Seconded National Expert - Programme Officer in Youth and Intergenerational Fairness (Ref. EAC.A.4.001)

The Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) strives for an inclusive society based on cross-border and inter-cultural cooperation in education, research, youth, culture and sport. The unit "Youth and Intergenerational Fairness" is organised across three sectors which are respectively responsible for empowering young people to shape their future and build a more inclusive Europe. The unit promotes youth mainstreaming and participation in policymaking through different actions under the EU Youth Strategy, such as the EU youth dialogue, the Commission President’s youth advisory board and Commissioners’ youth policy dialogues, the ‘youth check’, the Commission youth network and the EU youth stakeholder group.

We propose a challenging and diverse secondment in the Erasmus+: youth sector in a dynamic environment, which will include the following tasks:

• Contribute to the programming, performance management and reporting of both Erasmus+: youth and European Solidarity Corps for a set of actions, including work programmes and guides, reports, briefings, speeches and other documents.
• Reviewing work programmes and reports and other actions from National Agencies and contributing to the monitoring and reporting as regards budgetary and financial aspects related to the programme’s implementation.
• Defining business needs and ensuring follow-up of the development of relevant IT tools.
• Contributing to priority setting of Erasmus+: youth and European Solidarity Corps activities based on analysis of challenges for young people notably providing a broader geographical perspective and EU cooperation with neighbouring countries.
• Ensuring consistency between programme activities and youth policy priorities, while contributing to relevant knowledge building and research (studies, surveys, trend analysis).
• Draft analytical documents, briefings, articles and other papers and prepare presentational material for different audiences.
• Inform about Erasmus+: youth and the European Solidarity Corps to various audiences (decision-makers, National Agencies, youth organisations and opinion-makers).
• Provide expertise and good practice examples from a national perspective.
• Contribute to valorisation and information about Erasmus+: youth and the European Solidarity Corps to various audiences.

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 in English (Europass CV, letter of motivation and declaration of approval of the employer) 7 days before the official deadline, namely by November, 19, 2026 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: EAC.A.4.001