## **Purpose**
The Adviser – Legal & EU Social Affairs reports directly to the Executive Director and works closely with the Freight, Infrastructure & Passenger Adviser respectively in their area of activity.
The position’s general purpose is to support CER’s overall activities from a legal point of view as well as to contribute to the development of CER positions on a variety of freight, infrastructure & passenger transport-related issues, while taking the responsibility to develop CER positions on legal and antitrust/competition issues.
## Key responsibilities
### **EU law and policies:**
– Coordinate and support the CER Legal Group and related working groups.
– Draft position papers, policy papers, legal assessments/reports on EU competition, rail transport and public procurement law.
– Monitor and analyse EU and national legislative and policy developments, including impact assessments.
– Conduct legal research and prepare briefing materials.
– Represent and promote rail sector interests in meetings with EU institutions and stakeholders.
– Maintain and develop relationships with EU officials and Brussels-based partners.
– Contribute to the organisation of meetings, conferences and public events.
– Support updates of legal publications and internal documentation.
### **Social Affairs:**
– Organise and coordinate the core work of the HRD group (e.g. bi-annual meetings).
– Monitor latest legislative developments on social issues at EU level and inform HRD group accordingly.
– Preserve the relationship with trade unions on all relevant topics and support CER activities in the Social Dialogue with trade unions.
– Communicate internally and externally on the HRD group´s activities.
– Contribute to CER´s participation in Commission funded projects and negotiations.
– Represent CER in various social platforms.
– Maintain a connection with other association’s Safety department/Human Factors working groups.
Provide horizontal legal support throughout the association.
### **Required skills and qualifications:**
– Master’s degree in Law and/or Master of European Law (LLM).
– 3-5 years of relevant work experience in European law.
– Full professional proficiency in English with excellent writing skills. Any additional major European language is considered a plus.
– Sound understanding of the EU institutions’ structure and functioning; internship in a EU body is a plus.
– Experience or a demonstrated strong interest in EU transport policies.
– An organised working style with an ability to meet deadlines, and a pro-active attitude.
– Team player, able to build good working relationships with colleagues.
– A flexible and proactive attitude to work combined with an autonomous working style.
– The ability to translate complex issues into clear messages.
This is a full-time position based in Brussels.
Competitive terms and conditions, depending on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and a CV in English electronically to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) in a file using the format **FirstName_LastName_CV.pdf**
Applications will be treated in confidence. The **closing date for applications is 6 March 2026**.
