JOB DESCRIPTION

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)1 is organising a call for applications with a view to establishing a reserve list for the post of Expert – Gender Based Violence.

The registration of applications will begin on 12 November 2025 and will close on 12 December 2025 at 13:30 Eastern European Time.

The Agency

Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, EIGE is a decentralised agency of the European Union (EU) entrusted with specific objectives envisaged to contribute and strengthen the promotion of gender equality.

To achieve its goals, the Agency collects and analyses comparable and reliable information at EU level and develops appropriate methodological tools for the integration of gender equality into all EU policies. It fosters the exchange of good practices and dialogue between stakeholders and raises EU citizen awareness of this policy area by providing technical assistance to EU institutions, in particular the European Commission, as well as the authorities of the Member States.

In the course of its work to promote and strengthen gender equality, EIGE supports policy-makers with high quality research and comparable data relevant to their work.

Combating gender-based violence is one of the European Commission’s policy priorities for the period 2020-2025, as set out in the document A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.

In 2023, the European Union ratified the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CETS No. 210), known as the Istanbul Convention and in May 2024 the Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence, was adopted.

The Directive criminalises at EU level certain forms of violence against women offline and online and requires Member States to put in place strong measures on prevention, protection, access to justice, support, coordination and cooperation between authorities, alongside a system for the collection, development, production and dissemination of statistics on violence against women and domestic violence.

EIGE is mandated to support the Member States in data gathering by developing common standards and to collect and analyse the data transmitted by the Member States on an annual basis.

Job profile and duties

Under the supervision of the Head of the Research and Policy Support Unit and working in close collaboration with other colleagues, the jobholder will support the Agency’s activities in 1) the provision of technical support for the collection of data on violence against women and domestic violence, as required by the Directive, and 2) contributing to gender-based violence research and data analysis.

The post requires a deep knowledge of gender-based violence and practical experience of working with crime and/or gender statistics. It entails close cooperation with national data providers, other experts and civil society organisations to ensure successful implementation of the data collection in accordance with the Directive.

The following tasks and activities are relevant to the duties of this post:

• Support the design, planning, implementation and monitoring of a data collection processes on violence against women and domestic violence to comply with article 44 of the Directive, including with procurement procedures and contract management of external services;
• Contribute to the design and implementation of assigned statistical activities, including the development of indicators and common standards for the data collection in accordance with Directive;
• Engage with and assist the intersectoral consultations with the relevant national agencies together with relevant EU institutions and international organisations at the different stages of the development and implementation of the administrative data collection on violence against women and domestic violence;
• Support the work on exploring and testing non-conventional data sources to fill in specific data gaps and generate new data and evidence on specific forms of violence against women;
• Contribute to the development of new methodologies, to measure incidence of different forms of violence against women covered by the Directive, aiming to improve data accuracy and reliability or, when possible, assess how to obtain reliable estimates;
• Provide the validation of primary data and data analysis;
• Contribute to the production of quantitative and qualitative reports with the substance and frequency defined by the Directive, accurately and efficiently;
• Carry out other related tasks as required by the needs of the Agency.

Formal requirements & selection criteria

Formal requirements

To be considered eligible for selection, an applicant must, by the closing date of this call:

• have a university degree2  which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more, or have a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years;
• have a good command, both spoken and written, of at least two official EU languages;
• be a national of a Member State of the EU;
• enjoy full rights as an EU citizen;
• have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the national laws concerning military service, and
• be physically fit to perform duties3.

Selection criteria

Essential

• At least three years’ professional experience4 gained after the award of the relevant qualification and at a suitable level corresponding to performance of tasks as defined above.
• Experience in research and statistical processes in the area of gender-based violence, specifically proven ability to collect, analyse, or use statistical and qualitative data and to draft analytical reports, policy papers and/or other publications in excellent English, should be substantiated in the applicants application;
• Proven record of work with official statistical data, gender or crime or social statistics, databases and indicators at a national, EU and/or international level;Proven project and research management experience and evident organisational and administrative skills, including the ability to manage priorities, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Proven experience in the use of statistical software (e.g. STATA, SPSS, SAS, R);
• Excellent analytical, facilitation and communications skills and ability to synthesize information;
• A very good command of English, the working language at the Agency;
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, including ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a multicultural environment.

Advantageous

• Post-graduate qualification in (gender) economics, statistics, sociology, political science, and/or gender studies;
• Knowledge of EU institutional and legal frameworks, policies and stakeholders related to gender-based violence and/or crime statistics;
• Knowledge of international/EU developments in gender statistics, indicators, and methodologies for identifying and evaluating gender gaps.

Selection procedure

The selection procedure includes the following:

• Only duly completed applications submitted electronically within the deadline will be taken into consideration.
• Each duly completed application will be examined with a view to establishing that the candidate meets all eligibility criteria.
• Eligible applications will be evaluated by the appointed selection committee based on selection criteria defined in this vacancy notice. Depending on the number of applications received, the selection committee may apply stricter requirements within the selection criteria noted above.
• The best-admissible candidates will be short-listed for interviews.
• Interviews and written tests will be in English.
• During the interview, the selection committee will examine the candidates’ profiles and assess their relevancy for the post in question. On the day of the interview, candidates may also be required to undergo a competency assessment exercise.
• On the day of interviews, candidates will be requested to present valid documents detailing citizenship in particular a copy of identity card, passport or other official document specifying citizenship.
• If at any stage of the procedure, it is established that information in the application has been knowingly falsified, the candidate shall be disqualified from the selection process.
• Successful candidates will be included in a reserve list which will be valid for 12 months. The validity of this list may be extended. Each candidate will be informed by letter whether or not s/he has been placed on the reserve list. However, inclusion of candidates on the reserve list does not guarantee recruitment.
• EIGE’s Director will appoint the selected jobholder from the reserve list, taking into account a gender balanced, geographically diverse organisation.