Seconded National Experts - Clean Energy Sector (ENER-B-5)

The Directorate General for Energy works to ensure access to affordable, secure, reliable and clean energy for all Europeans; to promote efficient production and use of energy; and to drive the process of becoming the first climate-neutral continent while contributing to Europe’s sustainable growth and job creation.

Within Directorate B "Just Transition, Consumers, Energy Efficiency and Innovation", ENER.B5 is a multi-disciplinary Unit responsible for digitalisation, competitiveness, research, and innovation. It works at the cutting-edge of energy innovation. It co-creates and implements the Horizon Europe programme, exploits the results from research and innovation clean energy projects for policy-making, fosters new digital energy services (lead Unit for the EU Digitalisation Action Plan), strengthens the link between innovation and competitiveness (ENER’s focal point for the Net-Zero Industry Act), and stimulates cooperation in these areas within and outside the EU (contact point for the International Energy Agency and for the Clean Energy Ministerial).

We propose an intellectually stimulating job as a Policy Officer to define, implement and monitor policies, programmes, and related activities coherent with the Commission priorities mainly in the areas of digitalisation, competitiveness, research, and innovation in the clean energy sector.

Tasks will include the following responsibilities:

• Support the legislative process and implementation of the Net-Zero Industry Act COM(2023)161.
• Be responsible for parts of the EU Action Plan on the Digitalisation of the Energy System COM(2022)552.
• Monitor energy technology developments and contribute to the European Commission’s Annual Reports on the Competitiveness of Clean Energy Technologies.
• Contribute to the implementation of Horizon Europe and the preparation of its successor.
• Provide information and support for drafting policy proposals, communications, and Staff Working Documents.

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 June,19, 2023 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. ENER-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: ENER-B-5