External Communications & Corporate Affairs Manager

Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning almost 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance.
As one of Europe's larger insurance companies, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors.
Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 40,000 people and reported annual inflows close to EUR 40 billion in 2021 (all figures at 100%).
For our communications department, located in Brussels, we are looking for an External Communications & Corporate Affairs Manager

Your function

As External Communications & Corporate Affairs Manager, you will be responsible for external stakeholder communications & reputation management, including the coordination of Ageas’s Annual Report. You will also act as the back-up for our media officer/spokesperson.  
Your tasks will include the following:

• Contributing to the overall development and execution of the Group communication strategy with regards to external stakeholder communications and reputation management

• Responsibility for the coordination and end delivery of Ageas’s Annual Report

• Identifying, creating, managing, and following up on opportunities to improve Ageas’s visibility towards various external stakeholders (excl. press/media and institutional investors)

• External positioning of Ageas’s CEO, other Exco members and Ageas experts as opinion leaders through different communications initiatives (speeches, presentations, opinion articles, podcasts,…)

• Managing contacts & regular communications with Ageas Club members and retail investors through newsletters, events,…

• Maintaining up to date lobbying & philanthropy guidelines & policies liaising across the Group

• Managing and following up on communications partnerships & sponsorships agreements and opportunities

• Acting as back-up for the Media-Officer/spokesperson

Your profile

• You have minimum 5 years of experience in a similar external communication role

• Experience at corporate level or in the financial sector is a plus

• You are an experienced project manager with an eye for detail and planning

• You possess strong presentation and written communication skills

• You are proficient in English, Dutch & French (both written and spoken)

• You are able to build a strong internal network in no time

• You have a team-oriented work style

• You are pro-active, open-minded & flexible

• You are a communications all-rounder who does not hold back in helping support fellow team members in busy periods

• And last but not least, you are committed to living by the Ageas values: care, share, deliver and dare.

 
Our offer

Ageas values your talent and knows how to reward it. We offer you an attractive salary and fringe benefits. You will work in a stimulating international environment, with numerous opportunities for personal development. You will work independently within a dynamic team

Interested?

Please apply online.  We are looking forward to talking to you !