Seconded National Expert - Digital Health Technology (CNECT-H-3)

The mission of unit CNECT.H3 is to enable digital transformation of health and care by maximising the potential of technologies, including Artificial Intelligence and computer modelling, for the benefit of innovators, healthcare systems and ultimately patients and citizens. The unit deals with EU's digital health policy and strategy and supports research, innovation and deployment of digital technologies for health. We are a very dynamic, hard-working and friendly team, working on a varied range of exciting files. We collaborate closely with other units of the DG CNECT as well as DG SANTE and RTD, and have regular contacts with e.g. DG GROW, JRC, and JUST. We implement the policies via relevant EU funding programmes (in particular Horizon Europe, Digital Europe) and manage in-house Digital Europe deployment projects. We liaise regularly with many stakeholders in the field of digital technologies for health, well-being and ageing, such as Member States, industry and academia .

The position of Seconded National Expert will consist of contributing to the unit’s activities in digital health technology development, deployment and innovations. In particular, she/he will contribute to strategy and policy discussions and initiatives in the areas of interoperability of electronic health records; artificial intelligence for health; genomics; medical imaging; virtual human twins; mHealth; healthy living and ageing, taking into consideration the overall strategies of the Directorate-General. This will include maintaining and sharing knowledge of the latest trends in these technologies and related policies. These responsibilities will also include, where relevant, liaising and consulting experts both within and outside the Commission. In addition, she/he will contribute to the definition and drafting of policy and legislative documents in line with the priorities of the unit and the Directorate-General, ensuring coherence and compatibility of the unit’s approaches with other actions and policies of the Directorate-General and the Commission as a whole. To foster innovations in the field, she/he will be involved in organising seminars, workshops, events and working group meetings in the area of digital health, as well as communication activities by presenting the Units’ work and impact of its actions towards other European Institutions and external stakeholders: policy makers, industry, European and international associations, academia and all other relevant stakeholders.

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 April, 18, 2025 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: CNECT-H-3