Seconded National Expert - Health Intelligence and Innovation Expert (HERA-2)

The European Health Emergency preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is a Commission service that works to improve preparedness and response to serious cross-border threats in the area of medical countermeasures, in particular by:

• strengthening health security coordination within the Union during preparedness and crisis response times, and bringing together Member States, the industry and the relevant stakeholders in a common effort;
• addressing vulnerabilities and strategic dependencies within the Union related to the development, production, procurement, stockpiling and distribution of medical countermeasures;
• contributing to reinforcing the global health emergency preparedness and response architecture.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled professional to join our team as national expert on intelligence gathering and innovation. As a national expert, you will play a critical role in supporting the role of unit HERA.02 ensuring that medical products relevant for preparedness and response to health crisis can be available and accessible. The national expert will participate in the following tasks:

• supporting the development and implementation of HERA’s activities on medical countermeasures;
• supporting the implementation of projects related to innovation including for medicines, diagnostics and medical devices, and projects focused on supporting the collection of information at EU level for better preparedness and response.
• providing actionable insights for decision-making by facilitating the translation of scientific evidence into policy recommendations;
• conducting regular monitoring of recent developments in the medical countermeaures space globally with focus on public health (e.g. new technologies, new initiatives, new scientific publications);
• conducting regular monitoring of recent developments on identification of health threats globally and medical countermeasures to tackle them (e.g. new technologies, new initiatives, new scientific publications).
• participating in and coordinating meetings and contacts with internal services of the Commission and external stakeholders, such as Member States and international organisations.

In this position, the national expert will provide scientific and policy support but will not carry out any laboratory based activity.

The Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU points out that ONLY applications submitted by the Permanent Representation will be considered. Interested parties are therefore requested to send application documents (Europass CV, letter of motivation and declaration of approval of the employer) in English by November, 18, 2024 by email to sne.bruessel-ov@bmeia.gv.at.

Only the “Europass CV” form should be used to create the CV. Applicants must state the exact name of the position for which they are applying (e.g. JRC-B-5) in all documents submitted.

For more detailed information on the job profile, requirements and selection procedure, please refer to the detailed vacancy notice below.

Reference: HERA-2