JOB DESCRIPTION

Policy Officer

in DG RTD – European Commission

Job title: Policy Officer
Domain: Science and Research
Where: Unit A1 European Semester & Country Intelligence, Brussels
Function Group: FG IV
Contract Type: 3b
Express your interest until: 28.11.2025 – 12.00 (noon, Brussels time)

WE ARE

Unit RTD.A1 supports EU Member States and associated countries in strengthening their research
and innovation systems and capacities and enhancing their performance. It seeks to improve the
quantity, quality and impact of national public Research & Innovation (R&I) policy and investment,
through reforms in support of the broader European objectives, and push the transformation
towards sustainable competitiveness for the benefit of all. To this end, the unit coordinates the
work on the R&I dimension of the European Semester and monitors the implementation of the
Recovery and Resilience Plans. Through evidence-based policy dialogue and continuous outreach,
the unit acts as an interface between EU, national and subnational R&I systems. In particular, the
unit leads on the design of R&I measures to advance Europe as a whole, monitors its
implementation and strengthens the R&I dimension of the Cohesion Policy, setting the conditions
and enabling better synergies between the two programmes.

WE PROPOSE

Unit A.1 – European Semester & Country Intelligence is seeking to hire a Policy Officer.
The position will consist of working on important files on top of the EU agenda. We propose an
exciting position in a dynamic and friendly team.
The Policy Officer will act as the country desk for one or more EU Member State/s, and in that
respect, gather intelligence on R&I policy developments in this/ese Member States and establish an
open and collaborative relation to support the improvements of their R&I systems, also through the
Enhanced Dialogue. They will monitor and analyse the R&I policies and performance of the country
in question, including in the context of the yearly European Semester cycle and of the Recovery and
Resilience Facility. They will also contribute to the launching and implementation of activities of the
Policy Support Facility and to strengthening the R&I dimension of the use of Cohesion Policy
funding in the country in question and enhance synergies between the two programmes. They will
also contribute to horizontal work in the Unit, including its outreach activities.
The Policy Officer will need to engage in close contacts with other Commission services (in
particular the Secretariat-General (SG), the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
(DG ECFIN), the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), the Directorate
General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)), with national and/or

regional authorities, and also research institutions, universities and enterprises. The colleague will
also need to participate in working groups and conferences and prepare speeches and briefings for
the hierarchy.

WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for a motivated Policy Officer with sufficient experience in monitoring and analysis
of research and innovation policies and performance, in particular at national and/or regional level.
The successful candidate must display an excellent team spirit and analytical skills as well as the
skills to communicate effectively and efficiently orally and in writing, and the ability to establish
good collaborative relations with Member States, regions and relevant stakeholders embracing a
service culture. Excellent organisational skills, proactivity and a proven ability to perform conceptual
reflections and to deliver high quality results respecting deadlines is a must. A good knowledge of
EU research, innovation, competitiveness and/or Cohesion policies and funding programmes would
be an asset, as would knowledge of the European Semester, Recovery and Resilience Facility or the
Policy Support Facility.

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:

send

2. completed application form.
these documents by

1. your CV
to RTD-A1-CA-
Please
[email protected] indicating the call for interest reference EC/2025/RTD/318315
in the subject.

the publication deadline

No applications will be accepted after the publication deadline.