Seconded National Expert - Health Policy Strategy (SANTE-01)

DG SANTE Unit 01 "Policy Strategy" reports directly to the Director General. Its mission is to assist the Directorate General and its Director General in the formulation and implementation of key strategic priorities in the fields of health and food safety, with an emphasis on forward-looking and interdisciplinary policy priorities, while ensuring overall policy coherence across the activities of the DG and alignment with broader Commission priorities.

The National Expert will be carrying out duties under the supervision of an AD official that contribute to the following objectives:

• the formulation of strategic orientations in the areas of Health policy domains, based on thorough compilation, review and synthesis of available evidence;
• Coordination of long term and forward-looking exercises on future challenges and priorities in the fields of Health, including through the supervision of studies and foresight exercises
• shaping strategic initiatives from their inception to ensure a proper balance between science, cost-benefit, sustainability and stakeholder expectations;
• deliver consistency in policy-making within DG SANTE and broader policy coherence with other Commission services, while ensuring that agreed priorities are adhered to in policy-making;

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 February, 18, 2024 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: SANTE-01