JOB DESCRIPTION

Policy Officer

in DG RTD – European Commission

Job title: Policy Officer
Domain: Science and Research
Where: Unit D.3 – Health & Societal Transitions
Function Group: FG IV
Contract Type: 3b
Express your interest until: 16/09 /25 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

The RTD D3 Unit “Health and Societal Transitions” contributes to the performance and effectiveness
of healthy and fair societies, by shaping and coordinating evidence-based R&I policies. The Unit
ensures that R&I policies and programmes, especially Horizon Europe, support the EU policy
objectives in health and social transitions, notably in demographic change, inter-generational
fairness, mental health, migration, socio-economic and inclusion issues. To accomplish this, the Unit
taps into the full potential of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), especially in the frame of
R&I interdisciplinarity and SSH integration under Horizon Europe (see the recently published Horizon
Europe SSH integration report).

The Unit delivers the programming (Horizon Europe Clusters 1 and 2) and stakeholders’ engagement
activities, policy coordination and administrative services for the DG RTD’s People: Health and Society’
Directorate.

In all its activities, the unit takes into account and influence developments in the Member states
(public and private sectors) and on the international scene, and ensures synergies with other funding
programmes and policy initiatives.

WE PROPOSE
An impactful and varied role as policy officer, who is committed to deliver on both 2 key
responsibilities of the unit; (1) perform analysis, provide assistance and draſt policy documents in the
fields of health and life sciences research and in societal transitions; (2) provide administrative
coordination, and support for European R&I programming activities.

You will be expected to be resourceful and self-starting, and you will be surrounded by 24 experienced
colleagues who greatly value team spirit and supporting each other.

WE LOOK FOR

We look for an enthusiastic and results-driven colleague with some experience in European or
national R&I policy and EU R&I funding. Knowledge and/or an academic background in research and
innovation or policy development in health and social transitions are clear assets.

Ideally, you will:

• Have some experience in activities (analytical analysis, reports, etc) for concept development
for R&I and other policies in health and social transitions – especially in cooperation with
external/internal stakeholders. And you are able to analyse and present complex issues and
work with quantitative and qualitative data, using your excellent English communication and
draſting competences.

• Have proven experience or show a genuine motivation in working on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of
Horizon Europe programming as part of European policy making – especially in health and/or
socioeconomic transitions.

• Show your motivation and skills to handle on both 2 types of tasks (policy development and
administrative coordination), applying your proactive approach for planning and problem-
solving, and your capacity to work autonomously under high pressure. This includes the ability
to adapt rapidly to new organisational procedures, evolving working modes and business
needs.

• A particular advantage will be an academic and professional background in one or more of
the following areas: health/ life sciences/ biotechnology, social sciences & humanities and in
implementing Commission decision-, budget- and planning processes.

HOW TO EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST?

With a view to guaranteeing equal access to all, the Commission recruits from an open database of
spontaneous applications. The present call for interests aims at helping the recruiters to identify
potentially interested candidates within this database.

In practice, to express your interest, please follow the subsequent two steps:

1.

If you are not registered yet in the open EPSO database, please do so at the following address:
CAST Permanent. Please select under selection procedures for contract agent the CAST
permanent profile that best suits your education and experience.
2. You should send your documents in a single pdf in the following order:

2. completed application form.

1. your CV
Please send these documents by the publication deadline to RTD-D3-CA-
[email protected] indicating the call for interest reference EC/2025/RTD/496475
in the subject.

No applications will be accepted aſter the publication deadline.