Seconded National Expert - Water Policy Expert (ENV-C-1)

The Directorate-General for Environment's mission is to enable EU citizens to live well, within the planet's ecological limits, based on an innovative, circular economy, where biodiversity and ecosystems are protected and restored, environment-related health risks are minimized in ways to enhance our society's resilience, and where growth has been decoupled from resource use. The DG acts as a main policy driver under the European Green Deal.

Within DG ENV, Directorate C’s policies and activities aim to safeguard EU citizens from harmful environmental and health impacts originating from pressures on air, freshwaters and seas, as well as from industrial contamination of soils, thus contributing to protect and improve the sustainable use of the EU's natural resources, in line with the European Green Deal objectives and the Zero Pollution Action Plan.

An attractive position of Policy Officer for EU water legislation and policy, with a focus on water quality, chemical and pollution to join our friendly team of around 20 people.

As part of the water quality team, the jobholder will provide technical advice and contribute to the development of EU water policy in the wider context of the European Green Deal, contributing to the full implementation of the Water Resilience Initiative and the achievement of the Zero Pollution, Circular Economy and Biodiversity objectives. He/she contribute to managing the implementation, monitoring and enforcement of the Water Framework Directive, the Environmental Quality Standards Directive, the Groundwater Directive, especially their pollution-related provisions. This includes participation in the ongoing discussions on the Commission proposal on the updated list of priority substances which is currently with the co-legislators. The jobholder will also contribute to the development of secondary and implementing legislation. He/she will participate in the work of the Common Implementation Strategy, in particular as regards the Working Group on Chemicals. In addition, the jobholder will also contribute to the integration of pollution aspects of EU water legislation objectives into other policy areas and legislation, in particular to ensure legal coherence. He/she will follow and contribute to the coordination of relevant activities of the Commission, the European Chemicals Agency, European Environment Agency, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Finally, he/she will be responsible to serve as country desk for 1-3 EU Member States in terms of support for water acquis implementation (written questions, briefings, Cohesion policy, infringements).

The job requires the ability to manage a number of issues simultaneously and to produce high quality output often within short deadlines.

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, 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: ENV-C-1