises innovative technology to accelerate Germany’s energy transition and benefit the local community.

Unsere Vision für das Projekt CAES Ahaus ist es, eine großskalige Langzeitstromspeicheranlage zu entwickeln,

die innovative Technologien nutzt, um die Energiewende in Deutschland zu beschleunigen und der Region zugutekommt.

Role Description

Support all and manage some project communication and marketing aspects of our project CAES Ahaus (CAES = Compressed Air Energy Storage) to secure support from local public stakeholders l (in and around Ahaus/Gronau), in NRW, and also at the national and European level. Support Public Affairs Lead and Project Director with diverse set of communication and marketing tasks.

Responsibilities:

·Support Project Director & Public Affairs Lead of Corre Energy in managing & establishing strong relationships with key stakeholders such as local residents, local municipalities, government officials, trade associations, and non-governmental organisations.

·Improve existing & prepare new project communications material to successfully deliver on the public affairs agenda together with the Project Team.

·Support activities to maintain and enhance Corre Energy’s corporate reputation in the German federal state of NRW (and others), in Berlin and occasionally at EU Level.

·Improve & diligently manage our overview of stakeholders and respective stakeholder management activities.

·Support the Public Affairs Lead Germany in policy commenting and drafting improvement suggestions with the in the wider field of Energy storage and specifically on CAES

Key Deliverables:

·Create project presentations (ppt)

·Write press articles & help draft policy comments in German

·Actively manage LinkedIn project profile: create beneficial content, manage responses and increase reach

·Help develop and improve project webpage

·Be the first point of contact for incoming Emails (mostly in German, occasionally in English) to our public project Email address, align our response with the project team & reply with professional answers to various stakeholders – both written and verbal

·Participation in weekly online team meetings

·Occasional participation in local stakeholder events in and around Ahaus/Gronau, NRW (occasionally Berlin or elsewhere) to co-represent Corre and the project CAES Ahaus

·Prepare marketing materials such as banners, graphics etc.

Key Skills & Experience:

·German native speaker & proficient English skills

·Education (enrolled at university or completed degree) in communications-related discipline or a working track record in (strategic) communications or media or energy policy

·Diligent communication with a range of internal and external stakeholders

·Teamworker collaborating with cross-functional German and international colleagues

·Start-Up mindset - flexibility to help or step in with other project tasks occasionally

·Proactive and strong attention to detail

·Experience in energy or infrastructure projects is an advantage

·Skills with visual design software (e.g. InDesign or Canva) is an advantage

·Skills in Geo-Information Systems (e.g. QGIS) is an advantage

·Skills in Document Management Systems (e.g. Sharepoint Document Control) is an advantage