Communications Professional

Location:

Brussels, BE

Business Unit: Corporate & SOF

About Umicore

Powering the cars of today and tomorrow. Reducing harmful emissions. Giving unique properties to high-end applications. Giving new life to used metals. As a global advanced materials and recycling group, we develop, produce, and recycle materials for a better life.

About Enterprise Functions

A global organisation. It’s not just those in our industrial sites and technical centres that are vital to Umicore’s growth. Across our enterprise functions we ensure that we continue to grow and evolve – whether it’s by making sure our decisions are commercially viable, enhancing our reputation, building new customer relationships or finding the right people who can build on what we’ve already achieved. The variety of our work means we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

Your Key Accountabilities

As part of Umicore's global Communications team, you will play a key role in supporting both the operational effectiveness of the department and its media relations activities. The role will focus on strengthening project coordination, improving ways of working, enhancing knowledge management, and media relations support to ensure continuity, resilience, and effective stakeholder engagement.

Maintain an overview of key communications projects, priorities, timelines, and dependencies across the Communications department.
Develop and maintain project roadmaps, dashboards, reporting tools, and support effective follow-up on deliverables and action plans.
Support teams in defining and tracking KPIs, interpreting performance data, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Contribute to messaging consistency by supporting the development of communication materials, summaries, presentations, and background documents.
Drive knowledge management activities, ensuring key information, templates, resources, and documentation remain accessible and up to date.
Monitor media coverage, stakeholder discussions, and relevant external developments.
Prepare media monitoring reports, briefings, summaries, and other materials.
Maintain media databases, engagement records, Q&A repositories, key messages, and communication templates.
Coordinate media-related requests, support spokesperson preparation, and ensure timely follow-up of communication actions.

Who we are looking for

University degree in Communications, Corporate Affairs, Journalism, Public Relations, Business, or a related field.
Experience in a communications, corporate affairs, media, public relations, business, or similar environment. Prior media relations experience is an asset but not required.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to coordinate priorities, stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables across multiple initiatives.
Excellent organizational skills and a passion for improving processes, workflows, and operational efficiency.
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to work with KPIs, dashboards, data, and performance insights.
Excellent writing, synthesis, and communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise materials for diverse audiences.
Ability to build collaborative relationships and coordinate effectively across functions and stakeholder groups.
Proactive, curious, adaptable, and reliable, with sound judgment, discretion, and a strong team-oriented mindset.

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?