About ECSO

Mission & Objectives

The European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) ASBL is a fully self-financed non-for-profit organisation under the Belgian law, established in June 2016.

ECSO is the private counterpart to the European Commission in implementing the contractual Public-Private Partnership (cPPP) on cybersecurity. We unite a variety of European cybersecurity stakeholders across the EU Member States, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and H2020 Programme associated countries.

ECSO's main goal is to develop a competitive European cybersecurity ecosystem, to support the protection of the European Digital Single Market with trusted cybersecurity solutions, and to contribute to the advancement of the European digital autonomy.

ECSO is engaged in taking concrete actions to achieve these objectives by:

• Collaborate with the European Commission and national public administrations to promote Research and Innovation (R&I) in cybersecurity;
• Propose a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and a Multiannual Roadmap with its regular updates;
• Foster market development and investments in demonstration projects and pilots to facilitate bringing innovation to cybersecurity market;
• Foster competitiveness and growth of the cybersecurity industry in Europe (large companies and SME) as well as end users / operators through innovative cybersecurity technologies, applications, services, solutions;
• Support the widest and best market uptake of innovative cybersecurity technologies and services for professional and private use;
• Promote and assist in the definition and implementation of a European cybersecurity industrial policy to encourage the use of cybersecurity solutions as well as secure and trustworthy ICT solutions to increase digital autonomy;
• Support the development and the interests of the entire cybersecurity and ICT security ecosystem (including education, training awareness, etc.);

Governance

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Reference documents

• Statutes of ECSO 
  (download file)
• Bylaws 
  (download file)
• Working Group governance rules
• (download file)
  

Vacancies

Women4Cyber - Trainee position for 6 months

The Women4Cyber Foundation is the official legal entity underpinning the activities of the Women4Cyber initiative which was launched by the European Cyber Security Organisation – ECSO (www.ecs-org.eu) in January 2019. The initiative intends to promote and implement actions and activities aiming for a gender-inclusive cybersecurity field which in turn will help increase the number of cybersecurity professionals in Europe (and globally).

To this effect, the Women4Cyber Foundation offers a challenging and interesting full-time (remunerated) traineeship position with real development opportunities in order to help carry out its activities.

Starting Date: as soon as possible (February 2020)

CV + Cover Letter to be sent to: nina.hasratyan@ecs-org.eu & nina.olesen@ecs-org.eu   

Only candidates invited for an interview will be contacted

Deadline for submitting your application: January 31, 2020

SUMMARY OF ROLE

Under the supervision of the ECSO Secretariat, the trainee will implement and carry out the activities of the Women4Cyber initiative. The trainee will provide support to content-based communication and administrative tasks for the daily management of the Women4Cyber Foundation, as well as provide ad-hoc support to the Secretariat.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBJECTIVES
The trainee will provide support to the following tasks:

• Administration: Update & manage the Women4Cyber database and distribution lists on a daily basis; reply to requests from community members on an ad hoc basis; draft emails; support the logistical implementation of the Women4Cyber local/national chapters.
• Event management / Meeting preparation: Take part in the preparation of Women4Cyber events and meetings (book venues, deal with logistics arrangements, prepare meeting material under supervision); prepare minutes of meetings.
• Communication: closely monitor and update the W4C social media channels; prepare the quarterly newsletter (which includes updates and research on articles, videos and events); support the preparation and launch of the campaigns undertaken by W4C; proactively suggest innovative ideas to engage the W4C community and improve the visibility of the W4C Foundation.
• Research: Follow and report on other gender-related initiatives in cybersecurity/tech/digital in Europe as well as in the Member States, in the public, private and academic sector; identify potential partnerships and support engagement with key stakeholders
• Other: Contribute to other ad-hoc tasks occurring in the daily work or as requested by the Secretariat.

REQUIREMENTS

• Have at least 1 to 2 years of experience working in Brussels (think tank, NGO, membership-based association, EU Institutions);
• Proven interest in cybersecurity and gender-inclusive policies & initiatives;
• Proactive, flexible, and a self-starter are important pre-requisites;
• Excellent English verbal & written communication skills. Knowledge of French is strongly desired.
• Detail-oriented;
• Effective communication and organisational skills;
• Ability to multitask and work under strict deadlines;
• Quick, clear and concise drafting and reporting skills;
• IT-skills: Advanced use of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Power Point and Excel), knowledge of Photoshop, Canva and / or other graphic design tools a plus.